SEATTLE — Upon further review, the kind of helmet-to-helmet hit that a UCLA player leveled Stanford’s Francis Owusu with last week should now be considered a personal-foul targeting penalty, the NCAA said Friday. Pac-12 Commissioner Larry Scott said Stanford head coach David Shaw’s angry complaint about the hit led the NCAA to act quickly rather than waiting until after the season. “David deserves a lot of credit for raising the issue and pressuring us to raise the issue” with the NCAA, Scott said. Earlier this week, the Pac-12 had backed up the officials’ non-call against Tahaan Goodman because, like the officials, it interpreted NCAA rule 9-1-3 as prohibiting contact with the crown, or very top, of the helmet. The NCAA, however, said Friday that the crown of the helmet is the entire portion of the helmet above the face mask. “It seems that some officials have been interpreting the crown of the helmet to mean the tip-top portion of the helmet only,” NCAA football secretary-rules editor Rogers Redding said. After making a catch for 17 yards in the second quarter of the Cardinal’s 22-13 victory over the Bruins, he fumbled when he was hit by Goodman.
Ncaa Clarifies Rule After Hit On Owusu Hit, Shaw Complaint
By Tom FitzGerald, San Francisco Chronicle: Sports
Fri, 09/30/2016 - 9:51pm
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