**Rose Bowl USC v Michigan thread**

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Technically, I think the call against Crable was correct. I REALLY don't like it, but it's in the book. USC guy should have been called for it as well.

I listened to a couple of guys on the radio here in Columbus who were talking about the Crable hit and they were saying that they think the rule needs to be altered or scrapped altogether. I agree. I can't recall their exact reasoning, but it made sense to me at the time. Whether Crable made helmet-to-helmet contact on that play or not, Smith was going to get hit and hit hard. It seems to me that the rule really does nothing to protect anybody in that particular situation.

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No rule against helmet to helmet hits? Should there be no facemasking either?