re: YouTube is all Over the Punt Ejection - Arkansas

Ill be accused of being a homer and thats fine, but I think id see it the same way no matter what:

The returner never called for a fair catch, he was shileding his eyes. Wade is not looking up at the ball, he is looking at the returner. He hit him early and it was clearly a penalty, which was called. He probably celebrated a big hit, but he obviously had no idea that the guy was "hurt". He cruched a guy and popped up with a reaction that most kids would have.

Where Wade really got out of line was his defiant behavior on the sidelines pulling away for his coach. Bottom line is he hit the returner early and was penalized for it. He was clearly not trying to hurt a player and looked as if he didnt even know it was early until he got to the sideline. An ejection for that play is laughable and so is the absurd reaction by over dramatic media and message board posters.

It was a penalty that was called. Nothing more, nothing less.

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You don't think the returner was just shielding his eyes from the sun and was going to return it?

It's obvious our player couldn't see the ball.

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Arkansas players had several other late hits that should have been called. I don't understand why ya'll can't just say it was a cheap shot and go on.