TheCMB Posted October 15, 2006 Share Posted October 15, 2006 that's all LJ could grab - BS call!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunther Posted October 15, 2006 Share Posted October 15, 2006 (edited) Was thinking the same thing. Wasn't this ruled on by the NFL...I think it was Ricky Williams that was tackled by someone grabbing his hair a couple seasons or so ago? I thought they said it was okay... Edited October 15, 2006 by Gunther Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HowboutthemCowboys Posted October 15, 2006 Share Posted October 15, 2006 that's all LJ could grab - BS call!!! definite BS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sigalf03 Posted October 15, 2006 Share Posted October 15, 2006 (edited) I think he hung on too long, thats all I can think of. Either way a depressing game to watch Edited October 15, 2006 by Sigalf03 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squeegiebo Posted October 15, 2006 Share Posted October 15, 2006 I think he hugh on too long, thats all I can think of. Bingo. He was down out of boundss and he was still hanging on to his hair. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Menudo Posted October 15, 2006 Share Posted October 15, 2006 It wasn't that he tackled by the hair, he held onto it and continued to pull him up by the hair..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunther Posted October 15, 2006 Share Posted October 15, 2006 They just said LJ was penalized for taunting, not tackling by the hair. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunther Posted October 15, 2006 Share Posted October 15, 2006 Bingo. He was down out of boundss and he was still hanging on to his hair. Agreed, perhaps that drew the taunting penalty. Although I didn't catch all that happened after the tackle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randall Posted October 15, 2006 Share Posted October 15, 2006 It wasn't that he tackled by the hair, he held onto it and continued to pull him up by the hair..... Are you guessing or did the refs say this? What was the penalty? I didn't see the game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I'm Rick James Bitch Posted October 15, 2006 Share Posted October 15, 2006 Personally, I'm gettin kinda sick of all the hair hangin out. I say pull, pull, and pull some more until none is left. Then we can see the names on the back of the spamshirts again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squeegiebo Posted October 15, 2006 Share Posted October 15, 2006 Rick James had long hair too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LonDog Posted October 15, 2006 Share Posted October 15, 2006 Personally, I'm gettin kinda sick of all the hair hangin out. I say pull, pull, and pull some more until none is left. Then we can see the names on the back of the spamshirts again! Could not agree more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squeegiebo Posted October 15, 2006 Share Posted October 15, 2006 Facists Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilfish2 Posted October 15, 2006 Share Posted October 15, 2006 Looked to me that his fingers were just tangled up in that mop.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I'm Rick James Bitch Posted October 15, 2006 Share Posted October 15, 2006 Rick James had long hair too. Yeah, but it mostly fit under his helmet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MERLINS Posted October 15, 2006 Share Posted October 15, 2006 I say, if you are trying to make some sort of statment with that long a$$ mane, then by all means let someone send a message by tackling you with it. I can't stand that hair, I say pull the snot out of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todd1 Posted October 16, 2006 Share Posted October 16, 2006 I didn't see it, but I assume it's Larry on Polamalu?? Good, he deserves it. Troy is a great player and it's his culture or whatever, but he shouldn't have hair like that in a football game. Who does he think he is? That's why coach made you get a haircut before two a days... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pope Flick Posted October 16, 2006 Share Posted October 16, 2006 It should be a penalty on general principle: hair pulling is what girls do, and doesn't belong on the football field. Heck, tripping is a penalty. Let Troy be who he is, he can be tackled plenty of ways without pulling on his hair, jus like most other players. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursa Majoris Posted October 16, 2006 Share Posted October 16, 2006 It should be a penalty on general principle: hair pulling is what girls do, and doesn't belong on the football field. Heck, tripping is a penalty. Let Troy be who he is, he can be tackled plenty of ways without pulling on his hair, jus like most other players. Rubbish. He chooses to wear his hair like that so letting him use it to cover half the tackle area would be ridiculous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Menudo Posted October 16, 2006 Share Posted October 16, 2006 I didn't see it, but I assume it's Larry on Polamalu?? Good, he deserves it. Troy is a great player and it's his culture or whatever, but he shouldn't have hair like that in a football game. Who does he think he is? That's why coach made you get a haircut before two a days... For the record, Troy didn't complain at all. He got up an ran to the sidelines. It is part of his culture, and the way he plays and handles himself off the football field, he can wear it anyway he wants. I think he knows players will pull it given the opportunity, which is why he didn't get angry at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Menudo Posted October 16, 2006 Share Posted October 16, 2006 (edited) From today's Post Gazette No, it didn't hurt," Polamalu said in the aftermath. "It felt good." He did concede that he had never been dragged down by his hair before. "No, but if I got the ball in my hands, they can tackle me all day like that," Polamalu said. "We had a lot of fun out there." "It really doesn't matter to me. He can tackle me by my hair or my ankles. It doesn't matter. I understand the nature of the game. A lot of things like that can happen," he said. Edited October 16, 2006 by Menudo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randall Posted October 16, 2006 Share Posted October 16, 2006 From today's Post Gazette No, it didn't hurt," Polamalu said in the aftermath. "It felt good." He did concede that he had never been dragged down by his hair before. The look on his face didn't back up those claims. Maybe it got him fired up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hat Trick Posted October 16, 2006 Share Posted October 16, 2006 LJ grabbed for that area.....you tell me what else he should have came up with.....jersey? Are u kidding me? If that's all he can grab then that's all he can grab......at least he didn't try and twist the guys head off. It was a little excessive....can't argue with that.....mostly frustration from getting their asses handed to them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCMB Posted October 16, 2006 Author Share Posted October 16, 2006 Here's a great quote from LJ in today KC Star... “I made the tackle, tried to get up, and my hand’s full of his hair,” Johnson said. “It’s real cute that (Steelers cornerback) Ike Taylor came over trying to defend his boy when it wasn’t what was going on. “If I got penalized, I hope it was for me hitting Ike Taylor in the face twice and not for pulling Troy’s hair. Because Troy’s a good player, and he’s a good guy off the field. That’s not something I’m doing.” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chadman Posted October 16, 2006 Share Posted October 16, 2006 I didn't see the play, but I did see Cowher challenge LJ's TD that came after that, and remember thinking how classless that was at the time. Maybe he challenged that, and Davenport's TD later because of that play. I dunno. With the lead they had, to challenge one TD, even with Cowher's tradition of sticking up for his players, I just thought it was kind of weak. Anyone else see or think that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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