under the DOME
Coaches Target
Rule Change
Irish head coach Brian Kelly hopes to help iron
kinks out of a new penalty for head-to-head hits
By Dan Murphy
E
ventually Brian
Kelly could do nothing more than throw
his hands in the air
and shake his head. In
the wake of losing his
second player to the
NCAA's targeting ejection rule this season,
Kelly joined a growing
group of head coaches
and players befuddled
by the new penalty and
its opaque implementa-
tion.
Notre Dame played
three quarters of its
Nov. 9 loss to Pittsburgh
without star defensive
end Stephon Tuitt after
referees ejected him for
targeting on the first
Junior defensive end Stephon Tuitt was ejected for targeting Pitt quarterback Tom Savage in a controversial call at the start of the second quarter in Notre Dame's 28-21 loss to the Panthers Nov. 9.
Photo by Bill Panzica
