As with most things in life — we see what we want to see. I watch this video and I see Kindle dip the crown of his helmet right into Potts’ facemask. You see Kindle slowing down (out of kindness I guess), and looking down to swipe the ball with his eyelids. Neither you or I know what is in Kindle’s head but he absolutely made first contact with Potts with his helmet into Potts’ facemask. You can’t deny that. Kindle’s arms aren’t even in tackling position when he makes initial contact and Potts helmet flies off.

The rules exist to protect the players. For that reason alone, Kindle’s play was bone-headed because his helmet shouldn’t have been anywhere near Potts’ head. He could have lead with a shoulder, aimed for Potts mid-section, or tried to strip the ball. He made a dangerous play. “I was going for the ball” will always be an excuse. But understand — that is exactly what that is.

Your post and that link go to great lengths to dissect why the hit was okay. The rule is for safety and isn’t meant to be dissected. Who cares why you hit the kicker…. you’re an idiot for hitting him regardless. Kindle hit Potts helmet so hard it flew off. Who cares what Kindle was trying to do? The rule is to protect Potts and Kindle’s spinal chords, right?

I’m a Tech alum — so I’ll say this…. Texas deserved the ball for no other reason than Winn got undressed so badly. Texas was the better team Saturday night and deserved to win and had that play been a penalty, Texas still would have won. I’ll say that again four or five times because all anyone will see is “whining Tech fan” because I don’t agree with that hit. For good measure, I’ll give you that Tech was quite guilty of holding which never got called. I don’t know why Texas fans can’t admit this hit was bad?

The fact is that this video clip isn’t something they’ll use to teach kids how to tackle. You know it and I know it.