<p>KJ was already in his slide and the Northwestern player, Earnest Brown IV clearly went headhunting. I don't think there's any doubt. He elbowed Costello with increasing velocity under his chin. It's a travesty that he wasn't ejected.</p><p><br></p><p>here's a real-time version:</p><p>https://twitter.com/i/status/1167912417814147078<br></p><p><br></p><p>here's a slo-mo version:</p><p>https://twitter.com/i/status/1167913156380741634<br></p><p><br></p><p>Sam Cooper of Yahoo didn't think much of it:</p><p>
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<br></p><p><br></p><p>As far as I'm concerned, it was blatant and ridiculous that Brown wasn't ejected. To me, there is fundamentally no such penalty if the officiating crew can't make this call.</p><p><br></p><p>I don't think Northwestern is a dirty team, nor are they undisciplined. Last year, their defense had the fewest penalties in college football, the D-Line had just three all of last year.</p><p><br></p><p>
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<br></p><p><br></p><p>As far as I'm concerned, it was blatant and ridiculous that Brown wasn't ejected. To me, there is fundamentally no such penalty if the officiating crew can't make this call.</p><p><br></p><p>I don't think Northwestern is a dirty team, nor are they undisciplined. Last year, their defense had the fewest penalties in college football, the D-Line had just three all of last year.</p><p><br></p><p>
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