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Message: [QUOTE="huskymedic, post: 5089350, member: 549"] [MEDIA=twitter]1841910304801689956[/MEDIA] -> UConn likes to take advantage of Evers’ ability to take off and run with the football. It is a significant part of the Huskies’ option offense, which has climbed up the national ranks in recent weeks. But before he returns to game action, there will be time spent working on diving, rather than sliding. Mora says the former is actually the safer option. “I think personally, it won’t happen, but if they wanted a guy that’s coached football for 40-something years and been around it for his whole life, I would say that the NCAA should take a really hard look at outlawing quarterback sliding feet-first,” he said. “That’s when they get hurt. You go watch Steve Young play, who is in the Hall of Fame, you go watch Mike Vick play, you watch some of those other running quarterbacks, they always dove. “They always went head-first, they got their head below the hit. They protected the ball that way, and they had their shoulder pads going first instead of an exposed upper body… I don’t understand why they continue to let quarterbacks slide. Not only do they put the quarterback in danger, but they make the game incredibly hard to play for the defense and they make it incredibly hard to officiate. That’s just an opinion based on 60 years of football life.” <- [/QUOTE]