joe tiller is a crybaby

purdue? more like purdon't! hahahaha. that always kills me for some reason. anyways, the mustachioed boilermakers coach has a bunch of nonsense to say about the fact that NCAA teams will be kicking off from the 30 instead of the 35 this upcoming season. (from an AP article)

"So now they're moving back 5 yards so we can create more g-forces as these kids are running into each other," he said. "I'm not in favor of moving it back 5 yards. I think about the health and safety of the players, first and foremost.

"It's probably going to add a few more injuries that we didn't have in the past. And maybe a few more kicks will be returned."

sure, joe. yeah. this will be the undoing of hundreds of budding football careers. now i'm not saying that kickoffs/returns aren't dangerous. but this rule change is hardly worth complaining about. it's not like the defenders will have extra yardage to build up speed before their collisions with the return team's blockers. the players are still starting the same distance apart. maybe, MAYBE, there will be a few more injuries on returns this year than there were last year because (duh) there will be more returns. but that's part of the sport. if you don't want players getting injured under these circumstances, why not just eliminate kickoffs altogether? hell, let's just play two hand touch. college football has about 100 problems that are more pressing and significant than this. quit crying and go run your program into the ground some more.