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Jim Harbaugh to file complaints after 'egregious' hit on Wilton Speight
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Quote:Speight left Saturday's win over the Boilermakers after he was sacked in the first quarter. After Speight took a hit from Boilermakers sophomore linebacker Markus Bailey, junior defensive tackle Eddie Wilson hit Speight in the head and neck area as he fell to the ground.

Harbaugh said he was surprised that the play wasn't flagged as a targeting personal foul. The coach said he planned to contact the Big Ten offices to lodge a complaint about the lack of a penalty.

He also said he wants Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany and other head coaches to establish a better standard for visiting team facilities inside stadiums around the conference to make sure that player safety was put above "gamesmanship."

Speight was taken to a nearby health center after the injury for X-rays because the coach said Ross-Ade Stadium's medical facilities weren't sufficient to address the issue on site.

"I wish I would've taken a picture of the actual table that is given to the visitors to put players on when they're injured," Harbaugh said. "It looked like it was from the '20s. It's ripped. It's just not good. I think that's a pattern in the Big Ten."

After three seasons of visiting other Big Ten stadiums, Harbaugh said he felt that some teams made conscious efforts to provide lousy accommodations to give the home team an advantage on the field. He said the Big Ten has been worse in this regard than his experience in the Pac-12 and defensive coordinator Don Brown's experience in the ACC. He called Purdue's locker room unsanitary and "unsportsmanlike."

"It's 2017," Harbaugh said. "There have been advancements, and our stadiums need to reflect that. Visiting locker rooms need to reflect that. Gamesmanship should cease at the line of health and safety for the players."
09-25-2017 03:47 PM
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RE: Jim Harbaugh to file complaints after 'egregious' hit on Wilton Speight
Nobody looks good here. While Harbaugh brings up valid points (assuming they are true), he looks like a whiny, spoiled kid. Purdue looks like a cheapskate, especially considering all the money earned in the conference. The Big Ten looks bad for having such a public cat fight.

This would have been much better if taken care of in house. I think this could effect how Purdue gets non-conference schools to come there knowing that the accommodations are poor. Not a huge deal but enough to make the schools look elsewhere first, especially if the money is the same (or even worse in Purdue's case).
09-26-2017 09:25 PM
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