“If you just check your phone every time it buzzes and you see the headline, that’s not reality. It’s something somebody’s created on the internet or something, or a campaign that somebody’s running for somebody else … “I think we have a responsibility and I think we have to be careful in today’s age (with) all the information and everything that’s out there, that sometimes all this stuff becomes real and it’s not real. I know a lot of people get excited about that, but there’s really no place for that in athletics and sports. And I hope there can be some accountability (for) that type of behavior. “And I just don’t think those kind of things have any place in college football. “We had a player get death threats and his family get death threats and their address (get) posted all over Instagram and social media,” Norvell continued. The Rams coach expressed concern that the social-media stardom of Hunter, who had 978,000 Instagram followers as of early Monday, and that of CU coach Deion Sanders, whom Norvell verbally tweaked late last week, have only accelerated the vitriol aimed toward his safety.īlackburn’s hit also drew scorn from celebrities such as LeBron James and JJ Watt via the “X” platform. And so (there) seems to have been a lot of attention about that play. It’s not certainly not something that we teach or coach, it just - it happens in football sometimes. “The officials looked at it, we looked at it. “When you throw a deep ball and you’ve got a guy playing middle safety, he’s got to react on the boundary and he’s going full speed,” Norvell said. The Georgia native did not return and, according to multiple media reports, suffered a lacerated liver that will sideline him for at least three weeks. Hunter returned to the tilt in the second quarter but was removed at halftime and taken to a local hospital for examination. The defender, who played his prep football at Boulder’s Fairview High School, was not considered to have led with his head nor to have targeted Hunter above the shoulders and remained in the game, which the Rams lost in double overtime, 43-35. Blackburn was immediately confronted by Shedeur Sanders, before officials broke the two up. The Jackson State transfer and two-way star crumpled in a heap along the visitors’ sideline. (We) don’t coach that kind of football.”īlackburn was on deep coverage on the play in question and Hunter did not appear to see the CSU defender before contact was made. It’s sad that that’s the state of the world we live in. “The police department is supporting him because of the seriousness of the threats that have come out of this,” Norvell said of Blackburn, who was flagged for unsportsmanlike conduct late in the first quarter after striking Hunter in the chest while the latter was chasing down an incomplete pass from quarterback Shedeur Sanders. Digital Replica Edition Home Page Close MenuįORT COLLINS - CSU safety Henry Blackburn won’t be suspended by the Rams for his hit on CU Buffs football star Travis Hunter, Rams athletic department officials confirmed to The Post on Monday.īut football coach Jay Norvell said during his weekly news conference at Canvas Stadium that Blackburn and his family have received death threats during and after the Rocky Mountain Showdown at Folsom Field this past Saturday night.
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