I guess I missed this indiscretion by John Flowers Friday night, but it appears it happened and it’s certainly happening all across the country, even in the Big Eleven with an otherwise finesse team like Michigan.

The Big East is a pretty physical league, in cause you’ve been living under a rock, and these things will happen. Retaliation happens, too. League officials are paying particularly close attention so the rash does not spread.

“I’ll tell you exactly what I’ve told my staff,” Hyland said. “The first thing the official looks for, to determine if it’s excessive, is whether the elbow is going at the same speed as the rest of the player’s body. If it’s faster than the trunk of his body, or if it could cause injury, and it makes contact, the only foul the official can call is flagrant. Two shots and ejection.”