Horse collar rule

[Eastshire]

Originally Posted by yankeesfan

Is the horse collar rule different in nfhs and college football? I have seen some plays in college football this year where I would of never called a horse collar like in the ohio state-penn state game, so I was thinking the rules must be different in both.

I think the horse collar call in the Ohio State-Penn State game was just a miss by the covering official. He tackled him by the outside of the jersey between the shoulders rather than getting his hand in side the collar.