I'm that old too, but Dax's hit would have been ESPN Top Ten material in those days. Now it is a penalty and people wonder why we don't have the same defensive intensity. That call changed the game - as did VT not scoring TD's in the red zone - but that call changed the results of that play, took out a defensive leader and was an "example" for other players on how intense one should play.

Defense immediately suffered resulting in two scores.

Leading with your helmet has always been "spearing" and reducing hits to the head to reduce concussions is a good thing. But any non-helmet hard hit where a player is "defenseless" use to be a great play, now it is flagged. Football is dangerous your head should always be on a swivel.

College football has changed.