The safe thing would be not to play football at all. This sport isn’t for the weak, and anyone who plays it accepts the risk of injury. I agree that malicious hits should carry a penalty, but when a ball carrier lowers his head at the last split second, a helmet to helmet collision must be accepted as part of the decision to play the sport. What makes everything worse is that this rule is not enforceable in a consistent manner. Honest refs will differ in their interpretation of the rule, and corrupt refs will commandeer the rule to manipulate the outcome of the game. The latter happened yesterday when we had stopped MSU, and if it hadn’t we would have had a chance to take the lead back at the end.