Quote:
|
Originally Posted by jimpiano
I totally agree. The problem is consistency. The SEC let the dive go....but in a Michigan/OSU game a receiver catching a pass at the five and between two defenders gets a flag for diving into the end zone.
It is perfectly understandable to penalize a player doing a front flip into the end zone the same with wide open diving. But diving to avoid defenders?
Excessive celebration connotes actions AFTER the score, not making the score. This is not to say that taunting or finger pointing on the way to paydirt should be ignored. But diving and high stepping? The rulesmakers need to get a grip.
|
Diving to avoid a defender is not a foul. If you dive and are unnopposed then that is illegal. In all the bowl games thus far and all the flags that have been thrown or not thrown I would agree with all but one non-call. I'm not sure of the actual numbers but a good guess would be about 10 Unsportsmanlike calls. So, if an official missed 1 of those that's pretty good as far as consistency go. Missing 1 out of 10 is pretty darn good.