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Originally Posted by 9thIsleZebra
I've seen more than one instance in college games where the scoring player spiked the ball, not a windup spike like in the NFL but nevertheless a hard slam to the ground after scoring. Have not seen a flag thrown for those, at least the games I've watched.
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I remember when they started flagging the spike in NCAA for UC in the late 1960s or maybe 1970, after it'd become a common TD gesture in NFL for a few yrs., although there are earlier examples in college ball of that gesture; I just saw one on YouTube from 1964. Previous to that, NFL had to start instituting fines for throwing the ball into the stands after a TD, because one game they ran out of balls, and had to get one back from a fan. They later instituted the end zone net for the same reason, although usually it was understood those kicked balls weren't intended as souvenirs like baseballs. But when a player throws the ball up there, how can you not understand that as a keeper?