Discretion of officials.....

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That penalty flag in the BYU/Washington game was horrible. I watched the entire game and Jake Locker had just capped a 76 yard last minute drive. He was not showing anybody up, nor attempting to draw attention to himself. He is known as an excellent sport and never given officials problems. The spirit of that rule is to penalize taunting or showmanship a la Chad Ocho-cinco.

There would have been no complaints from BYU had no flag been thrown. Our rules are guidelines many of which do have gray areas in which great officials can interpret the spirit of the rule and properly apply it to the action on the field.

We witnessed yet another reason why Pac-10 football officiating is hands-down the worst of all BCS conference staffs.