That's why some universities have 100,000 in attendance at their games. And, if nobody watches NCAA football on TV, would the networks spend multi-millions of dollars to televise the games? And have sponsors standing in line to pay for commercials?

My sarcasm missed the mark, I see, BZ.

Mike Pereira, the NFL VP of Officiating, appeared on NFL Total Access this afternoon (Wed., Jan. 24). He explained three calls made during the Conference Playoffs. As for the non-call on Reggie Bush, he stated that it should have been flagged for taunting. And that the officials have been told to penalize that kind of behavior, even in the Super Bowl.

Bob

And before anyone starts thinking the NFL has come to their senses on the post TD stuff, what he said should have been flagged was the taunting the Bears during the run and not the end zone flip after the score. I guess it is a start.

Reggie Bush may be an ex-Heisman winner soon.

And USC may have one less national championship on their record.

Stay tuned......

REPLY: Assuming that you're referring to http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaaf/news?s...yhoo&type=lgns

This folllow-up from ESPN this morning: http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2741773

Given that play how would everyone have handled all that in NF and NCAA if it happened to you. You had three separate acts. All pretty distinct.The taunt, the flip and the dance.

Would you have had called one, two or three?

Yup, and anybody that thinks that this is an isolated case is living in la-la land too.:D

That is a qood question. I probably would have lumped them into one foul and then hope the coach will take of the issue from there. I'd certainly have a "talk to" with the player and let him know that each of those acts could have been penalized separately.

My Opinion
 

Personally (NF only), I'd have called two - the taunt and the flip.

By then I'd be out of flags, Macho-man would be hasta la vista, and a 65 yd extra point is only ever-so-slightly less likely than a 50 yd extra point at the high school level. The third USC is meaningless.

Besides, with two flags already on the ground, he's probably not going to be doing too much dancing!

Did Reggie have to take a pay cut when he signed with the Saints?

Fight on for USC, the tailback want his salary.

Bob

Sorry, I didn't make my remarks clear - in the NFL, they can do whatever they want. It's a business, and all of the players are also businessmen. If they want to put their assets (i.e. their body) at risk by pulling stunts like that, so be it.

I'm aiming for youth sports, where moves like that have no place, in my opinion. At that level, I'd very much like to see a rule change making most USC a live-ball foul.

Bush gets a slap on the wrist
 

The NFL finally gave Bush a $5,000 fine not for his flip but for his pointing.

That amounts to a mere pittance out of Bush's contract.

Still have to wonder why the officials did not give him a 15-yarder right then and there.

The NFL players cannot do whatever they want. In this play, it was legal for him to flip and then dance. However, it was not legal for him to taunt. He should have been flagged for taunting.

Isn't this what happened to the Univ. of Oklahoma QB this season? Peterson, I think. The Ok/BSU bowl game was his first game in about 3 months because he did a flip or a dive or something into the endzone and broke his collarbone.