Thanks To Reggie Bush

[Jim D]

Right, it's important to remember that an unnecessary dive into the end zone isn't a foul - it's only a foul if it's obviously show-boating. I've had a runner dive into the end zone and I'm was sure he didn't need to in order to score, but there were defenders making a grab for him. From my view, the dive was not needed but he may have felt differently.

[bisonlj]

Originally Posted by Jim D

Right, it's important to remember that an unnecessary dive into the end zone isn't a foul - it's only a foul if it's obviously show-boating. I've had a runner dive into the end zone and I'm was sure he didn't need to in order to score, but there were defenders making a grab for him. From my view, the dive was not needed but he may have felt differently.

If you are lucky enough to be in front of the runner you can often tell a lot by their eyes. My back judge used to flag guys for leaping into the end zone and there was a defender close behind (3-5 yards). I could have interpreted he leapt for the purpose of eluding those tacklers, but he stated he could tell by the look on his face his true intent was hot dogging. The player argued otherwise but you would expect that.

[NickelDeuce]

eyes or no eyes it's not a foul if there's a defender within 3 yards of the runner.

[Sonofanump]

What do you think of this:

Easy to flag a somersault.
Hard to flag an outright dive.

[sj]

Along the lines of this topic it seemed to me that during the bowl games that excessive celebration and other UC acts were pretty prevalent. It just seemed like the 15 yards wasn't going to matter all that much. I was wondering if anybody else felt the same way. It would be interesting to see the statistics on the number of flags thrown for celebration compared to other years to see if the flags and penalties are really cutting the number of incidences down.