Gaylord Bowl

[Robert Goodman]

Originally Posted by sj

***Are you saying this to mean there should be different treatment when a player is making a spectacle of himself before the play is over versus waiting to make a spectacle of himself until after the play is over?

I think it should be treated differently -- that certain kinds of spectacle once the ball is dead are USC to me if done while the ball is still live. For instance, holding the ball up & waving it before scoring is much more of a tease than is holding it up & waving after scoring.

Robert

[DonInKansas]

Originally Posted by Robert Goodman

For instance, holding the ball up & waving it before scoring is much more of a tease than is holding it up & waving after scoring.

Robert

So "nyah nyah, I'm gonna score on you" is that much worse than "nyah nyah I scored on you?" Interesting.

If they want it out so bad, just make it a rule they have to go straight to the nearest ref and hand the ball to him with no celebration at all.

[WhistlesAndStripes]

I wasn't watching this game, but I did see it replayed on SportsCenter, along with the post game commentary by Bowden. Of course he didn't like the call.

I was also glad to see that in the Rose Bowl, a USC receiver did the same thing as he scored their 2nd TD of the game, and it also drew a flag from the covering official.

We had a situation in a high school game this season. Last game of the regular season. Kid gets an unsportsman like early in the game for some extracurricular activity OOB after a play had ended. Later in the game, he breaks loose on a run for about 40 yds and does the flip into the endzone. Our BJ and HL both threw flags on it. Kid ends up ejected, and also misses their first round playoff game the following weekend.

[Robert Goodman]

Originally Posted by DonInKansas

So "nyah nyah, I'm gonna score on you" is that much worse than "nyah nyah I scored on you?"

Yes. You just have to imagine yourself in an opponent's place. Hard to convey the psychology. More accurately, it's, "Nyah, I'm gonna score on you. Or maybe I won't. Yes, I think I will." The other one is, "In case you didn't notice, I scored on you."

Robert