PAC10 Supervisor Discusses BYU-WA Call

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by OverAndBack

I don't care how high you throw it spontaneously or what it does when it comes down. IMHO and IMHO only, it wasn't an attempt to showboat nor was it an attempt to delay the game or do anything that, in my mind, "harms" the game.

That said, yes, it's a rule. I get that. I'm questioning the need for the rule, which is different from questioning the call.

The act of launching the ball 40' into the air is, even if spontaneous, showboating. There is no other reason to do it.

If you start splitting hairs about whether it was spontaneous or if it was an "attempt" to showboat, you'll create more of a mess than you fix.