Really stupid taunting call.

[theshadow]

See, the thing is.. you are not interpreting the rule book correctly.

There's not much to interpret. It's right there in black and white.

 

[CloneGuy8]

Chad Johnson and TO ruined it for everyone

 

[CloneIce]

There's not much to interpret. It's right there in black and white.

Oh. I’ve actually watched football before, so I understand that in the real world, officials can and do interpret the rule book. Nor do I agree with your interpretation that Xaviers actions constituted unsportsmanlike conduct.

 

[cyrocksmypants]

Ok, but he also didn’t celebrate. It wasn’t about taunting or celebrating. He “obviously altered his stride when he approached the goal line” per the rule…which I’m still saying is bunk because it was one step. One step is not obvious. Someone had to be pre-charged or affected by actions after the play to come to that conclusion.

Would love to see when the flag actually came out. Not sure I care much about it now anymore.

Come on man. It was a high step. I don’t understand why people are fighting that so much. It was a dumb call. It shouldn’t have been a penalty. It wasn’t taunting. But it was a high step.

 

[Nelcyn]

Close down post. We don't cry about that anymore.

 

[isutrevman]

Turned around, maneuvered the ball, slowed down, and high-stepped. He made it easy to call.

 

[madguy30]

It does not say that looking over ones shoulder or slowing slightly is an automatic personal foul. I know this because I’ve watched football before.

Cool. I've watched football too. Lots of **** goes on that gets called or doesn't.

But what does the NCAA rule book say?

Like the quote above from the rule book? What does it say? Could it be interpreted as something to call a penalty on?

 

[tolfbfan]

JUDGEMENT CALL. His judgement was way to legalistic.
It actually ended up helping us in a weird way!

 

[CloneIce]

Cool. I've watched football too. Lots of **** goes on that gets called or doesn't.

But what does the NCAA rule book say?

Like the quote above from the rule book? What does it say? Could it be interpreted as something to call a penalty on?

Yeah man. I just watched the play again. It was a terrible call.

 

[CYEATHAWK]

There's not much to interpret. It's right there in black and white.

That's fine, but let's agree that DSM4Cy is correct when he said:

. I have never seen such an egregious misuse of the unsportsmanlike penalty in any game.

 

[isutrevman]

Yep, that is almost exactly how it is worded in rule. We don't like it. Judgement call and his judgement sucked!

Players slow down ALL THE TIME when the get close the end zone on break away plays. It's never called. How many times have we seen a player do a flip into the end zone? Never called. It's never called because no other ref is dumb enough to risk changing the outcome of a game by calling a penalty for something that has zero impact on the actual game.

 

[tolfbfan]

Players slow down ALL THE TIME when the get close the end zone on break away plays. It's never called. How many times have we seen a player do a flip into the end zone? Never called. It's never called because no other ref is dumb enough to risk changing the outcome of a game by calling a penalty for something that has zero impact on the actual game.

Heh man, don't shoot the messenger. I thought the call sucked. I still think it was the spark that got us going.

 

[madguy30]

JUDGEMENT CALL. His judgement was way to legalistic.
It actually ended up helping us in a weird way!

College football needs robot refs!

 

[Psyclone Brian]

I thought John Walters was being restrained in the press box! NEVER heard him that upset!

 

[theshadow]

Players slow down ALL THE TIME when the get close the end zone on break away plays. It's never called. How many times have we seen a player do a flip into the end zone? Never called. It's never called because no other ref is dumb enough to risk changing the outcome of a game by calling a penalty for something that has zero impact on the actual game.

The rule was put in partially because of all the unnecessary diving and flipping.

Curvey got called for it back in 2004, except at that time it was a dead-ball penalty and assessed on the kickoff.

 

[tolfbfan]

114 posts, I do appreciate looking like a Post Master General! I know cheezy!

 

[FeedBreece]

I have to check the gameday thread when the taunting call happened. It couldn’t have been pretty.

 

[wintersmd]

JUDGEMENT CALL. His judgement was way to legalistic.
It actually ended up helping us in a weird way!

Extended to drive, got the crowd into the game BIG TIME, and set CMC and players off. In hindsight, the bad call did help us.

 

[madguy30]

I have to check the gameday thread when the taunting call happened. It couldn’t have been pretty.

It got moved on from pretty quickly since ISU scored.

You got people melting down here like ISU lost.

 

[Clonefan32]

If I’m X after the second touchdown I go full sarcastic ***hole and sprint to the ref, drop to two knees and hold the ball above my head in an act of submissiveness to the supreme authority of the referee.