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Gutsy and absolutely correct call by the official in the Oregon game. If he gets excited and high fives his teammates or runs to his bench and does the jump and bump with someone there is no flag. But running in a big half circle to the middle of the field and then doing a karate bow is so lame and obviously premeditated. How dumb to think only of yourself and hurt your team that way.

[mikeytbuckeyes]

Yep. I agree. There will be nay sayers who say you don't make that call in that situation but I would counter by asking if that's a call you make in the 1st quarter. If so, why would it all of a sudden be wrong to call in the 4th? The situation doesn't matter. Consistency is the most important thing.
That's something that used to drive me nuts with some wrestling refs I'd encounter when I still coached. They changed the way they officiated based upon the match situation. Just be consistent and enforce the rules.

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What makes it worse is in 2011 they specifically added "bowing" to the list of things they would flag for and this year's points of emphasis is celebration and taunting actions being flagged.

My old coach would always tell the show boats to put their skirts on and go be on the cheerleading squad!

[mikeytbuckeyes]

The one aspect of the rule I disagreed with is the one where a player wearing the gloves with their school's logo would get flagged for showing that off (which happened to Ohio State one year). IMO if the celebration is something that brings attention to the team or the school then I don't think it deserves a flag. The "look at me" type celebratIons are where you've got to keep the reins pulled in.

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Oct 3, 2014 16:38:24 GMT -5 mikeytbuckeyes said:

The one aspect of the rule I disagreed with is the one where a player wearing the gloves with their school's logo would get flagged for showing that off (which happened to Ohio State one year). IMO if the celebration is something that brings attention to the team or the school then I don't think it deserves a flag. The "look at me" type celebratIons are where you've got to keep the reins pulled in.

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I agree in principle but the problem then becomes pushing the envelope. They allow that then a kid will say holds the gloves up and then just pump his fists. That gets allowed then they will push for something else etc. Celebrating on the sidelines is allowed and can be done with the fans. Just save it for then. It's not that hard.

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It's ok for everyone else to celebrate something that we all watch and/or play to celebrate, but the players themselves must wait to do so? Lighten up... there's mediums with everything.

[cwerph]

Don't like the rule but it was applied correctly in this instance.

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Oct 3, 2014 17:49:33 GMT -5 @raisincanebuckeye said:

It's ok for everyone else to celebrate something that we all watch and/or play to celebrate, but the players themselves must wait to do so? Lighten up... there's mediums with everything.

Agreed. But their are right ways and allowed ways to celebrate for players. They don't have to wait, They just have to do so within the rules.