Notre Dame Receiver Taunts From the 30
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That should be a 30 yard penalty.
The first year the rule was in place, an LSU punter did exactly what the ND receiver did, but he started from the 5. Flag, no touchdown. The rule isn’t “no high stepping.”
An unopposed ball carrier obviously altering stride as he approaches the opponent’s goal line or diving into the end zone.
--Rule Book
https://www.ruletool.info/ncaa-rule-9-conduct-of-players-and-others-subject-to-the-rules/2/
Thanks for posting that. "Altering stride"? Geezus. How about if he just slows down?
Stupid rule.
I certainly hope that college football doesn't start looking like some of the dumb stuff they do on Sunday in the NFL. So, if flagging minor stuff in college stops it from becoming the Sunday stuff, i'm OK with that.
After Stanford beat Notre Dame last night, the Fighting
Irish now have 3 losses. This will keep them out of the
Final Four in the NCAA Football Playoffs. Good News
for those who thought ND was over-rated all season.
Irish now have 3 losses. This will keep them out of the
Final Four in the NCAA Football Playoffs. Good News
for those who thought ND was over-rated all season.
That wasn't "taunting" by any measure. He was unopposed to the endzone and simply raised an arm as celebration. Just happy emotion. No flag was the right call. And stupid rule is still very very stupid.
Being demonstrative over another player--yes, taunting.
Turning around to, you know, taunt--yes, taunting.
It's pretty easy, but the rule is way too confusing apparently.
Being demonstrative over another player--yes, taunting.
Turning around to, you know, taunt--yes, taunting.
It's pretty easy, but the rule is way too confusing apparently.
http://www.espn.com/college-football/team/_/id/87/notre-dame-fighting-irish
Best view is 7th video down (tried to embed but wouldn't work; sorry)
I guess we'll have to agree to disagree on this one. I think slowing down and raising your hand in the air in a "look a me" gesture while a defender is running you down at full speed for 30 yards fits clearly into the definition of "taunting," and is the exact type of sh*t I want removed from the game. I consider that a heck of a lot more blatant than two high steps inside the 5-yard-line while looking straight forward. The way one of the refs was talking to him after the play, I think that he agrees with me; just didn't have the guts to throw a flag.
I think we can agree, however, that the rule is not very clear and interpreted differently by everyone, which needs to be fixed.
Rule seems like a good candidate for a warning then harsher penalty. First occurrence is warning with penalty enforced on kickoff. Second is a spot foul (and maybe ejection)
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