NCAA Football is a joke

[utvolzac]

Did anyone watch the BYU-Washington game. A 15 yard unsportsmanlike penalty that ended up factoring into the outcome of the game was just ridiculous. It wasn't even taunting.

The NCAA wants its players to be holier than thou, yet they make billions exploiting college athletes. God forbid, a 19-20 year old kid might actually show some emotion.

[mrbig1]

What a shame. A bad call that cost them the game.

[PeteCanes]

The problem with the NCAA is that many of the refs simply do not know the rules in the stinking rule book, even some of the most important ones, seen in the overturned incompletion call in the Miami-Florida game.

[Dr. FLK]

The call was terrible, no doubt about it. But, just because they got called for a 15 yard penalty didn't mean they had to butcher a 35 yard kick. That ball barely got higher than the lineman's head.

The ref said that the rule states that it's excessive celebration if the player throws the ball up in the air. If that's the case, then 1) the ref made the right call and 2) the rule is even dumber than I thought it was. Who cares if they throw the ball up in the air after scoring? Heaven forbid they get excited!! I hate "taunting" celebrations, but me thinks they have gone too far.

That being said...learn to kick and there is no real problem.

[mweb]

The problem with the NCAA is that many of the refs simply do not know the rules in the stinking rule book, even some of the most important ones, seen in the overturned incompletion call in the Miami-Florida game.

Yeah, that called seemed like a bad one to me.

And yes, the celebration rule/penalty is absurd.

[MNAFETSC]

The call was terrible, no doubt about it. But, just because they got called for a 15 yard penalty didn't mean they had to butcher a 35 yard kick. That ball barely got higher than the lineman's head.



You can forget whatever psychological effects the penalty brought to the team.

[utvolzac]

The call was terrible, no doubt about it. But, just because they got called for a 15 yard penalty didn't mean they had to butcher a 35 yard kick. That ball barely got higher than the lineman's head.

The ref said that the rule states that it's excessive celebration if the player throws the ball up in the air. If that's the case, then 1) the ref made the right call and 2) the rule is even dumber than I thought it was. Who cares if they throw the ball up in the air after scoring? Heaven forbid they get excited!! I hate "taunting" celebrations, but me thinks they have gone too far.

That being said...learn to kick and there is no real problem.

Yeah but this isn't the NFL. Most schools don't have scholarship kickers. Most of them are just walk ons. A 35 yard kick for a college kicker is a decent kick, not a chip shot extra point.

[PeteCanes]

Yeah but this isn't the NFL. Most schools don't have scholarship kickers. Most of them are just walk ons. A 35 yard kick for a college kicker is a decent kick, not a chip shot extra point.

A 35 yard kick is most certainly a chip shot for a kicker at a major football school.

It should be a chip shot for most high school kickers.

[Dr. FLK]

You can forget whatever psychological effects the penalty brought to the team.

If the "psychological effects" of a penalty keep your kicker from making a kick, then you have a crappy kicker. That ball wouldn't have cleared a helmet on Gary Coleman's head, let alone a 6'2 lineman.

[Sanfran327]

This is one of the all-time "People Talk WAAAY Too Much About This" topics in the history of college football. That call had NOTHING to do with the outcome whatsoever. If the kicker had missed the PAT because he shanked it, then you're talking. But it was blocked! The defensive special teams made a great play that could have happend from anywhere on the field - even the 2.5 yard line. I don't think that that flag should have been thrown - it was a stupid call (although within the rules for sure) - but it didn't decide the game. The players did. Even with the 15-yard penalty, that PAT was a chip shot.