Does This Look Like Excessive Celebration To You?

So they actually played that Pinstripe Bowl in Yankee Stadium yesterday; I just thought that game was an early April Fools’ prank, but Syracuse and Kansas State actually showed up and played a really good game. But as time wound down, K-State trailed by 8, needing a TD and the 2-pt conversion to tie. They got the TD, and then this happened.

Walsh is gonna be pissed when I tell him that his mighty mighty Orange were handed a bowl victory, but watch that video and tell me how that justifies a 15-yard penalty. How is that “excessive celebration”? It’s barely a celebration at all. Granted, it’s tacky as hell, but that flag was unwarranted, and it changed the complexion of the game.

This is exactly what we saw coming as soon as these rules were passed; officials would be taking the game out of the players’ hands, and the evidence doesn’t get more clear-cut than this. K-State was flagged and penalized 15 yards; their potentially-game-tying 2-pt conversion was attemped from the edge of the red zone. If we have a choice between exuberant players and exuberant referees, which would you rather see? Oh, wait. This is college football. Nobody in that sport cares what we think.

12.31.10 at 1:05 pm
Upstate Underdog
That flag was a fucking disgrace. Terrible ending to an exciting game.
12.31.10 at 1:14 pm
Frito Baggins
True, Dog. In other editions yesterday, there were choreographed salutes to all sections of the stands, all four wind directions, all royalty in the house, you name it. If Justin Blackmon’s horizontal run along the 1-foot line wasn’t “calling attention to himself”, then what was it? Yet no flag. The rule needs standardization, so that it’s called consistently, always, or it needs to be dropped.
12.31.10 at 1:17 pm
Upstate Underdog
That ref had money on Syracuse.
12.31.10 at 1:24 pm
Enrico Pallazzo
That was the best New Era Pinstripe Bowl ever played.
12.31.10 at 1:29 pm
essequemodeia
Who gives a shit? The Heels won.
12.31.10 at 1:54 pm
Ryan Walsh
I’m not exactly used to having my football teams win, but winning like this was kind of a let down. The game was great, Yankee Stadium made a cool venue, and the crowd was pretty big and into the game. I’m glad Cuse won, but in a game where both teams played really well, it was kind of horseshit to see the deciding factor be one dick-nose’s interpretation of a stupid rule.
Either way, G’Orange. They were made for this bowl game.

Does This Look Like Excessive Celebration To You?

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