...The excessive celebration penalties in these bowl games. I think the players are doing it intentionally.
Agree. If you are watching the A&M game, not sure what that guy did wrong.
I'm sick of the players doing it. He deserved the penalty. Just play the damn game.
He imitated shooting a basketball with the football.
Yeah, really don't see how that merits a 15 yard penalty. At least assessed with the kickoff so it didn't affect the game too much.
I was thinking this exact thing, and I think it's a reflection of how much players care about or respect the game they are playing in. So far the bowls played have been more like a nationally-televised scrimmage, and the players are treating them as such. If this isn't a prime example of why there are too many bowl games and how meaningless some of them are, then I don't know what is.
That rant aside, I don't think we'll be seeing these kind of antics once we get into the top flight bowls.
I never get the "too many bowl games" argument. More football is never a bad thing. At the very least, most of the games are pretty entertaining with a lot of trick plays.
A&M is part of the problem in CFB since they left for the SEC.Anyone else seeing the A&M coaches on the sidelines shoving and Always putting their hands on WVU players? Hard to cheer for A&M
Yeah, if you stop and think about it; all these teams/players, coaches, administrations, traveling party get to take a trip to warm weather city(mostly), see a new part of the country and play another football game. An opportunity for their fans to take a trip together. The players all get a 'care' package.
Football junkies like us get another game to watch.....................if we choose.
And to top it off, most/all have a tie-in with some charity.
Really is ho harm is there?
I never get the "too many bowl games" argument. More football is never a bad thing. At the very least, most of the games are pretty entertaining with a lot of trick plays.
Yeah, if you stop and think about it; all these teams/players, coaches, administrations, traveling party get to take a trip to warm weather city(mostly), see a new part of the country and play another football game. An opportunity for their fans to take a trip together. The players all get a 'care' package.
Football junkies like us get another game to watch.....................if we choose.
And to top it off, most/all have a tie-in with some charity.
Really is ho harm is there?
I agree to point and I like the aggressive play calls too. But it's hard for me to excited about a game where you can tell the players don't even care, as evidence by the excessive personal foul penalties.
Also my memory is fuzzy but didn't the NCAA get rid of the 3rd place game in hockey for this very reason? It was obvious nobody cared and it the game just became a cesspool for penalties and fighting?
Anyone else seeing the A&M coaches on the sidelines shoving and Always putting their hands on WVU players? Hard to cheer for A&M
This isn't a black v white issue or anything like that, is it?
I agree to point and I like the aggressive play calls too. But it's hard for me to excited about a game where you can tell the players don't even care, as evidence by the excessive personal foul penalties.
Also my memory is fuzzy but didn't the NCAA get rid of the 3rd place game in hockey for this very reason? It was obvious nobody cared and it the game just became a cesspool for penalties and fighting?
No, it's more of a hamburger vs hot dog.
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I saw that live and thought my eyes must have deceived me because no coach not named Woody Hayes would do something like that intentionally. Thanks for posting.
Anyone else seeing the A&M coaches on the sidelines shoving and Always putting their hands on WVU players? Hard to cheer for A&M
One student assistant, and he was gone at halftime.