The PG is late this week because the graduate in question was stupid enough to become said graduate and end up in a situation that might at some point require working on the weekends. Thus, he was unable to watch ECU demolish West Virginia or NCSU squeak by Bill and Mary. But Florida – Miami? Hoo boy!
1. The Celebration Penalty
I don’t even have to say anything about “Washington and BYU” — the phrase above makes it pretty clear. I’m not sure what can be said that hasn’t been said already, but I thought Grummell phrase, “raw emotion and boundless energy of the players and coaches”, re: the college game summed up the stupidity of such a rule pretty well. Regardless of whether or not the actual celebration in question was over the top or not, getting penalized in that situation for anything short of throat slash is just ridiculous.
Look, touchdown celebrations have gotten out of hand in recent years, and Chad Ocho Cinco and Terrell Owens becoming more famous as a result hasn’t exactly helped matters. But the fact remains that when you score in football, professional or otherwise, you’re excited. You don’t set the ball down and simply roll along. So grow up, NCAA and get rid of this rule now. Please.
2. The “Marquee” Matchup
Maybe we were spoiled because Clemson – Alabama was on during the first week of the season (although that was still another ACC Failjob), but it did seem a little lame to have the premiere game of the second week of college football revolve around a rivalry that used to be great but is now lame because Miami’s not good. It makes sense to have them play each other every year — for some reason Florida hadn’t won in 23 years and the teams hadn’t squared off since 2004 — based simply on geographical proximity, but it makes no sense to have that be the top game of the year when obviously it’s not going to be a great one. See: Florida, -21, and a cover.
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9/8/08
Magnolia Tribune
