According to BOL Officials Warned the Staff of a Penalty if Bama Players Celebrated A

I have to admit I kind of expected the flag to be thrown. I have to respect the officials giving Alabama a warning instead of just trying to have an impact on the game over something that should have no impact.

It wasn't preplanned like the thing the Georgia players did that time. I guess the ref was just saying he didn't want them to make a habit of doing that.

I thought they would have gotten flagged at the time. But I also didn't care...my husband and I were cheering right with them.


Geez...let kids have fun.

I thought it was a great "no call." He wasn't calling attention to himself but was with his teammates and it was very impromptu.

The thing the refs should be worried about it a player calling attention to himself by gestures or taunting the other team.

KrAzY3 said:

I have to admit I kind of expected the flag to be thrown. I have to respect the officials giving Alabama a warning instead of just trying to have an impact on the game over something that should have no impact.

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I thought it would be too. Then I remember this was at home.


Good stuff though.

There were several times when that happened--after DHenry's TD reception, he was making some kind of sign to the student section and an official quickly went up to him to tell him to tone it down.

In the 2006 Arkansas game, aka “The game that made everyone give up on Mike Shula”, we were in the second overtime, and the defense intercepted the hogs, which meant that we just had to make a chip shot FG to win the game. The db who made the catch and two other players near him started jumping up and down in celebration--nothing excessive, the usual thing you see after a turnover. The official nearest to them headed towards them to tell them to tone it down, but before he got there, an official across the field threw a flag for unsportsmanlike. That official insisted on the penalty—you could see the closer official trying to talk him out of it--pushing our starting spot for out possession from the 25 yard line—within Tiffin’s range—to the 40 yard line. And from there we did Shula’s patented “Darby up the middle” nonsense.

You have to think CNS's response means a lot to the players. Beau coup credibility

WMack4Bama said:

No blue text...but Speedy Noil wondered the same thing after the second one. I saw the return man literally crumple and fall to the ground after Foster delivered the second big hit

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That is a psychological weapon from here forward.

And we need that in the return game.

WMack4Bama said:

No blue text...but Speedy Noil wondered the same thing after the second one. I saw the return man literally crumple and fall to the ground after Foster delivered the second big hit

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i posted in the game thread that sumlin was going to have to offer noil a bonus to go back on the field again to return kicks. he was getting plastered.

That's a pretty "standard" warning and CNS is using it to his advantage in the press.

So these would be the same officials who literally run to place the ball when dealing w the likes of Auburn, while ignoring the fact that the offenses aren't set before the ball is snapped.


Priorities....

runtheoption22 said:

Dear God, if they just keep that mentality up......

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That and if CNS continues to let the horses run.

runtheoption22 said:

Dear God, if they just keep that mentality up......

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No truer words were ever spoken!! I`ll take one of those! It`s only one game, but they may be right: An amped up Bama might just be more than anybody can handle. I`d love to find out!

jthomas666 said:

There were several times when that happened--after DHenry's TD reception, he was making some kind of sign to the student section and an official quickly went up to him to tell him to tone it down.

In the 2006 Arkansas game, aka “The game that made everyone give up on Mike Shula”, we were in the second overtime, and the defense intercepted the hogs, which meant that we just had to make a chip shot FG to win the game. The db who made the catch and two other players near him started jumping up and down in celebration--nothing excessive, the usual thing you see after a turnover. The official nearest to them headed towards them to tell them to tone it down, but before he got there, an official across the field threw a flag for unsportsmanlike. That official insisted on the penalty—you could see the closer official trying to talk him out of it--pushing our starting spot for out possession from the 25 yard line—within Tiffin’s range—to the 40 yard line. And from there we did Shula’s patented “Darby up the middle” nonsense.

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If that's true. that is just stupid.....bama has been making that sign since 2009. it started with Ingram and Richardson. Look i'm going to be honest. I'm not one of those "oh their always picking us, kind of guys". I never have been, never will be, and I've always been in support of the excessive celebration penalty within reason. but this is getting absurd. in 2008, Tebow and Moreno taunt the lsu fanbase with the phone call sign, and no penalty gets called. JPW does it and the referee pushes him and throws a flag on him. in 2010 bcs title game, Dareus gets flagged for simply chunking the ball after what looked like at the time the game clinching pick six. The rule is becoming too much.

A couple of things. CMS had two memorable games against the Hogs. The first was in 2003, which is when we blew a 21-point second-half lead, intercepted Matt Jones in OT and then held a ceremonial scrum in the end zone. I was there. Half the stadium was screaming about the interception. The other half was screaming for our players to go the bench before the official threw the flag. In my opinion, we had ample time to avoid the penalty but couldn't contain ourselves, a hallmark of the Shula years. And it was Brian Bostick who missed the field goal.

The game that was the beginning of the end took place in 2006, when we kept running out the freshman Tiffin who was clearly in shock after the worst case of kicking shanks I've ever seen. Completely dominated the game only to somehow lose in overtime when Mitch Mustain threw the one decent pass of his career for a touchdown. Unlike our kicker, they managed to make the extra point.