Thu Jan 29, 2009 1:41 pm EST
When it comes to excessive celebration, some coaches think officials are a little too loose with their flags -- take Cal's Jeff Tedford, for example, who recently called the critical personal foul against Jake Locker in Washington's last-second loss to BYU in September a "ridiculous" application of the rule. On the other hand, there's Jim Tressel, who had a somewhat different opinion:
"If they err, I think they should err on the side of throwing the flag," Ohio State coach Jim Tressel said. "You're supposed to hand the ball to the official. A couple [of penalties] that were called were close, but guys see that and if they care about their team, they know to mind their Ps and Qs."
Obviously, if the Sweatervest was running the show, the era of the liberal officiating agenda would come to an emphatic end:

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*Assuming you are going to call those penalties at all, Im okay with letting em go too. I just oppose it being a dead ball foul when it isnt a dead ball infraction.
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Why, in the NFL, do players celebrate like they just won Bill Gates' will, when celebrating is usually banned at every other level? You think it would carry over. Sure, I didn't mind the "California Quake" or "White Shoes" back when a celebration was usually fun or clever, now it's just some self-aggrandizing attention whoring designed to get on SportsCenter. (Please tell that to the gunner on special teams, who slips, falls, and the returner accidentally falls on him at the 45 and then immediately jumps up and starts pointing fingers like he tore the guys head off.).
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