Celebrations on field at Uconn game have me slightly concerned
September 5th, 2010 at 2:44 PM ^
I love that "are the celebrations too excessive?" is our concern today.
September 5th, 2010 at 2:46 PM ^
I didn't see it.
September 5th, 2010 at 2:50 PM ^
DRob a little, Shaw for sure, and he dragged other players into it.
September 5th, 2010 at 3:03 PM ^
DRob? Like when he took a knee?
September 5th, 2010 at 3:21 PM ^
Shaw was dangerously close to an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty. It looked as if his teammates had to restrain him, and the referees got in the middle of it too.
September 5th, 2010 at 3:39 PM ^
Because from what I can see on the replay, the ref was pretty much telling him "back to your bench, son." That kind of celebration really doesn't get flagged very often, if at all.
See also: Tate, last year's ND game; Mike Hart, 2008 Capital One Bowl; everyone, every year, Ohio State v. Michigan.
September 5th, 2010 at 3:48 PM ^
But the rule changed this year. They are enforcing it pretty strictly.
Having said that, this thread is lame. Enjoy the win people.
September 5th, 2010 at 4:01 PM ^
I don't think the definition of "excessive" celebration changed this year. IIRC, the rule change was simply the ability of refs to take away a touchdown if the celebration begins before the player reaches the end zone.
They have certainly cracked down in recent years, but the standard remains the same.
September 5th, 2010 at 4:29 PM ^
I see. I must have misunderstood.
September 5th, 2010 at 6:39 PM ^
Dittos.
September 5th, 2010 at 6:12 PM ^
Golden Tate was flagged last year for trying to "shh" the crowd. In my opinion, Shaw's celebration was almost as excessive. Forward to about 3:40...
September 5th, 2010 at 6:25 PM ^
I don't see how it was excessive. I don't know what he was saying but unless he was doing that in a UCONN player's face, I can't ever seeing him get flagged for that.
September 5th, 2010 at 6:53 PM ^
I'm pretty sure Jordan Todman "shh"ed the crowd yesterday after his touchdown run and wasn't called for a penalty.
September 5th, 2010 at 8:32 PM ^
And he got nailed because it was aimed at opposing fans. Shaw was directing his jubilation at his own fans.
September 6th, 2010 at 11:16 AM ^
was a taunt to the opposing crowd. Shaw was just pumped and at the home crowd.
September 5th, 2010 at 2:47 PM ^
we have endured, I think celebrating every win is in order.
September 5th, 2010 at 2:47 PM ^
Yes. Absolutely.
September 5th, 2010 at 2:48 PM ^
Yeah, Denard was really pushing the line and showboating when he dropped to a knee in prayer right after scoring a TD.
/s
September 5th, 2010 at 3:33 PM ^
No doubt, the thugs that Rod recruits...
September 5th, 2010 at 5:28 PM ^
I agree, such a lack of FAMILY values. This makes me sick.
/sarcasm
I can not imagine a player with more humility, then Denard has shown so far.
September 5th, 2010 at 2:51 PM ^
They're just young guys who haven't been there before.
Under Lloyd Carr things weren't that much different. I remeber Mike Hart did a lot of taunting during the 2008 Capital One bowl vs. Florida.
Edit: And for the record, I didn't really see any showboating. Although I was at the game and didn't watch on tv.
September 5th, 2010 at 3:02 PM ^
... during that game was Greg Matthews doing the "Gator Chomp" and not quite bringing his arms together... the jaws couldn't lock!
September 5th, 2010 at 3:13 PM ^
I think that was Arrington. Regardless, I agree... That taunt was dope.
September 5th, 2010 at 4:13 PM ^
For like five seconds I was looking for excessive celebrations and then I forgot because that game was awesome
September 5th, 2010 at 4:18 PM ^
The guy doing the gator chomp at 1:43 is really funny to me.
September 5th, 2010 at 4:41 PM ^
Arrington pounding the ball on Manningham's helmet is classic.
Thanks for posting this. I never get sick of watching that game.
September 5th, 2010 at 5:21 PM ^
After that night, Tim Tebow started wearing Chad Henne pajamas.
September 5th, 2010 at 2:49 PM ^
I certainly don't see how, for example, Denard giving the ball to the ref and keeling to pray is "excessive." On the whole, Michigan was quite restrained, and most of the celebrating was team-oriented. The worst thing I see happening is that someone will get a penalty down the line, and RR will use it as a "teachable moment."
Considering what has happened in Ann Arbor the last two years, this is a "problem" that is good to have.
September 5th, 2010 at 3:02 PM ^
you can count me as one who might say, let's not wait for a penalty, for a "teachable moment."
So I don't exactly say to the OP, "You're overreacting." It is just funny, that television gave that appearance, while being in the stadium didn't give me that impression at all. This could be one time that a particular up-close sideline camera caught something that the larger stadium crowd did not see, while they were all high-fiving each other.
September 5th, 2010 at 2:50 PM ^
I was fired up seeing our players celebrate. I understand your concern, as you could see the ref basically saying, "Get back to your bench or I'm pulling this flag." every time we scored, but compared to UConn? We were jazzed to score - all our players seemed so absolutely, genuinely happy when their teammates scored. We were hungry for this game! Conversely, looking back at the highlights, UConn players seemed to say "Meh" when they scored... I'll take an occasional penalty if it means we're fired up and hungry.
September 5th, 2010 at 2:51 PM ^
Yes, you are overreacting. They worked hard all summer and when they had success, they expressed some excitement. Wait until they get flagged multiple times, in multiple games to worry about it. Let's Go Blue!
September 5th, 2010 at 2:51 PM ^
i do remember a ref pushing one of the players to break up a celebration...anyone remember that and/or who it was?
September 5th, 2010 at 3:00 PM ^
It was Shaw. I thought the ref's reaction was a bit excessive, actually. Koger seemed to pull Shaw out of there, though. It wasn't even close to being out of hand or over the line, in my opinion.
September 5th, 2010 at 2:55 PM ^
I sort of noticed the same thing when I rewatched the game this morning. I think the general interpretation by the refs is that if you do something alone its a problem, but if you are cheering with your teamates they generally let it go. On at least 2 of the touchdowns, I think we came close to getting a penalty. On one TD you specifically see the UM player face the crowd and get fired up, and while he is doing this the ref is jawing right at him, I would imagine telling him to tone it down, happily his teamates mob him right then so it became a moot point. I am all for celebration and lord knows the kids earned it, but if I was Richrod I would simply tell the players remember to celebrate with your teamates as a group, that way nothing will get called...
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September 5th, 2010 at 2:56 PM ^
Nothing was premeditated. There was a lot of enthusiasm after Shaw's touchdown, but his teammates came over and made sure he stopped celebrating before the refs had to become involved.
September 5th, 2010 at 3:01 PM ^
probably because I was too busy excessively celebrating with the rest of the crowd.
September 5th, 2010 at 3:02 PM ^
It really bothers me when the officials get in the face of the players telling them not to celebrate. The player has just scored in front of 113,090 people, they were beating a team that many said they would lose to, its the first game of the year its exciting. Let them play, let them celebrate. The officials need to back off on celebrations as long as its not taunting let the kids have some fun.
September 5th, 2010 at 3:46 PM ^
They're welcome to celebrate as enthusiastically as they want, with the team. It's just when the celebration is directed at the crowd that you get into trouble. It's a fair enough rule IMO because any scorer ought to be content to celebrate with his team and not by showboating for the crowd.
I thought they were fine all day yesterday, there was one that was pushing the line, I think it was Shaw. Fortunately the ref kind of got in his way and headed him off after 3-4 seconds, nice of him to do that instead of just standing back and having to throw a flag.
September 5th, 2010 at 3:03 PM ^
You'd think we lost yesterday with all these posts that are showing up since the game ended. Purdue's QB doing a flip into the endzone was excessive. Nothing that the Michigan players did was anywhere near being excessive.
September 5th, 2010 at 3:28 PM ^
I think people don't know how to react to good news anymore. Michigan has done a full 180, going from expecting to succeed to expecting to fail. Every time I hear someone saying "we are going to light up Notre Dame" I cringe and hope they aren't jinxing it.
September 5th, 2010 at 3:04 PM ^
Who called the fun police?
September 5th, 2010 at 3:15 PM ^
It wasn't an emotional game or anything
September 5th, 2010 at 3:17 PM ^
I don't think they were excessive but officials seem to be much more strict on celebrations this year. It'll be much easier to get flagged.
September 5th, 2010 at 3:21 PM ^
1:36 - V. Smith scores. Tosses ball to the official, points skyward, chest-bumps teammates.
2:40 - D. Rob scores. takes a knee, hugs teammates.
3:45 - Shaw scores, tosses ball to official, celebrates in general direction of student section.
7:15 - V. Smith scores, tosses ball to the official, gives half-hug to teammates.
No one spiked the ball. No one did a flip or a dive. No one posed. No one made any effort to taunt an opponent. And none of the celebrations lasted more than like 15 seconds.
In summary, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD can't we just be freeking HAPPY FOR ONCE? The team played a clean game. They played fast. They dictated play. They didn't turn the ball over. Many good things happened. Few bad things happened.
September 5th, 2010 at 3:37 PM ^
This reinforces my recollection, but I was high-fiving all three rows around me, so perhaps I wasn't giving the field my full attention as I looked for reasons to find things UNACCEPTABLE.
September 5th, 2010 at 3:45 PM ^
No, I don't see a problem. (I hadn't seen one, where I was sitting, either.)
Yes, I think it is a bit overwrought to worry about Michigan getting tagged for celebration penalties, from what we see in this broadcast video. I know that refs are cracking down this year; but that doesn't seem to come close to me. (Is there some phrasing to this rule? I'd like to see the language that the refs are now supposed to apply.)
Yes, if the refs start flagging the kinds of celebration on these video highlights, it will be "rediculus."
I think that on the Shaw play, the refs weren't trying to detect an excessive celebration, they were trying to quell what they thought might become excessive. Shaw can tone that down, by about 25%, and be just fine.
You keep running hard, Michael. And having fun, and scoring touchdowns.