A kneel down away. All you had to do is not take off your helmet and run around.
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That is the most Mississippi State way possible to lose a football game
A similar thing happened to a high school team near where I live a few years ago, although it was in a regular season game and not the damn state championship game. Team was kneeling out the clock, it was third down and opponent had no timeouts. There was less than 15 seconds left in the game and they were up by three points. After they took a knee, an offensive lineman got penalized for taunting, which stopped the clock and was a 15 yard penalty. Instead of punting, the coach told the punter to run back into the end zone and take a safety. Punter runs back in the end zone, but slips, then gets hit by a defender and fumbles the ball. Defense recovers the fumble in the end zone for a touchdown with no time on the clock to win the game.
I don’t care what anyone says, HORRIBLE for ref to make that call, considering all the context. Ref is an awful person.
Nope, that’s an Ole Miss way to lose….remember the piss and miss?
Why am I not surprised you don’t like following the rules of the game.
If the player just takes his helmet off, the ref probably doesn’t throw a flag. But he launched his helmet like 20 feet in the air. That is a safety issue, the helmet could hit somebody on the head and injure them. A flag has to be thrown in that situation. The coaches knew it as soon as he did it. They weren’t yelling at the ref. They were yelling at the player because they knew what he did was a penalty.
You go home, Gideon. Go go home and read the town bylaws for fun.
Doesn't everyone have the bylaws and codes of ordinance by their bedside?
Well, I do know you can't do what that team did. It cost them a state championship. I guess had you been on that team you would have been that guy.
Dumb take. You officiate the game until 0:00.
Here’s some more context that makes the decision by the player to throw his helmet even more egregious. The other team still had two timeouts left. It was first down and they would have been able to run the clock out, but the penalty stopped the clock, which was effectively an extra timeout. The defense was then able to use its two timeouts after the next two kneel downs and force the punt, which was blocked. The kicker who made the winning field goal had just missed an extra point that would’ve tied the game a few minutes before.
Yeah. I can tell several people don't understand the context. It wasn't like he did it with 5 seconds left and the refs decided to be pricks. There was still significant time left in the game and the other team had TOs. No excuses. This isn't a case of the refs "not letting kids be kids".
A kneel down away. All you had to do is not take off your helmet and run around.
Didn’t realize Seth Rogen was doing play by play.
I read that. It seems like the coach didn't realize the other team had timeouts left. Kneeling three times probably would've worked out without the penalty, but all they had to do was run a couple plays. After the penalty, and them calling TO after you kneel again, you need to ask how many time outs do they have left and figure out a better way to burn clock.
Regardless, the kid took his helmet off because he thought the game was over - poor game management by the coaches.
