Referee salutes military veterans before calling penalty in Celebration Bowl
There was a viral moment during the Cricket Celebration Bowl between Jackson State and South Carolina State as an official saluted the military veterans in attendance.
The catch was, he saluted them and then called a penalty. Hilarious? Maybe. Intriguing and unique? Definitely.
You can see the moment below.
Jackson State (11-2) entered the game on a nine-game winning streak including a 41-13 victory over Southern in the SWAC Championship Game last weekend, and faced a South Carolina State (9-2) team that has not played since Nov. 23.
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The winning streak going into the Celebration Bowl is the third-longest active streak in the country trailing UIW (10) and Montana State (13), and in eight of those nine games Jackson State had outscored its opponent by nearly 24 points per game.
The two teams met in 2021 with South Carolina State winning 31-10, the first Celebration Bowl for either team, and they met again in Atlanta at the 2023 MEAC/SWAC Challenge with the Tigers winning 37-7. The two teams have met six times and have split the meetings.