Huntley’s Unsportmanlike Conduct Penalty

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- 09/01/2017 at 12:31 PM #39105
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  UteThunder
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  @utethunder
  
  If I recall the rule correctly, it was the right call. To my recollection, players are not allowed to point to opposing players or the crowd in celebration like he did. That said, it is one of the dumbest rules in the game.
  
  I thought Joe Williams was going to have one of his long TD runs against UCLA wiped out last year because he started pointing up to the Ute fans at about the 10 yard line on his way in. Luckily those refs didn’t flag him for it.
- 09/01/2017 at 12:52 PM #39110
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  Puget Ute
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  @pugetute
  
  It is a stupid rule. They should get rid of it, but keep the taunting penalty intact.
- 09/01/2017 at 1:08 PM #39114
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  Utebeam
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  @utebeam
  
  That rule should be very carefully applied. If I understand correctly he was pointing to his parents in the stands.
  
  I understand the taunting part and it shouldn’t be allowed but under certain circumstances it is fine. The issue is how would you know?
- 09/01/2017 at 1:12 PM #39116
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  ladyinred
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  @ladyinred
  
  I read somewhere that Huntley pointed at his parents in the crowd at some time during the game – was it that moment? If so, he can be forgiven for being emotional at that point. I’m sure it won’t happen again.
  - 09/01/2017 at 5:23 PM #39154
    
    RiseasUtes
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    @riseasutes
    
    ladyinred, you have a stalker. No matter what you post, somebody thumbs down your post. It has nothing to do with this thread, but it makes me laugh.
    - 09/01/2017 at 6:00 PM #39163
      
      ironman1315
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      @ironman1315
      
      its prolly moose.
- 09/01/2017 at 1:17 PM #39119
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  ironman1315
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  @ironman1315
  
  That’s not even the rule. Pointing at the stands isn’t flaggable per se. What I think got him was the hop since he noticeably altered his stride. If that is the case his run should have been nullified, unless the ref felt the hop happened contemporaneously with the ball crossing the plane.
  - 09/01/2017 at 1:32 PM #39123
    
    Puget Ute
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    @pugetute
    
    The penalty probably was called only because the hop happened directly in front of an opposing player.
- 09/01/2017 at 2:07 PM #39130
  
  Duhwayne
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  @duhwayne
  
  I don’t think the hop was it. I think it was the extended interaction with NEZ out the back of the endzone. It just went too long.
- 09/01/2017 at 6:37 PM #39169
  
  //r00t4Utes
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  @r00t4utes
  
  See that’s the problem with the penalty, we still don’t know and we’re still guessing and speculating that tells me what I thought at the time, very weak and at best very ticky tack.
  
  But whatever it is what it is and I’m sure there’s a thread all about complaining about the refs.