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Turnover card?!?....Indiana should have been the team holding up that card. Ironically, it's being held up by Luketa who is later ejected for targeting...Karma?? Not a fan of this or Lamont Wade jumping up on the bench mugging for the crowd/camera at every opportunity. IMHO Wade needs to seriously step up his game after yesterday's performance. He was fried multiple times where Indiana failed to connect, beat on the OT touchdown, and botched a kickoff that started PSU on their own 4 yard line. To me, he is the defense's weakest link.
Obviously Franklin is OK with it or it wouldn't happen.Disgusting. Coaches should put an end to this nonsense immediately. It's poor sportsmanship and has no place at Penn State.
Not get off topic here, but Luketa's hit look like one of those that would justify a second category of targeting (15 yard penalty, no ejection).#40 should be more concerned with proper tackling technique than holding up stupid signs during a game.
No sh*t. That wasn’t his point. His point was Franklin shouldn’t be ok with it...Obviously Franklin is OK with it or it wouldn't happen.
He paid his debt to society within the legal system and missed all of the OOC games. ;-)I'm still kinda surprised that Ford was even allowed to play after being caught with a substance like LSD. Didn't that merit some kind of football related punishment?
I'm so mad I'm going to write a long hand letter to the team.
Yes, and yet it is representative of society at large. In the NFL every half decent play is a cause for celebration. It's yet another reason I rarely watch any sport at any level. Play the damn game, win it, and then go celebrate.Classless
I understand celebration (although not to the extent one sees especially in the NFL). I think it is OK to be happy with an accomplishment. But I don't like it at the expense of an opponent. Congratulate each other as a team success on the sideline.Yes, and yet it is representative of society at large. In the NFL every half decent play is a cause for celebration. It's yet another reason I rarely watch any sport at any level. Play the damn game, win it, and then go celebrate.
I can live with that.I understand celebration (although not to the extent one sees especially in the NFL). I think it is OK to be happy with an accomplishment. But I don't like it at the expense of an opponent. Congratulate each other as a team success on the sideline.
I'm so mad I'm going to write a long hand letter to the team.
A giant greeting card that taunts the opposition for a turnover. Is this what "elite" looks like?
I understand celebration (although not to the extent one sees especially in the NFL). I think it is OK to be happy with an accomplishment. But I don't like it at the expense of an opponent. Congratulate each other as a team success on the sideline.
I would agree with THIS 100%.
I do not exactly like the 'Miami turnover chain'. I actually hate it. But the difference is that the Miami turnover chain is simply the Miami team celebrating themselves. It is an inner-team celebration. They are not holding it up and taunting the other team across the field with it. This Greeting Card thing, IMO, totally crossed the line because it taunted the opposing team. First of all, I am almost embarrassed for Franklin for allowing that type of buffoonery. How a coach looks at holding up a Greeting Card and thanking the opposition for their turnover as "acceptable" is beyond me. 2nd, if I am the Commissioner of the B1G, I notify Penn State that this is technically "taunting", and the officials are put on alert to call it an unsportsmanlike penalty. As an example, take the TD celebration. I believe a player gets the 15 yard celebration if he scores a TD and addresses the crowd in his celebration. If a player scores a TD and turns to celebrate with his teammates, then it is OK. But if a player scores a TD and addresses the crowd in his celebration, then it's a 15-yard penalty. If I am B1G Commissioner, I advise the conference coaches of a similar rule on these sideline celebrations. If you are doing a sideline celebration in a way that taunts the other team, then it's a 15 yard penalty.
Here is an email I sent to Franklin and Pry yesterday. I understand that they don't actually monitor their own email inboxes as that is done by an administrative assistant. Maybe it will get passed on to them, maybe it won't. Maybe I will receive a canned response from the admin person, maybe I won't. We'll see.+1000 to everything you said. When I saw the cards being held up I thought it was a thank you to the families that showed up and liked that idea. Then I saw the rest...really bad form. I will make no excuses for it I like Franklin but this was a serious mistake on his part. He needs to fix it and end it.