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On the Gay touchdown that was called back last night, he was flagged for celebrating. The pick 6 earlier this year against Cinci... flagged for celebrating. Watch the video. He danced for like a full minute and even continued to dance like a moron even while the ref was announcing the penalty. Brown has gotten it many times also. Can anyone explain why it is so necessary to do this even though you've been nailed for it so many times? I know he scored 3 times last season and I can't remember if he was flagged on any of those or not... I'm assuming he was because apparently he cannot help himself. Being a fairly subdued person myself, I just can't figure out what makes a player repeatedly hurt his team by doing this. I've concluded it has to be one of two possibilities... They're either dumb or just don't give a ****... and to be honest I don't know which potential explanation angers me more.
 
They dance cause they make a lot of money playing a sport. I'd be doing snow or grass angels at the 50 if I scored a td
 
How can you be flagged for celebrating a TD that was called back?
 
mightyguru said:
Play for the Steelers.

I like this game...any more riddles?
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well its an unsportsman like foul. If someone would have ripped off Gay's helmet they would have been flagged
 
Mrs. Burgundy ******* about that all the time but I maintain that since they moved the kickoff up so far, the penalty is essentially meaningless.
 
mightyguru said:
No kidding. Birthdefect should have at least gotten a delay of game penalty. Bullshit
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That is the question. Under two minutes and five Bungles celebrate by leaving the field....with the ball....and no response from the terrible officials???
 
Confluence said:
That is the question. Under two minutes and five Bungles celebrate by leaving the field....with the ball....and no response from the terrible officials???
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They could have thrown more flags but they were probably afraid of a riot and fans streaming onto the field. Fans throwing debris on the field is a penalty for the home team and that happened at least twice.
 
You know....if Burfict hadn't been called down....he would have scored a TD for us....THAT would have been karma at its finest.
 
officials were like deer in headlights, last night.

ascared of not allowing the game to be close. then they got caught up in the cheap bullshit and gave us the win ....
 
Steelerlyn said:
How can you be flagged for celebrating a TD that was called back?
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I was wondering the same thing. I assume it's because the celebration penalty is a dead ball penalty, and therefore it is treated like any other penalty hat occurs after the whistle, but it is a slap in the face - particularly when the TD he was celebrating was nullified by the refs mistake.
 
Ron Burgundy said:
Mrs. Burgundy ******* about that all the time but I maintain that since they moved the kickoff up so far, the penalty is essentially meaningless.
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How can a penalty that makes you kickoff from the 20 instead of the 35 be considered a meaningless penalty? I have to side with Mrs. Burgundy on this one. Kicking off from the 20 instead of the 35 can have disastrous consequences. That 15 yards can be the difference between the ball going into the endzone for a touchback and landing in the field of play where it can be returned for a touchdown. I'm kind of surprised you wouldn't have realized that to be honest.
 
The dance is Gay
 
Ron Burgundy said:
Mrs. Burgundy ******* about that all the time but I maintain that since they moved the kickoff up so far, the penalty is essentially meaningless.
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Except for when the TD is called back and the penalty still gets enforced. If we were on the 30, 3rd and 10, Ben threw a TD and they celebrated like ******** and got the penalty, then it was called back we would be looking at the 45 yard line and out of field goal range.
 
CoolieMan said:
his dancing is not the problem...the problem is people joining in and dancing with him.....
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The bigger problem is the head coach that let's it slide. As much as I'd hate to see it happen, I'd love to see people's reaction if and when it costs us a game.
 
Ron Burgundy said:
Mrs. Burgundy ******* about that all the time but I maintain that since they moved the kickoff up so far, the penalty is essentially meaningless.
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On the contrary, it enables your opponent to actually return a kick.
 
RollRed said:
How can a penalty that makes you kickoff from the 20 instead of the 35 be considered a meaningless penalty? I have to side with Mrs. Burgundy on this one. Kicking off from the 20 instead of the 35 can have disastrous consequences. That 15 yards can be the difference between the ball going into the endzone for a touchback and landing in the field of play where it can be returned for a touchdown. I'm kind of surprised you wouldn't have realized that to be honest.
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Because the kickoff has been moved up to the 35 resulting in touchbacks most of the time, which come out to the 20. Kickers these days are good enough that even kicking from the 20 the ball is going to end up inside the other 20 if not on the goal line, which often results in the kick returner not making it out to the 20.
 
Can't wait for Denver next weekend!
 
Ron Burgundy said:
Because the kickoff has been moved up to the 35 resulting in touchbacks most of the time, which come out to the 20. Kickers these days are good enough that even kicking from the 20 the ball is going to end up inside the other 20 if not on the goal line, which often results in the kick returner not making it out to the 20.
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No. They kickoff from the 20 and the returner likely gets it at the 10 and the offense gets it 1st and 10 around the 30.
 
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