Discretionary Timeout

[LGEND24]

When did they get rid of this in college football for crowd noise? I was watching the Iowa/Michigan game from 85 and I can't believe that this was actually a rule at one time.

 

[patrickcbb73]

I don't remember exactly when they got rid of that rule but it was stupid to begin with. I seem to remember that Iowa was actually penalized at the dome in Minneapolis because they were so loud the Gophers couldn't hear anything when they were on offense. Is this true and what year was it?

 

[DesertHawk2010]

I was asked my dad about this. He was at both of the games. He said in the Metrodome the refs called a timeout because the Iowa fans were making too much noise. Hayden Fry walked onto the field and motioned for the crowd to quite down so they didnt get penalized. The smart Gopher fans then started making noise to get Iowa the flag. Fry ran onto the field and pointed out to the refs who was now making the noise and they picked up the flag.