High-Step Showboat Crap

[HawkGold]

Nobody is "offended". They're saying why do stupid me-first stuff when you don't have to?

Wadley givez his all....hardly me first. He's a fun guy and likes to have fun.

 

[HawkleberryFinn]

Wadley givez his all....hardly me first. He's a fun guy and likes to have fun.

Except when he showboats and gets penalties that hurt the team--that's "me first" behavior. This isn't an overall assessment of Wadley's character.

 

[tksirius]

Look at it for what it is. A player is being given a penalty for running a certain way. Anyone that is as upset as Mrs. Huckleberry Finn needs to get a hobby.

 

[hawkeyes87]

Emotion has been lacking on this team for several years now.

Props to anybody showing some! Have some fun, fire up!

 

[judzeehawk]

You're completely missing the point. Why even chance it with that sort of behavior? I'm surprised Wadley's never been called before. It's a selfish move that only has a downside--hurting the team with a penalty.

You need to calm down. Blowing this out of proportion aren't you. I think AW got the message. Just how bad do you think he feels. Probably sick about it! Imagine how embarrassed he is. Can you imagine in front of 70,000 people!

 

[DDThompson]

AW is ticked it cost a TD.

 

[vork22]

I usually get mad at players for this type of thing but I honestly think he was just hyped up and wasn't thinking he'd get a flag. Had he danced the jig at the 2 yard line then I would be pissed.

 

[VTHawk]

Except when he showboats and gets penalties that hurt the team--that's "me first" behavior. This isn't an overall assessment of Wadley's character.

Has not Wadley done the high step before? I remember him doing this a few times, perhaps not quite as out in the open but certainly open. No penalty then. Personally I have never seen a penalty called for this ever. Knowing that he wasn't called for it in the past, I am sure he would not have done it if he knew the refs were going to.

I don't mind it. I think we need a little bit of that from time to time especially from playmakers like Wadley. Like a poster mentioned earlier, nothing wrong with showing some emotion. Even if it is a little show boat like.

 

[trj]

They should just recruit caucasions

I think they already do that. I kid, I kid.

 

[Bordone]

This was just another example of the horrid officiating. He wasn't doing cartwheels and backflips into the end zone. He wasn't taunting the opposing team. Crap call, crap officials 'nuff said.

 

[Complex13]

I've seen a lot of guys break free, only to get tripped up by the turf monster. Wadley was just keeping his toes up and away from the turf monster at the end of the run.

Would the refs have thrown the flag if he tripped himself up doing the high step? If so, they probably should have thrown the flag on that showboating mofo Colluzzi last year for doing a 360 on the way down after the turf monster got him.

 

[ottoman89]

ARE Y'ALL KIDDING ME??? Anyone who is against Wadley on this is crazy. He barely did a high step. A MINOR high step and it was a bogus flag. Most college players do way worse in the end zone with no flags. This was simply a HORRIBLE call and Wadley shouldn't have been flagged.

 

[Bigtenchamp]

This was just another example of the horrid officiating. He wasn't doing cartwheels and backflips into the end zone. He wasn't taunting the opposing team. Crap call, crap officials 'nuff said.

Yes this pretty much sums it up.

 

[SpiderRico]

I don't mind it...just do it after you score so no chance of it being negated...

 

[thetrza]

Yeah, I was okay with the guy showboating in front of Gary Barta after the touchdown, but what RB25 did was not cool.

 

[dahlhawk]

Agree that was not a real High-step, more a leg stretch, Way too much interpretation by the refs. Did anyone see the Oklahoma/Ohio State game? That game would still be playing if they were held to this standard. Hell they celebrate the huddle break. BS call, let a guy have a little fun. I'll be watching games this season to see if this call is being made consistently.

 

[HawkeyeWalker]

ARE Y'ALL KIDDING ME??? Anyone who is against Wadley on this is crazy. He barely did a high step. A MINOR high step and it was a bogus flag. Most college players do way worse in the end zone with no flags. This was simply a HORRIBLE call and Wadley shouldn't have been flagged.

This is where I'm at on this.

 

[hawkdrummer1]

so...back to the important stuff. How dinged up are Wadley and Butler?

 

[Xerxes]

Really its a rule? Ive seen that done in so many college games and never seen it called..

I don't think there is any set rule.. its all officials interpretation.

There isn't a rule against high stepping specifically but there is a rule regarding taunting/unsportsmanlike conduct on breakaway plays where if you do it prior to scoring the officials mark it 15 yards from where it occurred. I think they put it in 4/5 years ago and this is the first time I've seen it called.

 

[HawkleberryFinn]

Xerxes you are correct. Ferentz told Wadley he is too good of a player to behave like that--per the press conference.