There has been a lot of talk and complaining from Notre Dame fans and coaches regarding the Excessive celebration / unsportsmanlike conduct penalty given to Armando Allen following their two point conversion in the fourth quarter on Saturday. As expected, Brian has provided a definitive and appropriate response.
When Allen got the flag, I had a major rush of déjà vu. It isn't like Notre Dame hasn't seen this before. I talked about the exact same situation in the 1999 Notre Dame Rewind post. Here is the recap notes from MGoBlue.com:
To widen the margin, Notre Dame completed a two-point conversion on a flicker pass over the defense to Bobby Brown, setting the score at 22-19 with 4:08 remaining. Notre Dame was penalized 15 yards for excessive celebration following its conversion and was forced to kick off from its 20-yard line, and Thomas' 20-yard return gave U-M the ball at its 42-yard line with 4:08 on the clock.
As a service to future Notre Dame football fans, coaches, and players -- I have prepared a very clear image to print and pass out to all your friends so they understand the rules.
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sports section. They claim one of our players punched a Domer and they show the video. Lame, very, very lame. Weis has a formal complaint into the NCAA.
Now most of the comments coming out of South Bend are: "I hope we don't have to play two opponents this weekend" (i.e. MSU and the refs)
WAH WAH WAH
For a head coach to bitch and moan that much about a loss is inexcusable. It's Wednesday why isn't he talking about the next game. Obviously he does "give a damn about Michigan" and realizes Michigan has most likely cost him his job. ND is just a bunch of pretty boys who want everything their way and if it doesn't turn out that way they take their ball and go home. Who do you root for this week ND or MSU? Personally I'm going for MSU. That way they'll look better if we should beat them.
He was still whining about the officials tonight.
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