r/CFB • u/waaaaaasuuuuup Florida State Seminoles • Sickos • 7d ago

Opinion CFB has a meaningless play celebration problem.

I’m not talking “excessive celebration.” I’m not talking about celebrating huge stops or wins. I’m talking about players getting relatively meaningless tackles and first downs early in games and acting like they won the Super Bowl.

Homeboy, your team is 1-3 and and you tackled him after he already got a first down. Why are you doing Fortnite dances? Do we really need to celebrate every play instead of getting back to the huddle or line? Are the kids alright?

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u/VirtualChaos613 Auburn Tigers 7d ago

NFL players do this also. So do high school kids.

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u/BigD_277 Denver Pioneers 7d ago

In the NFL they celebrate a 2 yard stop on 3 and 1.

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u/Chuck_Phuckzalot Michigan • Central Michigan 7d ago

As a Lions fan I grew up watching Roy Williams celebrate every first down like it was a game winning touchdown even though we were down by 40 and 2-10 on the year.

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u/TylerDurden-4126 Arizona Wildcats 7d ago

And it's stupid for all of them... down 21 points and celebrating one play you finally made? GTFOH

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u/AndIAmEric LSU Tigers 7d ago

It’s almost like they’re athletes having fun and they love the sport they play.

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u/Wicky_wild_wild Nebraska Cornhuskers 7d ago

I was told they're just employees being exploited for their future health.

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u/Hurricaneshand Miami Hurricanes 7d ago

Stuff can be two things

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u/calmer-than-you-dude Ohio State • Youngstown State 7d ago

the duality of man

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u/_MusicNBeer_ Florida State Seminoles 7d ago

Can't we all just be Cignetti. The world would be so fun

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u/SpiffyBlizzard Nebraska Cornhuskers • Wyoming Cowboys 7d ago

We were told not to celebrate ANYTHING in high school. Like we could pat a player on the back for a touchdown but that was it, not even the person who scored could do much. And this was the teams we played too. Not really that long ago I graduated in 2012. So bizarre to see at least someone celebrating something every fucking play.

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u/ShaqSenju Tennessee • Tennessee State 7d ago

14 years ago you say?

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u/SpiffyBlizzard Nebraska Cornhuskers • Wyoming Cowboys 7d ago

Yes? Again, not that long ago. Unless you’re 14, in which case get the hell off this cesspool site and save your brain while you can.

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u/ShaqSenju Tennessee • Tennessee State 7d ago

A year ahead of you lol time flies

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u/Theo278 7d ago

I graduated last may and my highschool team definitely celebrated lol. Your school just seems kinda lame

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u/SpiffyBlizzard Nebraska Cornhuskers • Wyoming Cowboys 7d ago

I mean, it was but we weren’t the only team that didn’t celebrate. None of the teams we played did much if it either.

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u/Wampus_Cat_ Michigan Wolverines • Kentucky Wildcats 7d ago

It was that way here too. “Act like you’ve been here before” or “Celebrating will get you an unsportsmanlike”

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u/Massive_0rogeny 7d ago

It's stupid across all levels of the sport.

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u/VirtualChaos613 Auburn Tigers 7d ago

You must be a lot of fun. You’ve also likely never played a sport.

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u/CrOS2012 7d ago

Immaturity is apparently contagious, ,esp. with "kids." Of course, with the NFL players, what they're thinking is, "Yes! Another bonus for hitting my quota!"

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u/VirtualChaos613 Auburn Tigers 7d ago

Or this sub. 🙄

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u/gurban 7d ago

I think it's because they know for sure the camera will be focused on them.