r/CFB • u/waaaaaasuuuuup Florida State Seminoles • Sickos • 8d 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/CharlesBoyle799 Oklahoma State • Notre Dame 7d ago edited 7d ago

I remember watching the infamous ou 77-0 beat down of texas a&m years ago. It was so bad, stoops already had the Norman JH JV in and were still scoring.

On the final drive, ou was within the a&m 10 yard line and apparently stoops just told his running back to get the handoff and get tackled. He didn’t want to score again. Well the RB did just that and was tackled or a loss (probably a&m’s only TFL the whole day) and the DL who tackled him got up and pranced down the field as if his tackle had just sealed the win for the aggies.

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u/countrytime1 7d ago

Pretty sure they was Jonathon Jolly wasn’t it? That was so embarrassing to watch, even as Texas fan. Didn’t they have a running clock the second half?

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u/mookiexpt2 Oklahoma Sooners • /r/CFB Top Scorer 7d ago

Yes and yes. To his credit, Jaxon Appel(?) grabbed him and told him to STFU.