Originally Posted by
HogDawg
What was with the lame "Unsportsmanlike Conduct" call that DeJuawn Oliver received after making a great reception for a 1st down on 3rd and 13? According to the White hat referee, Oliver was penalized for making a 1st Down motion with his arm after making the catch and running very hard for the 1st down. That penalty was devastating to our team at that time. It killed our drive, and took the wind out of our sails. Instead of a new 1st down and 10 around our own 45-yd line, we ended up in a 3rd and 20-something backed up deep in our own territory. We just couldn't do anything right after that.
One hour later, I'm watching the Alabama-Miss St game, and a Miss St player made a 1st down against Bama. And just as Oliver did against FAU, the Miss St player got up off the ground and made the exact SAME 1st down motion with his right arm. But the Miss St player received no penalty. No unsportsmanlike conduct. So his team's drive stayed alive.
We've all seen college players make the "1st Down motion" with their arm without receiving a penalty. I've seen it hundreds of times. In fact, I specifically remember when we played UAB earlier this season, the Blazers had a couple of players make that same "1st Down motion" several times during our game, without being penalized. I also remember a WKU RB making the exact same 1st down motion at least twice without consequence.
What's the deal?
Skip Holtz needs to put a stop to this kind of nonsense from referees. Our players shouldn't be penalized for something that other players from other teams aren't getting penalized for.