Big 12 refs hammered for ridiculous unsportsmanlike penalty taking Iowa State TD off the board

Saturday’s Iowa State-Oklahoma State featured one of the worst unsportsmanlike conduct penalties we’ll see this season.

Iowa State receiver Xavier Hutchinson appeared to have a long touchdown. Hutchinson’s TD, however, did not count because the officials called an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty. Pistols Firing, an Oklahoma State sports website, shared the clip on Twitter:

Iowa State’s touchdown taken off the board after being called for unsportsmanlike conduct on this play pic.twitter.com/Nqs61XqW3g

— Pistols Firing (@pistolsguys) October 23, 2021

Fans and media members did not agree with flagging Hutchinson, who made no obvious sign of “taunting” the Pokes.

Traaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaash https://t.co/IFs4zQK4Mv

— ?BUM CHILLUPS AKA SPENCER HALL? (@edsbs) October 23, 2021

1) This is not a big deal. Not a throat slash, standing over someone, etc.
2) Why should a celebration ever take points off the board? That's insane to me. https://t.co/elwnKRU7ed

— Craig Thomas (@ImCraigThomas) October 23, 2021

Terrible call. We need more transparency and accountability from officials. https://t.co/lRvaLjGohq

— Brandon Marcello (@bmarcello) October 23, 2021

….. this might be one of the worst calls I've ever seen https://t.co/WT7bnpVBen

— Wyatt Scheu (@w_scheu) October 23, 2021

THIS was called excessive celebration and taken off the board. UNREAL https://t.co/Q4HEQQM0CP

— Derrick Jackson (@datvideoguy) October 23, 2021

whaaaaaaaaaaat https://t.co/h2H8ker706

— Ben Kercheval (@BenKercheval) October 23, 2021

The official that threw this flag should lose his job and the whole crew should be suspended. Completely unacceptable. https://t.co/WdTDU2BwTP

— Zach Barnett (@zach_barnett) October 23, 2021

https://twitter.com/NicoleAuerbach/status/1452026363540541445

Fortunately for ISU, the Cyclones managed to score on that drive. ISU currently leads OSU 17-14. The game is airing on FOX.