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 (@TD_CraigThomas) 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
nonsensical https://t.co/Yto9WDV0wk
— Nicole Auerbach (@NicoleAuerbach) October 23, 2021
Fortunately for ISU, the Cyclones managed to score on that drive. ISU currently leads OSU 17-14. The game is airing on FOX.
