Ref's Take Emotion Out of the Game.

Over the past couple years the refs of college football have really cracked down on the celebrating and the taunting of players when making a big play or scoring a touchdown, but in the LSU vs Georgia on Saturday it was clear that the refs have taken it too far. The first penalty for excessive celebration was against Georgia after the first play of the second half. Georgia was held to 1 first down and only have 5 drives in the first half. So after a huge gain on the opening drive of the second half a Georgia receiver got up after making a catch and looked to the fans and tried to get them into the game. He was then penalized for excessive celebration stalling the drive. The biggest call was after Green had a game leading touchdown catch late in the 4th quarter. After he scored he put the ball down and then went to celebrate with his linemen, which everyone does after a touchdown. The refs then threw a flag on Green for excessive celebration, costing the team 15 yards on the kickoff and ultimately costing them the game. On LSU's next drive they only needed a field goal to win, but Scott broke off a run to the end zone clinching a tough win. After scoring Scott put the ball down and pounded his chest and pointed to the sky. Scott was then penalized for excessive celebration.
I understand people do not want to see players going out of control with celebrating, but in a tough SEC match up there is going to be a lot of emotion and I did not see anything wrong with any of the 3 players celebrations. If a player is not aloud to get the fans involved with the game or celebrate with your teammates, then the best thing about college football is being taken out of the game, emotion. Let the players play and let them so some emotion

Coach Tom