Found this on BN from BuckeyeSchlegel:
"Big Ten burying postgame flag plantings
By Thomas O'Toole, USA TODAY
Planting a school flag in an opponent's football field to celebrate a road victory has raised a red flag with the Big Ten. In a memo sent Monday to league athletics directors and coaches, Commissioner Jim Delany said this postgame taunting must stop.
"It's happened twice already," Big Ten associate commissioner Mark Rudner said Tuesday. "Jim basically said enough was enough."
The latest incident was Saturday after Minnesota's 23-20 victory at Michigan. Gophers running back Laurence Maroney ran onto the field with a Minnesota flag and tried to plant it, according to Minnesota spokesman Shane Sandersfeld. It didn't go in the artificial turf, but the point was made.
Michigan State players planted the school flag on the field at Notre Dame after a 44-41 overtime win Sept. 17.
"We would never have encouraged our guys to do that," Michigan State coach John L. Smith told reporters. "The emotions displayed at the end of that game — that's college football. I only wish the players had channeled that energy in another way."
Last season at Georgia, Tennessee planted its flag at Sanford Stadium after a 19-14 victory. Saturday, Georgia's Tim Jennings was prevented by police from taking a Georgia flag from the cheerleaders out of fear he would try to plant it after a 27-14 victory in Knoxville. He said he planned to wave it.
The Southeastern Conference has a strict sportsmanship policy that covers celebrations, including fines for schools that storm the field. Its postgame management manual restricts visiting bands to two songs and bars visiting teams from "any type of 'animated huddle' or 'dance' or other similar activity on the playing field."
According to SEC spokesman Charles Bloom, planting a flag in an opponent's field would "be considered 'other similar activity.' ""
From USA Today
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"Big Ten burying postgame flag plantings
By Thomas O'Toole, USA TODAY
Planting a school flag in an opponent's football field to celebrate a road victory has raised a red flag with the Big Ten. In a memo sent Monday to league athletics directors and coaches, Commissioner Jim Delany said this postgame taunting must stop.
"It's happened twice already," Big Ten associate commissioner Mark Rudner said Tuesday. "Jim basically said enough was enough."
The latest incident was Saturday after Minnesota's 23-20 victory at Michigan. Gophers running back Laurence Maroney ran onto the field with a Minnesota flag and tried to plant it, according to Minnesota spokesman Shane Sandersfeld. It didn't go in the artificial turf, but the point was made.
Michigan State players planted the school flag on the field at Notre Dame after a 44-41 overtime win Sept. 17.
"We would never have encouraged our guys to do that," Michigan State coach John L. Smith told reporters. "The emotions displayed at the end of that game — that's college football. I only wish the players had channeled that energy in another way."
Last season at Georgia, Tennessee planted its flag at Sanford Stadium after a 19-14 victory. Saturday, Georgia's Tim Jennings was prevented by police from taking a Georgia flag from the cheerleaders out of fear he would try to plant it after a 27-14 victory in Knoxville. He said he planned to wave it.
The Southeastern Conference has a strict sportsmanship policy that covers celebrations, including fines for schools that storm the field. Its postgame management manual restricts visiting bands to two songs and bars visiting teams from "any type of 'animated huddle' or 'dance' or other similar activity on the playing field."
According to SEC spokesman Charles Bloom, planting a flag in an opponent's field would "be considered 'other similar activity.' ""
From USA Today
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