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Baker Mayfield advanced a name for being a hard-nosed participant and somewhat of trash-talker when he used to be slinging the tablet on the College of Oklahoma on his option to a Heisman Trophy.
Mayfield could have been the only to begin the flag-planting custom when he took the Sooners’ flag and put it into the garden in the course of Ohio Surrounding’s farmland in 2017 next a win.
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Oklahoma Sooners quarterback Baker Mayfield waves the varsity flag following their 31-16 win over the Ohio Surrounding Buckeyes at Ohio Stadium in Columbus on Sept. 9, 2017. (Adam Cairns/Dispatch)
Then a swath of fights over avid gamers seeking to plant flags on their warring parties’ areas, Mayfield defended avid gamers for the makes an attempt.
“I’ll say this: OU-Texas does it every time they play,” Mayfield mentioned next the Tampa Bay Buccaneers narrowly defeated the Carolina Panthers, 26-23, in extra time on Sunday. “It’s not anything special. You take your ‘L’ and you move on. I’ll leave it at that.”
Mayfield didn’t appear to agree that flag-planting will have to be blocked both.
“College football’s meant to have rivalries. It’s like the Big 12 banning the ‘Horns down’ signal,” he mentioned. “Let the boys play.”
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Florida Surrounding and Florida avid gamers scuffle at midfield, Saturday, Nov. 30, 2024, in Tallahassee. (AP Picture/Colin Hackley)
Incidents took playground Saturday following Michigan vs. Ohio Surrounding, Florida vs. Florida Surrounding, North Carolina vs. N.C. Surrounding and Arizona vs. Arizona Surrounding. Despite the fact that the Arizona-Arizona Surrounding sport concerned the Solar Devils’ pitchfork and no longer a flag.
The Big Ten Conference levied the most important self-discipline up to now – $100,000 fines each and every towards Michigan and Ohio Surrounding.
“The Big Ten Conference has determined that the actions of both teams following the Michigan-Ohio State football game on Saturday, November 30, 2024, violated the Big Ten Sportsmanship Policy,” the convention mentioned in a observation. “Not only did the actions of both teams violate fundamental elements of sportsmanship such as respect and civility, the nature of the incident also jeopardized the safety of participants and bystanders.”
“As a result of these violations, the Big Ten Conference has issued an institutional fine to both the University of Michigan and The Ohio State University in the amount of $100,000 each,” the observation persisted.
Davison Igbinosun of the Buckeyes grabs a Michigan flag following his group’s defeat towards the Wolverines at Ohio Stadium on Nov. 30, 2024, in Columbus. (Jason Mowry/Getty Pictures)
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“The Big Ten Conference considers this matter concluded and will have no further comment.”
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