Look, it's pretty much received wisdom in a lot of parts that, given enough time and opportunity, college kids -- not all, but some -- are apt to do dumb stuff. It's college. They're out from under the all-seeing parental eye. Time to smuggle a live goat into the president's office!
That's why a piece of the Blob (albeit a very tiny piece) feels the pain of Ole Miss wide receiver Elijah Moore this morning. In the annals of college football rivalries, after all, lots of dumbness has been perpetuated across the decades. But nothing quite this dumb.
What Moore did was, he cost Ole Miss its shot at beating Mississippi State in their annual Egg Bowl argument, which has been going on since 1904. Or pretty much did.
Mississippi State won the 116th Egg Bowl 21-20 when Luke Logan missed a 35-yard extra point attempt that would have tied the game and forced overtime. And the reason he was attempting an extra point from 35 yards is because Moore, after scoring the potential tying touchdown, celebrated by dropping to his knees and pantomiming a dog peeing.
Now, there are end zone celebrations and there are end zone celebrations, but this wasn't even a good end zone celebration. This was a flat-out bizarre end zone celebration, not to say an especially disgusting insult to a fierce rival (which, frankly, sometimes happens in these rivalry deals).
In any case, Moore was flagged for his indiscretion. The penalty was marched off. And the extra-long extra point that resulted missed, and Moore's insult backfired in the worst way possible.
Dumb. Really, really dumb.
But so college, somehow.
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