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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 conference athletic directors and coaches, commissioner Jim Delany said this kind of postgame taunting must stop.
"It's happened twice already," Big Ten associate commissioner Mark Rudner said Tuesday. (Delany was unavailable.) "Jim basically said enough was enough. He basically said winning and shaking hands was enough."
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Minnesota running back Laurence Maroney tried to plant a huge Minnesota flag in Michigan's field after a 23-20 win Saturday.
It didn't go in Michigan's artificial turf but the point was made nonetheless.
On Sept. 17, Michigan State players planted the school flag on the field at Notre Dame following a 44-41 overtime victory.
"We would never have encouraged our guys to do that," Michigan State coach John L. Smith told reporters after the game. "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."
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