But I haven't seen ONE thread complaining about the one person that should be receiving some level of criticism, Al Blades Jr. Correct me if I'm wrong, but on the unsportsmanlike penalty following the pick by Finley late in the game, did he not give a double middle finger salute to Franks as he was lying on the ground? Just totally unacceptable. I don't mind celebrating, trash talking, etc. but come on now.
Would have been 1st and 10 from the 25 with 4 mins left against a tired UF defense if not for that. Huge penalty. I'm disappointed with Nelson and Campbell as well, but hell at least they were trying to block Zuniga and Greenard. They just were too overmatched. It wasn't a lack of effort. I'm disappointed with Baxa for missing the chip shot but at least it's an honest mistake, all kickers miss FGs. I'm disappointed with Thomas for the muffed punt, but muffed punts happen a lot in football. All physical errors.
But drawing a huge penalty by CHOOSING to make a stupid gesture, after we were put in good position to go win the game, is a totally different type of mistake in my opinion. I'm sorry but this just really irked me. Nelson and Campbell will take a lot of heat the next two weeks, but they tried to block and just weren't good enough. They're both puppies. You just can't make choices like Blades Jr did at that moment. Refs seems to always catch stuff like that.
Would have been 1st and 10 from the 25 with 4 mins left against a tired UF defense if not for that. Huge penalty. I'm disappointed with Nelson and Campbell as well, but hell at least they were trying to block Zuniga and Greenard. They just were too overmatched. It wasn't a lack of effort. I'm disappointed with Baxa for missing the chip shot but at least it's an honest mistake, all kickers miss FGs. I'm disappointed with Thomas for the muffed punt, but muffed punts happen a lot in football. All physical errors.
But drawing a huge penalty by CHOOSING to make a stupid gesture, after we were put in good position to go win the game, is a totally different type of mistake in my opinion. I'm sorry but this just really irked me. Nelson and Campbell will take a lot of heat the next two weeks, but they tried to block and just weren't good enough. They're both puppies. You just can't make choices like Blades Jr did at that moment. Refs seems to always catch stuff like that.
