Filed under: Kansas, Syracuse, Bowl Games
The inaugural Pinstripe Bowl deserved better. Trailing Syracuse 36-28 with just over a minute left, Kansas State rallied to within two points on a 30-yard scoring strike from Carson Coffman to Adrian Hilburn. Hilburn cruised to the back of the end zone then offered a quick military-style salute to fans seated around the end zone. That gesture drew an "excessive celebration" penalty that forced the Wildcats' two-point attempt to be moved back 15 yards to the 18. It predictably failed. It was the salute soon to be discussed around the world, marring one of the better bowl games this year.
A surge of outrage emerged on Twitter and likely soon the rest of the college football world in questioning whether the NCAA's celebration and sportsmanship rules have gone too far.
Unfortunately that discussion will overshadow the Orange's surprising revival under coach Doug Marrone.
In two years Marrone turned one of the FBS' worst programs into a bowl winner. Although the Orange defense carried the program through much of 2010, the offense finally woke up in time to run and throw all over the Kansas State defense.
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