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OhioCatFan

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Posted: 11/4/2011 10:22 PM

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Is my memory bad, or what? I thought that Dion's taunting penalty was after the pick-6 in the previous week's Northwestern game. I thought I remembered him in both instances in the Pitt game crossing the goal line and then calmly placing the ball on the ground in a very restrained manner. Perhaps, I'm mixed up here.

I agree with you, and your memory is bad. :) I remember it being Northwestern, and it not being ruled an interception, but a fumble recovery for a td. Wasn't it an option play gone awry behind the line of scrimmage?

For some reason I remember it being in the Pitt game, but I haven't found a penalty called on either TD. Could be he showboated a bit, but not enough to get flagged, and Solich called him aside.

The pick in the NW game was ruled a fumble recovery because it was a pitch that went behind the QB. NW was running an option play and the QB telegraphed his pitch to the trailing RB. Dion read it beautifully and grabbed the ball in mid-air. He was halfway to the end zone before anybody on NW knew what was happening.

Well, several of us have the video of this whole game, so if we have the motivation, we could settle whose memory is faulty. I'm pretty sure, now that TRMD help refresh it, that Dion was very careful not to do anything resembling taunting or showing off in the Pitt game after Solich got his ear in the NW game. Could be wrong, but until proven wrong I'm sticking with my memory and am not yet ready to claim a "senior moment."

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Last Edited: 11/4/2011 10:23:26 PM by OhioCatFan

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Posted: 11/4/2011 11:42 PM

Actually I'm not sure anyone is right here. According to the game play-by-plays available on ohiobobcats.com, Byrum was not called for a penalty during either game for any of his three returns.

Scott Mayle, however, was called for an unsportstmanlike taunting penalty later in that season for an 88-yard TD return on a kickoff v. Ball State.

http://www.ohiobobcats.com/sports/m-footbl/stats/2005-2006/oh102205.html