Miami of Ohio University’s RedHawks football team was hit with a strange penalty in their game against Ohio University’s Bobcats on Tuesday over something the RedHawks’ scoreboard operator did during one of Ohio’s field-goal attempts.
\n\nThe scoreboard operator must have thought he had a clever way to confuse Ohio kicker Brack Peacock, who stepped up to attempt a field goal at the end of the first half at Miami’s Yager Stadium in Oxford.
\n\nAs Peacock wound up for his kick, just behind the field goal, Miami’s scoreboard operator threw up an image of multiple uprights, giving Peacock more than half a dozen poles to aim at. It isn’t clear whether the trick worked, but Peacock did miss the goal.
\n\nThe dirty trick, though, cost the team, as after the kick failed, the refs stepped in and handed Miami a penalty.
\n\n“On the previous play, there were depictions of the field goal uprights on the scoreboard. That is a foul for unsportsmanlike conduct against Miami. Half the distance to the goal, automatic first down,” the officials said.
\n\nAnother view of the scoreboard dirty trick made it even more explicit how the image on the screen just might have caused a problem…
Original source: https://www.breitbart.com/sports/
