profootballtalk.com - 9/7/2008
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After catching a 35-yard touchdown pass in the second quarter of Sunday’s game against the Browns, Cowboys receiver Terrell Owens lined up at the goal line as if he was preparing to run the 100-yard dash.
Before the gun could sound, the yellow flag was flying.
The premeditated celebration resulted in a 15-yard penalty, and a chant of “asshole” [...]
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Terrell Owens' Usain Bolt Fantasies Cost the Dallas Cowboys 15 Yards
FanHouse —
... After catching a 35-yard touchdown pass in the second quarter, Owens lined up at the goal line like a sprinter at the start of a 100-meter dash. It was a funny way of reminding everyone of his challenge to Bolt, but the premeditated celebration resulted in a 15-yard penalty, and the Cowboys then had to kick off to the Browns from the 15-yard line. ...
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Phillips takes aim at NFL's crackdown on fun
myespn.go.com 9/10/2008 — Icon SMI Terrell Owens' celebration on Sunday drew a 15-yard penalty. Posted by ESPN.com's Matt Mosley Wade Phillips didn't have a problem with Terrell Owens ' 15-yard unsportsmanlike conduct penalty for impersonating Jamaican ...
Terrell Owens was penalized for using the prop that is gravity —
Shutdown Corner
So
the reason that Terrell Owens 's Usain Bolt tribute drew a penalty yesterday was
that Terrell Owens ( at
the 1:57 mark here ) used the ground as part of his celebration. That's
actually a rule.
So if that draws a penalty, fine. Rules are rules, and if the official NFL
rulebook has this insane, arbitrary, senseless rule, then I guess the officials
have to call it. From here on out, ...
Open Letter to Terrell Owens Regarding Usain Bolt —
Uncommon Sportsman
This week, Terrell Owens was quoted on HBO’s Hard Knocks as saying, “I Could Beat Usain Bolt If I Got a 20-Yard Head Start.” I am not impressed by this at all. I hope an NFL pro-bowl wide receiver could beat Bolt in this race. What I would like to do now is make a challenge to TO.
I formally challenge TO to a race. I am a 30 year old white kid who has run less than 100 ...
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