That is the key element in my mind. Any gesture in the face of a player on the field should be a penalty for taunting. Any additional standard will only create a chit storm by fans and the media.If its done in the face of the players on the field
I think it was Noah Fant at Nebraska?I can't remember which year or which team, probably because I was curled up in a fetal position, but one of our opponents in either '17 or '18 threw the bones at us to taunt us after making a big play. I was offended, p'd off, and a little bit homicidal, yet at the same time I thought that it was (like the Horns down sign) a twisted sign of respect when someone uses your own sign back at you when they make a big play.
I remember that as well and that was the first thing that came to mind when I saw this thread.I can't remember which year or which team, probably because I was curled up in a fetal position, but one of our opponents in either '17 or '18 threw the bones at us to taunt us after making a big play. I was offended, p'd off, and a little bit homicidal, yet at the same time I thought that it was (like the Horns down sign) a twisted sign of respect when someone uses your own sign back at you when they make a big play.