Arrogance loses again

To set politics aside, college football season began last night -- and Oregon State lost a chance to tie the game late with a mindless player gesture that's become all too common today. A player tried to reach forward with the ball into the end zone, rather than take the ball close where it was, for a possible score on the next play, and in so doing lost the ball, making a touch back and giving the ball to Stanford, which secured the win with a knee on the next plays. Stupid! Players never did this years ago. They protected the ball. Now it's become fashionable to do this hot dog gesture and as often as not, it backfires. Oregon lost a game last year at Cal the same way. I blame the coaches. They let the players get away with stupid arrogant gestures like this. Bench them. That'll solve it pretty quickly. If you don't protect the ball, you don't play.