Big 12 football: Beware Robert Griffin’s high-stepping at Baylor


Published: July 25, 2011 Comment on this article Leave a comment

Baylor coach Art Briles worries a little about the new celebration rule, which will negate a touchdown if the unsportsmanlike conduct occurs before the TD is scored.

You would, too, if Robert Griffin was your quarterback.

Baylor quarterback Robert Griffin III answers questions during Big 12 Media Days, Monday, July 25, 2011, in Dallas. (AP Photo/Matt Strasen) ORG XMIT: TXMS101
Baylor quarterback Robert Griffin III answers questions during Big 12 Media Days, Monday, July 25, 2011, in Dallas. (AP Photo/Matt Strasen) ORG XMIT: TXMS101

Briles trotted out the name of Edwin Moses, the epic Olympic hurdler from the 1970s and 1980s. Griffin is an elite-level hurdler, too. Briles said Griffin is like Moses. “He’s not low-stepping,” Briles. “His knees (are) up. He’s stepping long. He’s stepping pretty. I’d hate to see some line judge consider that taunting.”

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by Berry Tramel
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Berry Tramel, a lifelong Oklahoman, sports fan and newspaper reader, joined The Oklahoman in 1991 and has served as beat writer, assistant sports editor, sports editor and columnist.

Tramel grew up reading four daily newspapers —...

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