tgr4lfe 220 Posted November 6, 2006 Share Posted November 6, 2006 If you smoke dope at bama, get arrested for carying a pistol, you get an ice cream cone at Pitt, don't you dare make an obscene gesture toward the home crowd that will get you indefinitely suspended...Linky That is discipline! TAMPA, Fla. -- Pittsburgh coach Dave Wannstedt suspended tight end Darrell Strong indefinitely Saturday after a touchdown celebration in which he appeared to make an obscene gesture to the crowd during a 22-12 loss to South Florida.Strong was penalized for celebrating excessively when he approached the stands beyond the end zone after catching a 19-yard scoring pass from Tyler Palko with 6:22 remaining in the fourth quarter. "Our football program and university have very high standards and we will not tolerate the behavior Darrell Strong displayed today," Wannstedt said in a statement released by the school. "Darrell told me he regrets his actions but he must also be accountable. As a result, I am suspending him indefinitely." Strong apologized to South Florida and his teammates in a separate statement released by the school. "I know my behavior hurt my team and embarrassed my university," he said. "That's not what being a Pitt football player is about and I want everyone to know I am truly sorry." The 15-yard penalty was costly because Pitt, needing a 2-point conversion to cut its deficit to eight, had to start the extra-point play from the 18-yard line instead of the South Florida 3. On the conversion try, Palko threw an incompletion. "I'm disappointed in how we played today, but I won't be embarrassed," Wannstedt said. "I won't have our university be embarrassed." Copyright 2006 by The Associated Press Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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