Raimond Pendleton Incident
During the first game of the 2007 season (a blowout victory over Central Michigan University), KU's Raimond Pendleton ran a CMU punt back 77 yards for a touchdown; but, as he approached the endzone, it was clear that he intentionally slowed down before reaching the endzone in order to jump into it in an overly celebratory or gloating fashion. The officials threw a penalty flag for "excessive celebration", and gave the Jayhawks a 15-yard, "unsportsmanlike conduct" penalty (meaning that KU would have to kick off 15 yards closer to their own endzone, than if they had not been penalized). When Pendleton returned to the KU sideline, an irate Mangino took Pendleton aside and gave him an expletive-laden tongue-lashing. The incident was caught on video, and transmitted by local TV stations in the Topeka and Kansas City areas, eventually finding an even wider audience after a copy of it was uploaded to YouTube. Pendleton afterward downplayed the incident, saying that he deserved it.
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