Folks, I want us to decide if we like college football rivalry weekend or not right now. Because, after the kerfuffle that broke out at The Game over the weekend, I’m seeing a lot of hand-wringing and finger-wagging that makes me think people don’t actually like the sport’s best weekend at all.

An NFL player who knows a lot about planting flags in college football is Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Baker Mayfield, who infamously threw down the Sooner flag while playing for Oklahoma. When he was asked about what went down in college football on Saturday, he seemed open to keeping these celebrations alive.

Baker Mayfield is hoping the NCAA doesn’t outlaw flag planting. Mayfield gained notoriety when he ran onto the field and planted an Oklahoma flag at midfield of Ohio State’s stadium following a win by the Sooners in 2017.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Baker Mayfield gave his thoughts on the flag-planting that occurred across the college football landscape as rivals faced

The animosity that is always present during college football’s rivalry week escalated to dangerous levels on Saturday, as multiple postgame brawls broke out on the field. There was one common theme that ignited these unfortunate altercations– flag planting.

Baker Mayfield knows a thing or two about riling up a rival by planting a flag on the football field after a big win in enemy territory—a practice that