Baker Mayfield, who planted an Oklahoma flag at Ohio State in 2017, offered his thoughts on the college football flag planting on Saturday:

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After triggering several melees over rivalry weekend, flag-planting has become a hot-button issue for conference commissioners — “If you want to plant a flag, you play ‘capture the flag’ or you join the military or you fly to the moon.

For college sports leaders, the focus after a emotional final weekend is on how to stop the extracurriculars from happening again.

The unofficial author of 'flag-planting' defended the gesture amidst discussion of ending the postgame practice following several brawls this past

College football rivalry week was turned up a notch this year thanks to an outbreak of attempted flag plantings. It's not exactly a new trend, as former Oklahoma QB Baker Mayfield can attest to. He may have been one of the first that people remember doing the act when he did so at Ohio State in 2017.

Flag planting on the field was a controversial topic, to say the least, in college football over the weekend as multiple rivalry games ended with intense moments on the field between opponents. Arguably the most notable incident from this weekend is when Michigan planted its flag on Ohio State's logo after upsetting the Buckeyes 13–10 on the road.

Week 14 of the 2024 college football season, also known as "Rivalry Week" wrapped up with another chaotic set of results that turned the postseason picture upside down. One trend that fans couldn't help but notice was the amount of bad blood and

The former Oklahoma QB shares his thoughts on rivalry antics, flag plantings, and why college football needs its raw emotions.