Bucs' Baker Mayfield sounds off on college football flag-planting drama: 'Let the boys play'

A fight broke out at midfield between the two rivals Saturday, after Michigan upset Ohio State at Ohio Stadium in Columbus. (FOX Sports)

Baker Mayfield developed a reputation for being a hard-nosed player and a bit of trash-talker when he was slinging the pill at the University of Oklahoma on his way to a Heisman Trophy.

Mayfield may have been the one to start the flag-planting tradition when he took the Sooners’ flag and put it into the ground in the middle of Ohio State’s field in 2017 after a win.

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Oklahoma Sooners quarterback Baker Mayfield waves the school flag following their 31-16 win over the Ohio State Buckeyes at Ohio Stadium in Columbus on Sept. 9, 2017. (Adam Cairns/Dispatch)

After a swath of fights over players trying to plant flags on their opponents’ fields, Mayfield defended players for the attempts.

"I’ll say this: OU-Texas does it every time they play," Mayfield said after the Tampa Bay Buccaneers narrowly defeated the Carolina Panthers, 26-23, in overtime on Sunday. "It’s not anything special. You take your ‘L’ and you move on. I’ll leave it at that."

Mayfield didn’t seem to agree that flag-planting should be banned either.

"College football’s meant to have rivalries. It’s like the Big 12 banning the ‘Horns down’ signal," he said. "Let the boys play."

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Florida State and Florida players scuffle at midfield, Saturday, Nov. 30, 2024, in Tallahassee. (AP Photo/Colin Hackley)

Incidents took place Saturday following Michigan vs. Ohio State, Florida vs. Florida State, North Carolina vs. N.C. State and Arizona vs. Arizona State. Though the Arizona-Arizona State game involved the Sun