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.

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

Baker Mayfield gets it. As the former Flag-Planter Supreme of the college football world, he was asked about the shenanigans this weekend. “College football is meant to have rivalries. That’s like the Big 12 banning the ‘horns down’ signal. Just let the boys play,” Mayfield said.