Baker Mayfield still living rent free in Ohio Stadium seven years after planting flag

Baker Mayfield left a legacy at Oklahoma, and in Ohio.

It's been seven years since Mayfield led the Sooners to a victory over Ohio State in 2017 then famously planted an OU flag at the 50-yard logo inside Ohio Stadium.

Now, Mayfield could possibly be considered a felon for such a heinous act.

On Wednesday, Ohio State Rep. Josh Williams announced he was inroducing the O.H.I.O. Sportsmanship Act, which would make it a felony offense to plant a flag in the center of Ohio Stadium, according to On3.

"Behavior that incites violent brawls and puts our law enforcement officers in danger has no place on the football field," Williams howled on a post on X.

Williams' outrageous idea and waste of tax payer's time was sparked after there was a fury of teams that attempted to planted flags on their rival's 50-yard logo during Rivarly Weekend two weeks ago. That included Michigan attempting to at Ohio Stadium after the Wolverines upset Ohio State and knocked the Buckeyes out of the Big Ten championship game. Florida also attempted it at Florida State that same day and NC State at North Carolina.

The Buckeyes were sensitive to the act and the situation quickly escalated, with Michigan players even getting pepper-sprayed by law enforcement. The Big Ten fined both schools $100,000 because of the incident.

Mayfield's moment seven years ago went viral -- whether famous or infamous -- but these most recent flag plantings headlined the final week of the regular season with three of them, and the particular one in Ohio getting out of hand.

That stirred some college football talking heads to scream for planting flags to be banned in college sports. Mayfield, even after a win over the Carolina Panthers the next day, was asked about the trend he set seven years before. He chuckled first at the absurdity before responding.

"I'll say this, OU, Texas does it every time they play," Mayfield said. "It's not anything special. You take your L and you move on. Yeah, I'll leave it at that."

Mayfield continued, though, after he was asked about the possibility of the NCAA banning the act of planting a flag at the 50-yard line.

"College football is meant to have rivalries," Mayfield answered. "It's like the Big 12 banning the 'Horns Down' signal.

"Just let the boys play."