YouTube: When life imitates a beer commercial
Posted on October 21st, 2008 – 1:00 PMBy Michael Rand
Via Deadspin comes a rather suspicious looking play in a recent game between South Carolina and LSU, when an official — in Bud Light fashion — makes a devastating hit on South Carolina QB Stephen Garcia as he tries to turn the corner at LSU’s 5 yard line. (The Gamecocks lost by 7, but they did score a touchdown on that drive, so it did not really impact the final outcome). Obviously, it’s hard to prove intent, and obviously the angle and whatnot can always alter the reality of things, but, well, you look at it and tell us what you think:
9 Responses to "YouTube: When life imitates a beer commercial"
I saw this yesterday linked from Yahoo! and didn’t believe it was real. Then I watched game highlights that someone else had posted, and hot damn! That ref really had a problem with SC in this game.
That guy is just lucky that Garcia didn’t pull down his pants and whiz on him, or blow a fire extinguisher in his face.
As a Viking fan I’m sure that does look like a devastating hit.
Really the ref barely touched him but happened to catch him off balance. The guy was going to get crushed by the LSU defenders anyway so the ref was really just doing him a favor.
Don’t the Vikings need a new Middle Linebacker? Can this guy cover a TE?
It’s hit or be hit in football.
GO TIGERS!!!
I heard this ref actually played linebacker in college, I do not recall the school he played for though.
He played for Kentucky and was the 1st Black captain of an SEC school. He doesn’t take [redacted] from nobody.
I see PRIDE, I see POWER, I see a bad-[redacted] mother who don’t take no crap off of NOBODY!
Coooooooool Runniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiings !!! I miss movie quote fridays.
Also, my interpretation on the video is that self-preservation took over after the ref found himself in a bad position. In other words, the hit was intentional, but only because he didn’t feel like getting run over.
2nd Degree Reckless Tackling. Punishable by 6 day suspension, low pay, and derision by a national audience.
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