Stephen Garcia, Meet The Umpire
October 20th, 2008 at 9:26 amBy Chris
While South Carolina was choking one away against LSU, for some reason, Gamecock quarterback Stephen Garcia got shoulder blocked by the field umpire for reasons that no one has been made aware of yet.
Here’s the video:
Nice form on that tackle, ump! See how he stayed squared up to the player before making the hit? It’s called fundamentals, folks.
As indicated, no one seems to have an explanation for why that happened. Perhaps the official thought he was in a Buffalo Wild Wings commercial and thought it was his responsibility to prolong the game for the B-Dubs crowd … Or maybe Garcia was mouthing off, saying stuff like, “you couldn’t tackle me if I let you, you blind zebra!” and the ump decided to prove the mouthy quarterback wrong.
As you can see, I’m grasping at straws.
This video is currently being seen around pretty much the entire sports blogosphere, so I’ll just hat-tip the entire industry.
October 20th, 2008 at 11:03 am
love the form,hate the timing,im surprised this hasnt gotten more attention
October 20th, 2008 at 11:07 am
That’s what I’m saying. How has the SEC not come out with some kind of explanation.
October 20th, 2008 at 11:22 am
i think uk should offer him a scholarship,we needed his help a couple weeks back
October 20th, 2008 at 11:29 am
Hell, with Pryor and Micah still hurting, we might need him next week in the Swamp.
October 20th, 2008 at 11:32 am
lets just pretend this is a bye and savor tho one and only sec win were gonna get
October 20th, 2008 at 12:53 pm
You doubt that offensive juggernaut? For shame.
October 20th, 2008 at 7:38 pm
Here is the follow up and it seems Spurrier isnt even mad – http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/.....id=3654428
October 21st, 2008 at 8:23 am
Thanks Dave.
October 21st, 2008 at 8:51 am
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