Roughing the passer calls have Pitt coach furious vs. Clemson, a breakdown
What Happened
The game between the Clemson Tigers and the Pittsburgh Panthers is a close and intense affair, with the score tied at 17-17 in the fourth quarter. Pittsburgh is driving down the field, looking to take the lead. On a crucial fourth-and-one play, Pitt's Deslin Alexandre (number 44) makes a fantastic play, stripping the ball from Clemson's quarterback Cade Klubnik and stopping the drive. The Pitt fans erupt in celebration, sensing their team is on the verge of a big upset. Quarterback Klubnik remains composed, heading to the sideline to review the film. Pittsburgh takes over, and running back Israel Abanikanda (number 0) picks up a hard-fought first down. However, the drive stalls, and Pitt is forced to attempt a long 47-yard field goal. Kicker Ben Sauls, a left-footed specialist, calmly steps up and drills the kick, giving the Panthers a 20-17 lead with just over a minute remaining. Clemson's sideline is visibly frustrated, and head coach Dabo Swinney and his staff express their displeasure with the officials. Linebacker Trenton Simpson (number 22) is called for an unnecessary roughness penalty, further angering the Clemson coaches. As Pitt prepares to run out the clock, Abanikanda again powers forward, breaking tackles and flexing over the defender he just ran over. The Pitt players and fans are ecstatic, sensing a signature victory over the highly-ranked Tigers. Clemson has one final chance, but Klubnik's pass falls incomplete, and Pitt hangs on for the 20-17 win. The Pitt sideline erupts in celebration, with head coach Pat Narduzzi pumping his fists and the players mobbing each other. It's a hard-fought, emotional victory for the Panthers, who have proven they can compete with one of the top teams in the country.
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Click timestamps to jump to that momentwe had a tight ending between clemson and pittsburgh lots of drama lots of controversial
cause lots of fun it's brought to you by seed geek it's 17 to 10. clemson's up they're ranked
pitt's not ranked both are seven and two but pitt's wins mostly come out of the division
they're driving though he says first down they say no dude that was only a four yard completion
but keep going and then they handed the running back he's fun he gets there whoa did you see that
what's going on with number uh number 56 he turns around he sees number five he's like oh he's a
little dude i can throw him throws him and then gets in his face i just threw you dude and number
five's like you're so much bigger than me of course you threw me deep ball for first down i
don't know if that's really a deep ball but down the field first down pitch driving they're looking
to tie the game quarterbacks laughing number five is laughing they are having fun first and ten
nice and safe
and cozy in the pocket oh pass interference cheating illegal number 11 actually gets hurt
here he gets carted off the field one of his legs i'm not exactly sure but one of his legs got hurt
so we had to leave the game now they're playing in his honor maybe i don't know all right we hit
this dude over there and he's like oh whoa whoa whoa it doesn't get anything should have just
should have just turned and ran in my opinion but anyway pitt still feels good second and ten
seven minutes 41 seconds left they hit the tight end he's a tight end you look at him you're like
that's a tight end look at how he looks tight end like you see him and you say yeah tight end
uh they're gonna go to him again hot hand in the end zone perfect ball perfect grout the captain
bartholomew and pittsburgh is gonna tie the game their coaches are fired up head coach looks like
steve martin in the beginning of cheaper by the dozen to me assistant coach all sorts of fired up
let's go let's go another coach like dude chill out chill out we sort of make the kick
you know then you can celebrate their kicker he's a lefty he's nails tie game clemson quarterback
klubnik he's like i'm not worried at all the amount of worry i have is zero second and four
throws it do they get the first down did they get the stop everyone's looking at that but then they
see laundry on the field flag comes down coach clint clint clint clint clint clint clint clint clint clint
oldny Mc decent out how they fight a fan in since notied at paid off last night touch
cooked up with a teamwork grind coach abandoned and their driving coach is confused why is there
another flag on the field what's going on refs let him know personal foul roughly passing defense
roughing the pack come here come here come here tell me why tell me how what number two
what he do you know he's got his hands up to tip the ball he doesn't land on top of them we Make
sure he spins but but their helmets do a little bit of kissing and they saw that and they didn't
didn't like it and they said too rough too rough on klubnik the kid's a stud and you could have
hurt him watch this uh so penalty i like number two went up to the the ref that made the call
and it's just like can you explain that to me what happened he's like your helmet's hit in the front
he's like okay all right i appreciate it he's like yeah you did a good job you didn't land on him but
your helmet's hit and that's why face to face and he's like cool it's a good moment to see a player
maturely go up and like hey i want to correct this for next time can you just tell me what you
did and then he accepts it even if he disagreed he didn't like yell and scream i like that good
moment kids if you're watching that's how you handle it until you become captains and senior
players anyway they stop them and then they stop them again and now it's third and one big stop
here and there's momentum swinging they get that the crowd let's go yeah they're screaming everyone's
bouncing the whole place is rocking besides that doing the scarf he was pretty still
fourth
and one big oh look at that let's watch it again fourth and one they put this guy in motion number
44 on the edge doesn't blink doesn't fall for the play action which didn't really didn't really do
the qb doesn't fake like he's gonna keep it for long enough it's just a straight pitch
he reads it the whole way he strips them as well stops them backfield strips them great play oh
yeah yeah let's go they're pumped up coach is pumped up he looks very awkward when he's pumped
up more on that later in this video the crowd is is they're believing now ah yeah
klubnik he's just going to the tape he's a pro he's a stud all right so now pitt's got the ball
and they're looking to win the game they pitch it to the zero that's his number
for a gain of i don't know one i was gonna say zero just for the repeatability of it
but it was one yard second and nine oh what happened there this is the controversy also
the o alignment got hurt he's like comes up holding his leg pretty bad ah crowd's like hey
no flag where's that hands go right in the mask come on how do we reps like maybe we'll
look at it okay you seem enthused how the do we not call that are they looking at it
are they looking at it and let's take a look he falls for the pump fake jumps up to block the ball
and just smacks him right in the face like yeah it's a penalty they put it on the jumbo tron you
looking at the jumbotron it's a right hawk and you know a ref's like okay i mean i don't
know if it's a right hook but come on hey come on and then the other coach is like oh what are you
guys gonna do are you gonna go look at it like give it a sec they'll call it if they see it give
it a second penalty for give it a second what's that i don't know yet threw a flag because uh
the announcers were like they saw it on the jumbotron and then they had to call it because
it was so blatant he's looking around he's looking around he's looking around he's looking around
they're talking the clemson coach talking to clemson he's looking around he's looking around
we get an announcement
after discussion crystal foul unnecessary roughness defense number 22.
oh yeah get him yeah look at those look at those arm throws right that's weird right and
then let's go to the left hand also bizarre and one more with the right kind of normal
if it if you just saw this yeah you'd be like that's a badass coach if you just saw
this last one you go yeah you'd be like that's a good look for you coach
if you just saw this yeah you'd be like that's a good look for you coach
that's good but unfortunately the cameras are on him for this one
and this one uh huh yeah so uh that's what happened the crowd he's like whoa
really we got the call let's go fucking that guy's still mad they got the call
and if you look at it again yeah anyone can see it even the bear mascot who's just chilling
just kind of being human about the whole thing sitting watching no way in hell it's the bear
reaction forgot he was a mascot lefty kickers getting ready he's like it's my time i'm gonna
give us the lead i'm cool confident they go to zero again he's gonna pick up some yards he seems
to be the guy for him driving downfield getting excited club neck board just give me the ball
none of this matters he starts getting loose third and two they need it they need it they're gonna
get it again zero oh wow and he trucks that dude and then flexes over him and then 70 comes over
yeah yeah that's what you do little guy that's what you do little guy he's like yeah that's
right that's right and he's tiny right crowd loves it oh hey bro hey bro you got trey bro
hey hey club nick board doesn't care just give me the ball this game's over if i get to touch
the ball again kicker comes out 47 yard kick fourth and 22
the snap the hold the kick drills it nice and easy pit takes the lead he says calm down calm
down calm down club nick's still got to come in he's pretty good coach loves it how's his
celebration this time a little better reasonable like it club nick's like okay coach stop talking
to me i know exactly just i get the ball and then i just run it downfield easy peasy lemon squeezy
first and 10 should i run it should i run it no i'm gonna throw it because that's gonna leave them
a little off me later on
because they thought i was gonna run it i ran right up to the line of scrimmage and then i
threw it and let's keep that in their mind for a couple plays later now let's get him off the scent
entirely and just a straight up pass to number nine he catches it gets out of bounds and kicker
at this point realizes i'm not needed club nick's got this no need to practice no need to kick i'll
just spin the ball my finger and wait for the excitement because here it comes second and three
and yep
boom takes off cuts right all the way down to the end zone club nick the killer never faltered
dabbo loves it he's gonna run with him the whole way kind of looks like super dave osborne doesn't
he is that his name super dave osborne on that play football people i guess i can ask people
in the office i mean this just sucks for the official right in the in the middle right because
the quarterback his he's just gonna run right at that guy and then make his move because you can
kind of use him as a pick in a way like the the ref takes a step to his right and he's gonna run
and club nick's like no no i'm running at you please stay still and runs right at him gets
about five yards away and then makes his cut i don't know if it comes into play here but for
that ref he's got to be like god damn it this position stinks getting the inside action having
qb's just run right at me then break i guess receivers probably do it too that sucks he says
everyone in the crowd be quiet you guys are being really loud in the crowd they're like all right
yeah i guess so
i guess we won't talk anymore yep we'll just sit here silently and sadly and uh he gets excited
about it he's gonna check on the crowd he's gonna take his helmet off for better vision he's gonna
run hey hey hey are you guys quiet huh let me see everyone everyone being quiet no one's talking
right and she's like no no no we're not no we're not nope not saying a word not saying a word
okay good that's what i thought because i'm club nick that's the name it's on the back of my jersey
okay and that was it
easy for me and i never wavered and you guys thought you were gonna win it's so silly of you
they do get a chance pit gets a chance they drive downfield second and 12 they complete that
for the first down they're moving they're at their own 48 and then i another one steps up in the
pocket he's got two receivers close he says no we got to move it downfield third and 10 pick up the
first down with five seconds left they're gonna get two shots at the end zone oh this is 10 seconds
left one shot at the end zone
almost picked off almost snuck it through for the touchdown and then fourth and one five seconds
left everyone go deep get open and then they say we'll just we'll just catch it and clemson wins
pittsburgh they were having fun for a little bit and then that fun ended but club nick he kind of
it just was on the sidelines like give me the ball lots of controversy lots of fun college football
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