At first glance, it looks like USC stud WR JuJu Smith-Schuster is summoning Utah’s Dominique Hatfield to destroy him:
This USC player isn’t calling out a Utah defender, but he is stiffarming him all the way to hell
DO NOT IRRITATE JUJU SMITH-SCHUSTER. HE WILL END YOU.
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Like Scorpion yelling GET OVER HERE in Mortal Kombat and then skewering his opponent with a spear and slapping him silly.
Sadly, it’s too good to be true. When we look at it from another angle, it’s pretty clear Smith-Schuster was just trying to direct downfield blocking:
THAT SAID: After the game, Smith-Schuster did admit that he had beef with Hatfield and wanted to usher him into oblivion via stiff arm:
Juju says No. 15 on Utah was talking a lot of trash, so he decided to use the stiff arm to tackle him. #USC pic.twitter.com/fBbyp9EjBb
— Paolo Uggetti (@PaoloUggetti) October 25, 2015 SO: This play isn't as unbelievably amazing as it looked initially, sadly. But it is unbelievably amazing. It's not a player calling his shot, then viciously stiff-arming a guy to the netherworld, it's just a player viciously stiff-arming a guy to the netherworld spontaneously.
Smith-Schuster had 143 yards and a touchdown in USC’s huge 42-24 win over No. 3 Utah.
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