Things got a little ugly at the end of the first quarter in the Baylor-Texas game, as benches cleared and teams got into some scufflin'. Baylor fourth-string quarterback Lynx Hawthorne threw an interception, and was hit by Kevin Vaccaro, who came off the bench after taking exception to Hawthorne's rough tackle at the end of the play.
Texas and Baylor have sideline-clearing brawl, but what in the world is this Longhorn doing?
FIIIIIIIIIIGHT!
Sidelines clear after this play during the Texas-Baylor game. pic.twitter.com/K3Psyctw1U
— Arash Markazi (@ArashMarkazi) December 5, 2015 But the real story to come from all this is this Texas player, who is doing... something.
That appears to be defensive back Jermaine Roberts, who is absolutely jonesing for a scrap, so long as that person comes at him first.
It’s possible Vaccaro thought the man was out of bounds before the tackle was made, but coming off the field and fake falling and dropping a knee on another player is uncalled for, regardless of what precipitated it. Vaccaro was given a personal foul for his actions, but no one was ejected.
Baylor players came across the field and mostly yelled and shoved a little, and it doesn’t seem that any punches were thrown. However, bench clearing doesn’t happen particularly often in football, so the sight alone is noteworthy.
Later in the second quarter, Texas safety Jason Hall gave the money hands to the Baylor crowd, who defended themselves with some fearsome bear claw hands. This game is amazing and don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.
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