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Here’s the scene: Minnesota just knocked off Michigan, the big upset is sealed, and sophomore offensive lineman Bennett Warren is so fired up he goes to celebrate with quarterback Drake Lindsey. He misses the jump. Or the landing.
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All sports have unwritten rules, and one of the biggest in football is never kick your own quarterback in the crotch. It doesn’t matter whether it’s intentional or accidental during the throes of celebration: You just don’t do it.
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The Minnesota Golden Gophers did not abide by this, but still managed to take a huge win over Michigan on Saturday afternoon. Minnesota quarterback Drake Lindsey caught a teammate's celebratory kick right in the groin. (Photo by Bailey Hillesheim/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) Last week, Minnesota beat Washington 27-24, a win that led to a euphoric PJ Fleck smearing a player's blood on his own face, and this week they welcomed the Wolverines to Huntington Bank Stadium.
However, during the game, things got a little rough for QB Drake Lindsey. The Gophers had just secured a first down, and offensive lineman Bennett Warren was fired up about it. Understandable, but the issue was that he didn't make sure the airspace was clear before performing a celebratory kick.
A kick that landed straight to Lindsey's groin. Between this and the aforementioned blood-smearing incident, the Gophers may need to take a look in the mirror when it comes to celebrations. I didn't think there was anywhere to go after the blood-smearing, but then here they go, kicking their QB in the nards, and now I have no clue where this goes.
At this rate, they could end up going all Texas on everyone and just let 'er rip. The Minnesota Golden Gophers mascot, Goldy, celebrates with the Little Brown Jug after the team defeated the Michigan Wolverines. (Photo by Bailey Hillesheim/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) Fortunately, they did stick the dismount on their last celebration of the afternoon, when they stormed the field to celebrate the Gophers' 20-14 win after coming into the game as 8.5-point underdogs.
Next weekend, the 4-1 Gophers will head to West Lafayette to take on the Purdue Boilermakers.
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Here’s the scene: Minnesota just knocked off Michigan, the big upset is sealed, and sophomore offensive lineman Bennett Warren is so fired up he goes to celebrate with quarterback Drake Lindsey. He misses the jump. Or the landing. Either way, Lindsey ended up on the ground clutching his groin. Warren kicked his own quarterback. Nobody can stop laughing, least of all Lindsey.
That moment is better than any trophy. It's the raw, unscripted chaos of college football, the kind of thing the TV cameras catch right before the network awkwardly cuts to a commercial. The Gophers pulled off a statement win, and the enduring image is a friendly fire ball to the family jewels. That's sports. Real sports. Not the sanitized, hyper-managed product that the college athletics establishment keeps trying to sell.
We've watched the left turn every physical contact into a crisis. A player gets tackled and they want targeting reviews. A celebration gets too rowdy and they call for restraint policies. This was an accidental kick to the groin, and the response from the team was exactly right: they howled, they clapped, and then they went back to celebrating the biggest win of their season. No one filed a complaint. No one needed counseling. The quarterback.
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