The Iowa Hawkeyes are taking on the No. 3 Michigan Harbaughs Wolverines tonight, and had a hilariously botched fake punt attempt in the first quarter. The play resulted in Iowa senior punter Ron Coluzzi stumbling and flipping short of the first down marker, but Michigan freshman linebacker Devin Bush Jr. was called for targeting on the play (and everyone hated that ruling):
The most athletic moment of this Iowa punter's life pic.twitter.com/cS8csEBLFI
— SB Nation GIF (@SBNationGIF) November 13, 2016
I don't think is how Iowa drew it up. pic.twitter.com/w5ZfEIQyR6
— Brad Galli (@BradGalli) November 13, 2016
Performance art https://t.co/HocjbiMBZY
— CJ Fogler (@cjzero) November 13, 2016
I'M GONNA THINK ABOUT THIS PUNTER FOR THE NEXT SIX MONTHS AT LEAST https://t.co/8nrkTwQwtq
— KOBE BUFFALOMEAT (@edsbs) November 13, 2016
That is the most horseshit targeting call I've seen to date. That kid did not intend a thing. And the punter met his head
— Rich Eisen (@richeisen) November 13, 2016
THATS NOT TARGETING THATS SIMPLE MOMENTUM AND NOT EXPECTING A DUDE TO FLIP OVER HIS OWN FEET
— The Blockhams (@TheBlockhams) November 13, 2016
That's an awful targeting call against Michigan. Come on.
— Danny Kanell (@dannykanell) November 13, 2016
Well, Coluzzi’s next punt attempt again resulted in him taking a hit, and again resulted in a penalty (running into the kicker):
So Coluzzi gets another punt attempt on the next play… AND THE SAME THING HAPPENS. The back-to-back running into the kicker calls got Iowa a first down:
Wanna get away? pic.twitter.com/IYGIHOYS8v
— Matt Clapp (@Matt2Clapp) November 13, 2016
MANNEQUIN CHALLENGE WINNER: pic.twitter.com/8RdQvWMIjH
— dmbmeg (@dmbmeg) November 13, 2016
Iowa running its Running Into The Punter offense to perfection. Pay attention, young offensive coordinators
— Ramzy Nasrallah (@ramzy) November 13, 2016
Michigan has committed a penalty on the punter on three straight Iowa punts.
— Chris Vannini (@ChrisVannini) November 13, 2016
Iowa's punter is the most important football player in the world right now
— KOBE BUFFALOMEAT (@edsbs) November 13, 2016
Coluzzi’s fourth punt attempt finally resulted in an actual punt, and it was an awesome one. Coluzzi was pumped!
An incredibly eventful night for this punter, and there are still over six minutes to go in the first half at the time of this post. We will update if Coluzzi is involved in any additional craziness.