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An LSU cheerleader is underneath hearth on social media for shoving an unsuspecting Ole Miss soccer participant throughout a sport between the Tigers and Rebels.
The incident got here late within the second half of motion with the Tigers seeking to full a comeback effort within the fourth quarter.
LSU QB Garrett Nussmeier linked with tight finish Mason Taylor for a primary down. The go catcher’s elbow touched the bottom as he tried to advance the ball up the sphere, however that didn’t cease him from making a beeline in direction of the endzone.
As Taylor ran for paydirt, an Ole Miss defender trailed him seeking to make a deal with.
He’d catch as much as the tight finish on the final attainable second earlier than his momentum carried him into a gaggle of LSU cheerleaders.
The LSU cheerleader simply shoves the Ole Miss participant on the finish of this play. pic.twitter.com/bdBhAaUrpo
— AJ Ellingson (@AJ__Ellingson) October 13, 2024
A kind of Tigers was seen shoving the defensive again earlier than taunting him on the sidelines.
A more in-depth look reveals the purpose of contact extra clearly.
Cheerleader assault!!! #olemiss #lsu #CollegeFootball pic.twitter.com/v3iFatzuKh
— Barth (@thatsrightbarth) October 13, 2024
The play wouldn’t spark a lot of a response from Rebels security Trey Washington, the person that was pushed into the digicam crews down close to the endzone.
It wasn’t the one shove to make waves within the SEC over the weekend.
Georgia head coach Kirby Good additionally caught flak for pushing Mississippi State QB Michael Van Buren on the sidelines throughout a win over the Bulldogs.
In that case, no flag was thrown, although SEC commissioner Greg Sankey says the motion warranted one. Good seems to have skirted any punishment from the league following his apology to the MSU participant.
Whereas Mason Taylor can be dominated down on the spot of his catch, LSU would later rating to ship the sport into additional time. The Tigers then threw a landing go on their first offensive play of the session to win, 29-26.
