Man Bites Dog, or In This Case, Ref Hits Player

Today on the Dan Patrick Show, the talked about a really strange event that happened in the LSU-South Carolina game this weekend. The referee actually takes out the South Carolina quarterback. Or was he just bracing himself from an inevitable bump?



I've seen many plays where a referee gets creamed by a player running with a full head of steam (or as Reggie Miller might say, "a full steam of head"), but it's always the ref that goes down, never the player. Of course in this instance, it was a quarterback, and the ref in question is a former linebacker from the University of Kentucky.

But it looks like the ref is tracking him down preparing to deliver the hit, like he was having a flashback to his playing days. Dan Patrick listeners voted that they believe the hit on the South Carolina quarterback was intentional - 79% to 21%. What do you think? Was it intentional? And if so, why would he do it?