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College football player penalized for tossing opponent’s shoe
By Paul Harvey
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One college football player was penalized for a regretful toss on Thursday night. The infraction? He was flagged for tossing an opponent’s cleat.
The player is Max Tooley, a linebacker for BYU. His penalty came after a 3rd-down stop for the Cougars and could have proved costly.
After stopping Utah State on 3rd-and-2, Tooley tossed a cleat from the bottom of the pile. It generated a 15-yard unsportsmanlike conduct penalty and kept the drive by Utah State alive.
SHOE THROW ALERT 🚨 FOR BYU!!! pic.twitter.com/9M6vDsmiSC
— Sickos Committee (@SickosCommittee) September 30, 2022
Fortunately for Tooley and BYU, the penalty did not come back to haunt him. Utah State did make it inside the 10-yard line but eventually fumbled the ball away to the Cougars.
We’ll see if Thursday night’s action out west provides any other “entertainment” moving forward.
Paul is a lifelong fan and student of all things college football. He has been covering college football since 2017 and the B1G since 2018.