College Punter Flops, Writhes, Draws Flag, Celebrates, Loses Flag

Linfield College is the most notable DII football program in America. They’re going for their 60th consecutive winning season and they constantly provide us with blog fodder. Whether its a squirrel terrorizing their coaches’ offices, great blocking on a punt return, one of their players ending up on the wrong end of a cup-check, or a really dirty hit.

This year’s edition of Linfield College pointing out the poor behavior of others comes from their season-opening win over Chapman University. Chapman punter William James flopped on a punt. If he was touched at all, it was very light contact, but he still went to the ground and writhed around in pain as if he had suffered a very bad knee injury. An official bought the act and threw a flag. As soon as James saw the flag, he jumped up, fist-pumped and sprinted to the sideline to celebrate. The referee then picked up the flag.