A college football bowl game Saturday night was marred by a heated brawl — which began when one player sucker punched another from behind.
The nasty incident happened at the end of the 68 Ventures Bowl between Eastern Michigan and South Alabama — a game which South Alabama won 59-10. In the video above posted to X by a fan, an Eastern Michigan player identified in reports as Korey Hernandez is seen sucker punching South Alabama’s Jamarrien Burt in the back of the head. The punch set off a wild brawl, as several of Burt’s teammates immediately jumped into the fray.
After the incident, Eastern Michigan coach Chris Creighton appeared to attribute it, in part, to the fact his team was routed.
“We want to be first-class all the time, no matter the circumstances, no matter what the scoreboard is, no matter what other factors, people, whatever are involved,” Creighton said. “And anything short of being first-class is not living up to the standard that we have in Eastern Michigan football… I think that our guys care a lot about performing well. I’m sure we were embarrassed by how we played and it probably didn’t take too much to get our guys into a place that we hope that they never get.”
Watch above.