Dave Portnoy roasts ‘bum’ Georgia player over comical collision with official during Sugar Bowl
A University of Georgia football player was caught in an embarrassing moment after interfering with a referee during a play at the Allstate Sugar Bowl.
Early in the second quarter, on the first play of Georgia’s third drive against the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Bulldogs quarterback Gunner Stockton completed a pass to wideout Arian Smith for a huge gain of 67 yards.
However, the play was cleared due to a collision on the sideline between side judge JB Garza and Georgia redshirt sophomore cornerback Parker Jones.
As Garza ran along the sideline to monitor the play, he ran into Jones, who couldn’t get out of the way.
The result was a side interference flag that ultimately changed from a ball on the Notre Dame 11 to the Notre Dame 26.
Georgia had to settle for a field goal on the drive when ESPN cameras caught Jones as far down the field as possible.
Georgia DB Parker Jones was viciously roasted on social media after clashing with an official
Jones (far left) collided with side judge JB Garza and was penalized for collateral interference
The penalty on Jones (39) was partially reversed in a huge play and Georgia settled for 3 points
A clip of the incident was shared by the president of Barstool Sports Dave Portnoy, who captioned the video‘This f**king guy’ plus two laughing emojis.
“Tough time to be Parker Jones on the Internet,” ESPN’s Pat McAfee noted.
CBS Sports’ Tom Fornelli joked, “A lot of people make fun of Parker Jones, but as far as I’m concerned, he’s living the dream of 95% of the sports fans I see here: laying the wood on an official.”
Plenty of other fans joked that Jones might be headed to the transfer portal after his mistake – whether he likes it or not.
Eventually, the traffic to Georgia Football’s website became too much and crashed when fans tried to look up information about Jones.
Listed at 6-foot-1 and 190 pounds, Jones is from Albany, Georgia and has not played for the Bulldogs during his career in Athens.
At halftime, Notre Dame led Georgia 13-3. The Fighting Irish returned the opening kickoff of the second half to increase their lead to 20-3.