There was plenty of weirdness going on during the Cotton Bowl matchup between USC and Ohio State on Friday night.
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With just over two minutes remaining in the fourth quarter of the 24-7 rout by the Buckeyes, Trojans quarterback Sam Darnold took a late hit on the sidelines after scrambling for 10 yards.
The play resulted in a scuffle between the two teams that included a USC ball boy running away from the melee and a cheerleader sporadically dancing as if nothing was going on.
So many interesting things happened during that USC-Ohio State Brawl (Ball Boy runs off the field and wants no part of it, Cheerleader just starts randomly dancing while both teams are going at each other) LOL pic.twitter.com/LEAvIo1y4S
— Gifdsports (@gifdsports) December 30, 2017
But that's not all.
An alternate angle of the hit on Darnold shows the quarterback accidentally clipping a woman holding a microphone for ESPN during the live broadcast.
Hope the ESPN lady with the mic is OK. She got clipped badly before that brouhaha started. pic.twitter.com/ZoZCxi8VJg
— Yahoo Sports College Football (@YahooSportsCFB) December 30, 2017
Strange things, indeed.
The fight resulted in USC's Jamel Cook — who entered the game off the bench — being ejected. No punches appeared to be thrown and there weren't any other altercations that took place afterward.
As noted, Ohio State won in dominant fashion, which could have been the cause of some hostility from the Trojans' sideline.
