Ohio State’s offensive guard Marcus Hall didn’t do himself any favors against the Michigan Wolverines at the Big House Saturday.
No. 3 Ohio State managed to escape with a 42-41 victory, but the real story was a massive brawl in the second quarter after a kickoff.
Three players were ejected for the incident, including running back Dontre Wilson for the Buckeyes and linebacker Royce Jenkins-Stone for the Wolverines.
But Hall managed to rise above the rest. Not only did he come off the sideline to join the fray, he then threw a tantrum of epic proportions on the sideline:
Hall was far from done. As ESPN illustrates, Hall did not take kindly to heckling from the Michigan faithful and flipped the bird before making his exit:
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ABC’s Meredith Frost captured the moment:
As Marcus Hall left the stadium he gave the double bird salute to the Michigan crowd. Classy exit, guy. pic.twitter.com/sGya8UvgKD
— Meredith Frost (@MeredithFrost) November 30, 2013
Yikes.
The senior right guard was by no means a lock to be taken in the 2014 NFL draft, but his escapades in college football’s biggest rivalry will surely keep him from being drafted.
A physical specimen at 6’5″ and 315 pounds, Hall has all the tools to succeed at the next level. The fifth-year senior played in nine games in 2009, redshirted in 2010 due to academic reasons and moved to right guard and remained the starter there beginning in 2012.
Coming into the 2013 season, scouts such as CBS Sports’ Dane Brugler were not overly impressed with what they had seen from Hall:
A physically impressive blocker, Hall enters his third year as a starter on the Buckeyes offensive line and is…
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