Michigan Kicker Quinn Nordin’s Crotch Grab Against South Carolina Had People Mad Online

Michigan controlled the first 40 minutes of the Outback Bowl against South Carolina, leading 19-3 in the third quarter before a stunning collapse in the final 20-plus minutes saw the Gamecocks rally for 23 unanswered points for the win.

En route to that 19-3 lead, Michigan kicker Quinn Nordin hit four field goals on four attempts to push the Wolverines comfortably (or so we thought) in front of South Carolina. After his third field goal of the first half put Michigan up 9-3 in the second quarter, Nordin paid homage of sorts to Heisman Trophy winner Baker Mayfield with a crotch grab directed at the South Carolina bench.

The move, unsurprisingly, didn’t go over well on Twitter as there were plenty of people upset with Nordin (just as they were with Mayfield). Nordin being a kicker and not a Heisman winning quarterback made it even more ridiculous in the eyes of some, and what made matters all the worse for the young man was that the Wolverines were unable to hold their lead and lost.

So, a couple hours after the outrage towards the move, Nordin’s name came up an awful lot from South Carolina fans (and others that were just not fans of the grab) as if the loss was some sort of karmic justice for the celebration. There were a number of them that were extremely vulgar, which is always somewhat hilarious when people get really angry and yell about someone being “classless” and then hurl insults and go to name-calling in response. We won’t drop those in here, but please reevaluate some things if you’re spewing extremely nasty stuff online at an 18-year-old kicker.

Anyways, there were lots of people mad online about kicker celebrations, which is somewhat understandable because it wasn’t a good look but also a bit silly in the grand scheme of things. There were those that wanted to send a jab back at him, and that seems fine, but there were a lot that seemed genuinely offended on a personal level by his grab.

https://twitter.com/dlamb11/status/947933670740029442

https://twitter.com/shhh_on10/status/947934614642884608

https://twitter.com/Rantinggamecock/status/947935500949737477
https://twitter.com/shhh_on10/status/947934614642884608

Then there were the Michigan fans that wanted to remind him that he is a Michigan Man and how this wouldn’t be tolerated.

https://twitter.com/SibsTwoPoint0/status/947933143000117248

The best were the Penn State fans that hopped up on their high horse to talk about how happy they were that Nordin, originally a Penn State commit, flipped his commitment and went to Michigan instead. These were almost assuredly among the same Penn State fans that were very mad online when the highly ranked kicker decommitted.

https://twitter.com/BasicBlues/status/947932046999130113

This is easily the best one because it’s the perfect mad online trifecta of an egg account completely using the wrong word “jesters” for “gestures” and suggesting he made the wrong ‘crootin decision.

https://twitter.com/ags2500/status/947935034924851200