Looks Like Chase Is Good To Go

Ok IU guy, here’s my take after watching the clip on Twitter way too many times and becoming more and more enraged about 72’s bullshit.  

In the clip we see Chase with his right hand on the turf and his right knee above the turf.  We cannot see 72, nor Chase’s left leg, knee, nor hand as Bush and Gil obstruct our view.  As Gil and Bush move apart, we see 72’s butt and legs and Chase now has his right hand and knee on the turf to the right (our left) of 72’s right leg, his left knee to the left of 72’s right leg, and seemingly (because we cannot see it) his left hand on the turf to the left of 72’s left hip.  Also, we see that Marshall’s right knee is right next to Chase’s left knee and 72’s left foot is on Marshall’s thigh.  Basically, 72 is face down with Chase straddling his right leg with both Chase and Marshall’s knees between his legs — kind of an awkward position.  

But, from the looks of it, Chase is making an attempt to keep from falling on 72, hence the hands down on the turf as his momentum carries him forward.  This is where things get really going.  It looks to me as if 72 might have made a quick upward and leftward (to our right) move with his right heel into Chase’s crotch — notice how Chase’s butt kind of goes up a bit as in, “oh shit, my balls!”  Chase then start to get up, puts his left hand on 72’s left hamstring/butt cheek and we see 72’s big white shoe come quickly back to the right (our left) and crash into Chase’s right shin.  This is clear, and not speculative like the ball kicking, as we see Chase’s right leg bow outward from the blow.  

Moments later we see Chase quickly rise up and 72’s big left shoe slide off Marshall’s right thigh (as he gets up too). Now again, speculation, but it looks to me as if Chase quickly pulls his left foot (the one he’s about to step forward with) away from 72’s left shoe — maybe 72 was trying to kick with his other foot too?  One thing is certain, when Chase steps on 72’s right ankle 72’s foot is still against Chase’s right shin.  

From there, Chase’s head starts to come up — he wasn’t directly looking at 72 — and he steps on his ankle.  Was it intentional? I think so.  But, I think he was kicked twice (once in the balls) and possibly an attempted 3rd time, and he wanted 72’s big old shit kicker off his shin so he stepped on it.

Personally, I feel like had it not been intentional he’d have given a little, “oh shit!” hop like one would do when stepping on dog shit.  I don’t blame him one bit for stepping on 72’s ankle, and when 21-22 years old I’d have done the same thing.  72 is a meathead, cheap shot artist, as we saw throughout the game.  He knows he kicked Chase in the nuts and shin, so he shouldn’t be surprised he got stepped on.  But, for that matter, Chase shouldn’t be surprised, after stepping on his ankle, that the guy cheaped him given the chance — that’s what cheapshot artists, they cheap you first and when you cheap them back, they use that as fuel to keep on cheaping you.  

Fuck 72 and fuck IU.  They clearly came out intent upon hurting our chances to win the B10 — not by beating us — by playing dirty bullshit with hopes of causing injuries.