FAU coach wants to settle differences with USF coach on the field, a breakdown
What Happened
In the aftermath of a blowout win for the South Florida Bulls over the Florida Atlantic Owls, tensions between the two rival coaches boil over during the postgame handshake. South Florida head coach Jeff Scott leads his team to a dominant victory, but the bad blood between the programs stems from last year's matchup when Florida Atlantic coach Willie Taggart ran up the score and was disrespectful in the closing moments. As the final seconds tick away, the Bulls cruise to an easy win. The teams line up to shake hands, and it's immediately clear that the two coaches have no interest in pleasantries. Coach Scott stares down Taggart, refusing to even look him in the eye. Taggart then confronts Scott, saying "If you've got something to say, come say it to me man. Don't be a 'good job, buddy.'" Scott remains silent, instead opting to shake hands with the Florida Atlantic players and praise them for their effort. Taggart then bumps into Scott as they walk away, and Scott's wife quickly steps in to pull him away from the confrontation. "No, no, no," she says, grabbing her husband by the shirt and ushering him off the field. Taggart yells, "Be a man and say it!" but Scott simply responds, "I don't have anything to say to you." The tension-filled exchange stems from the programs' history. Last year, Florida Atlantic embarrassed South Florida, leading Taggart to run up the score rather than take a knee. Now, with South Florida getting their revenge, the two coaches are unable to move past the bad blood between them. "I don't enjoy you," Scott says to Taggart, unwilling to engage in the heated rivalry any further. The moment captures the raw emotion and unresolved tensions between these two programs, whose coaches clearly have no interest in burying the hatchet, even after a decisive result on the field.
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Click timestamps to jump to that momentSouth Florida versus Florida Atlantic
two teams with losing records but a big
butting rivalry I guess this breakdown
is brought to you by Corona they don't
like each other it seems manufactured it
kind of is South Florida's winning big
whoa dramatic head turn huh uh South
Florida's winning big Florida Atlantic
crushed them last year and at the end of
the game they just run it out and now
the coaches have to shake hands and
there's a lot of backstory here this is
the backstory Florida Atlantic beat
South Florida last year and they were
not nice about it they ran up the score
they went forward on on fourth down at
the end they didn't take a knee I don't
think and the south Florida Coach has
been talking a lot of before this
game saying it's a rivalry and I hope
they don't like us and we don't like
them and bl blah blah blah blah blah BL
so our coach right here of South Florida
is like uh I don't screw you dude I'm
not into that any of that at all
his team whoops their butt now they do
it with a little more respect at the end
and we're going to shake hands and this
is what we got he's just staring at him
right staring at him staring at him
other coaches walking up he says good
job man good game and just stiffed
doesn't even look at him doesn't say
anything another view gives him one look
here and then the handshake boom and out
oh and this coach he doesn't like it he
says grow show the up
man if you've got something to say come
say it to me man don't be a don't
be a good job buddy you got
something to say I got I got nothing for
you but I will tell your players good
job you know pat on the head for King
there good job good job he's telling
everyone good job good job I'm telling
your players good job yep good job good
job he even shaking all the players
hands and then he realizes he missed a
coach on the other team he's oh my
bad good job man so he's got no problem
with with anyone else so this coach in
the black hat he kind of bumps in to the
Florida Atlantic coach gives him a
little shoulder there maybe he says
something our angry coach you know the
one that started all this by being
disrespectful at the end of the game
last year he doesn't like this little
bump and he's hey hey and his wife comes
up and is like no no no she grabs his
skin like a like the Scruff of a puppy
could have just grabbed the shirt got
the skin you know Scruff of the neck
dragged him out of there wife saved the
day one coach is like I don't have
anything to say to you because I don't
enjoy you and the other guy is like be a
man and say it and he's say I don't have
anything to say why do you need me to
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