Georgia Tech Coach Gives Pitt Coach a rude handshake, a breakdown
What Happened
In a tense ending to the Georgia Tech vs. Pitt college football game, Georgia Tech head coach Geoff Collins expresses his frustration with the officials' call as time expires. With Pitt leading by 14 points and just 30 seconds remaining, Georgia Tech's new quarterback attempts a last-ditch pass to the end zone, hoping for a pass interference penalty that would extend the game. However, the officials rule the pass as uncatchable, much to the dismay of Coach Collins. Visibly upset, Collins removes his headset and angrily throws it to the ground, yelling, "Gotta be f***ing kidding me." He then turns to the officials, staring at them in disbelief and exclaiming, "That was f***ing PI, dude. Come on, we were about to score, kick the onside kick, get it back and then score again and take this into overtime." As the game ends with Pitt taking a knee to run out the clock, the cameras capture the handshake between the two head coaches, Pitt's Pat Narduzzi and Georgia Tech's Geoff Collins. The interaction is tense, with Collins appearing to pull his hand away quickly from Narduzzi's firm grasp. Narduzzi then seeks out a Georgia Tech staff member, seemingly to discuss the handshake incident. In his post-game comments, Collins insists he did not intend any disrespect, saying, "I was just focused on getting our guys over to the band to celebrate. I don't even remember what I said to be honest with you." Narduzzi, on the other hand, felt the handshake was not properly executed, stating, "He didn't shake my hand correctly." Despite the heated exchange between the coaches, the game itself was a hard-fought battle between two talented teams. Pitt's wide receiver, Israel Abanikanda, made a positive impression, engaging with fans and taking a selfie with one of them after the game. This sportsmanlike gesture from Abanikanda provides a heartwarming end to an otherwise tense and emotional conclusion to the Georgia Tech vs. Pitt matchup.
Full Transcript
Click timestamps to jump to that momentwe had another handshake gate in this
pit georgia tech game pit's leading by
14 points
with 30 seconds left georgia tech has a
brand new quarterback and i think that's
like his second pass ever because their
first quarterback just got hurt goes for
the fake
spike to the end zone they want pi
they don't get it ref says no no
uncatchable ball
you weren't gonna get it he says are you
kidding me
and then he's gonna turn around and
chuck the headset which is a pro move
when you're mad then he's gonna look
back at the ref
in utter disbelief and say gotta be
[ __ ] [ __ ] me
he wants pi now let's take a look at it
the number 25 does has his arm
kind of locked up he can't make his way
back to the ball
if it was a catchable ball i don't think
he's catching that but maybe it was p.i
i don't know i'm not a rules guy you
guys let me know what you think in the
comments but the coach he sure did he
says that was [ __ ]
p.i dude
come on we were about to score kick the
uh
onside kick get it back and then score
again and take this into overtime and i
was kind of laughing like that maybe
weren't gonna do that
glossy lips glossy eyes very upset
one more play to see if they can score
no they can't and that ends the game
because pitt's gonna grab the ball and
take a knee and now let's get into our
action but you know kind of the head
space
that the coach is in so big handshake oh
no
and here we go let's break it down we
got the pit coach walking out
necklace dangling nike shirt on visor
over
glasses with a visor two visors
one like for his hair and one for his
face they're both
kind of his face though anyway uh okay
he's got his fingers fully apart and
right here
you can see the georgia tech coach
starting to look away and now here he's
not even making eye contact
not not good let's go break it down into
the hands
they go web to web which is you know for
someone not looking
nah it's not really webbed web it's kind
of thumb to web and then georgia tech
coach is gonna pull away
and pit coach got his pinky finger
locked up
he's like hey look at me god damn it pay
me some respect
georgia tech coach does like a little
kid pull away
don't touch me now he takes off the
visor like a double take which cracked
me up meanwhile the cops
flawless oh what's up man good game good
game all right yeah good job buddy
now the pit coach talks to the georgia
tech
sheriff or whoever and he's like hey hey
he didn't shake my hand correctly
and he's like okay i don't i don't know
cool
sorry he's like hey you want to give me
a handshake okay now he just searches
out a bunch of handshakes
you wanna give me a handshake yeah
here's what they said uh he said i told
him hey you've got a great team
he said baloney or some other nice words
and walked off i don't know i thought it
was a good game
collins the georgia tech coach insisted
he didn't intend to get into it
i was just focused on getting our guys
over to the band to celebrate
i don't even remember what i said to be
honest with you you didn't seems like
you didn't say much
what are they celebrating with the band
they lost that really threw me for a
loop but i also wanted to shout out
davis on pitt because he just dapped up
a bunch of fans found this guy
took a selfie with him seems like a
great kid and i liked it so i wanted to
end on a positive note this one was
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