Big Ten Network Cameraman Shares Painful First-Person Video of Low Blow From Errant Pass

Somehow, Ethan Bacon lived to tell the tale.

Ouch!

Sitting through Big Ten football can (occasionally) be painful enough, but Big Ten Network cameraman Ethan Bacon took matters to another level during Wisconsin's 24–13 win over Rutgers Saturday afternoon.

Scarlet Knights quarterback Gavin Wimsatt rolled out for a pass during the contest and, finding no open, appeared to throw the ball away. Normally that's where the drama would end, but Wimsatt's throw struck the ground at an unusual angle, bounced up, and hit Bacon directly in the groin.

Cameras captured Bacon taking the groin shot, dropping his camera, and immediately keeling over backward in a video that quickly went viral.

Oof. pic.twitter.com/BrtcQu8FrH

— Sickos Committee (@SickosCommittee) October 7, 2023

A good sport about the occupational hazard, Bacon tweeted footage showing the flight of the ball in slow motion. The sequence was punctuated by the camera briefly fading to black, with a final shot of the ball rolling around next to a prone Bacon.

pic.twitter.com/ZqJiQ5MsyV

— no context college football (@nocontextcfb) October 7, 2023

The moral of the story: perhaps quarterbacks should tread lightly around the people responsible for publicizing their exploits.