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Alabama Player Was Called for a Flagrant Foul for Giving SDSU Opponent a Piggyback Ride

Yeah, you can’t do that.

Andy Nesbitt

Alabama Player Was Called for a Flagrant Foul for Giving SDSU Opponent a Piggyback Ride
Alabama Player Was Called for a Flagrant Foul for Giving SDSU Opponent a Piggyback Ride /

Alabama and San Diego State are currently battling for a spot in the Elite Eight. Every play in this Sweet 16 matchup is an important one and tensions are understandably high. 

All of that makes what we saw happen on one play in the first half very easy to laugh at, because we’ve never seen something like this before. 

In case you missed it, Alabama guard Jahvon Quinerly was called for an excessive flagrant 1 foul after he appeared to pick up SDSU’s Nathan Mensah and put him on his back for a few seconds. 

Check out this sneaky move from Quinerly: 

Yeah, that was weird. And totally not allowed. Good call by the refs. 

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Andy Nesbitt
ANDY NESBITT

Andy Nesbitt is the assistant managing editor of audience engagement at Sports Illustrated. He works closely with the Breaking and Trending News team to shape SI’s daily coverage across all sports. A 20-year veteran of the sports media business, he has worked for Fox Sports, For the Win, The Boston Globe and NBC Sports, having joined SI in February 2023. Nesbitt is a golf fanatic who desperately wants to see the Super Bowl played on a Saturday night.

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