During one of the most fun and friendly games of the college football season, two teammates appeared to get into a physical altercation Saturday night.
Two players from the University of Miami (FL) Hurricanes football team exchanged blows during the Pop-Tarts Bowl in Orlando, Florida.
Senior defensive lineman Simeon Barrow Jr. was seen getting physical with freshman defensive lineman Marquise Lightfoot.
Barrow was seen throwing multiple punches at Lightfoot while Lightfoot was seen shoving her counterpart.
Ultimately, the two were separated by their teammates and coaches in a game Miami clearly did not want to play.
The Hurricanes were apparently a lock for the College Football Playoff and were expected to play in the ACC Championship Game until the final week of the regular season.
Two Miami football players exchanged blows during the Pop-Tarts Bowl on Saturday
Miami seemed uninterested in this game as QB Cam Ward left early, unharmed
Ultimately, the Hurricanes blew their halftime lead giving the victory to Iowa State.
But an unexpected defeat at the hands of Syracuse in central New York doomed those hopes: Miami did not reach the conference championship game.
The team was then passed over for the College Football Playoff, sending the 13th-ranked Hurricanes to play 18th-ranked Iowa State in the Pop-Tarts Bowl.
Miami star quarterback Cam Ward, a projected first-round pick in the upcoming NFL Draft, only played half of the contest.
He then left the game, apparently unharmed, with Miami leading the game 31-28.
Iowa State then bounced back, outscoring the 'Canes 14-10 in the second half to win the game 42-41.
That included a fourth-and-goal conversion by the game's MVP, ISU quarterback Rocco Becht, who ran in from the one-yard line with 56 seconds left in the game to secure the victory.
Miami's season came to a close with a 10-3 record, a huge improvement over their 7-6 mark the year before.