GREAT MOMENTS IN SPORTSMANSHIP: Texas defensive star flagged for pretending to urinate on field after sack in ‘idiotic move.’
Colin Simmons’ crude celebration flushed any positives from his sack.
The Texas edge rusher pretended to urinate on the field after taking down Tennessee freshman quarterback Faizon Brandon in the second quarter of the No. 1 Longhorns’ road game Saturday, with President Donald Trump in attendance.
Simmons got flagged almost immediately for an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty, turning what would’ve been a 16-yard loss for Tennessee into a 15-yard gain and an automatic first down for the Volunteers.
The celebration from the Longhorns captain was so daunting that it riled up ESPN’s Kirk Herbstreit, leaving him stunned on the ABC broadcast.
“Just an absolute idiotic move by Colin Simmons doing that,” Herbstreit said.
Added play-by-play man Chris Fowler: “It’s idiotic, and it doesn’t get much more vulgar, either.”
The disturbing display comes after a spectacular season for the All-America Second Team pick. He’s fresh off a 2025 season in which he had 43 tackles, 12 sacks and three forced fumbles.
Shouldn’t coaches be instructing their players not to do stupid taunts that cost their teams yardage and downs?
DE Collin Simmons vient d'être pénalisé pour :
"Simulating going to the bathroom!"
— TBP College Football (@thebluepennant) September 26, 2026
Translated, the tweet reads, “DE Collin Simmons has just been penalized for: ‘Simulating going to the bathroom!'”
My extremely well-worn 1982 edition of The Illustrated NFL Playbook begins with the following anecdote:
Once during a Green Bay Packers offensive slump, head coach Vince Lombardi called a team meeting. “We’re going back to basics, he said. “Back to fundamentals.”
“Now this,” he said, holding up a ball, “is a football.”
“Hold on, coach,” interrupted split end Max McGee. “You’re going too fast.”
Perhaps additional fundamentals need to be taught as well, in all levels of football.
UPDATE: This incident also happened, apparently: Texas’s Touchdown Celebrations Are Officially Unhinged — Raleek Brown Just Sniffed His Balls And Passed Out. “And now we’re sniffing balls and passing out. Just two of THE most ridiculous celebrations you will ever see by the same team in the same game. Remarkable stuff. And to think the NFL gives out fines for beer drinking. NFL would ban them for life if they saw this stuff on a Sunday. Insane. Compliance office gonna have a field day on Monday!”
Bro smelled his own balls and passed out 😭😭😭 pic.twitter.com/zpd6g1Rmv7
— BrickCenter (@BrickCenter_) September 26, 2026