‘No Class’: Iowa Fans Blasted For Booing Penn State Injuries

Samuel Brungo | Onward State

No. 4 Penn State football’s 23-20 loss to No. 3 Iowa Saturday afternoon was chock-full of great punts, gritty defensive plays, and classic Big Ten football. Sadly, it was also marked by a gross lack of sportsmanship.

All afternoon long, boos rained down from Kinnick Stadium’s stands whenever a Nittany Lion wound up needing some medical attention after a play. By the third quarter, the jeers starting getting pretty ridiculous.

Arnold Ebiketie goes down with an injury on the Tyler Goodson rush.

Boos are raining down again at Kinnick Stadium once again. Really?
— Onward State (@OnwardState) October 9, 2021

lol this Iowa fan pic.twitter.com/ESUsyPE27a
— Sam Cooper (@SamDCooper) October 9, 2021

Naturally, Penn State fans took to Twitter to let the Hawkeyes know how they really feel.

Iowa fans boo everything, huh? Fucking dumbasses?
— Hunter Blue (@Blueh88) October 9, 2021

Iowa is full of losers, man. You’d think they’re running hurry up. Mustipher is on crutches and Clifford is in street clothes. Just trash fans. https://t.co/ewZzEgeaSg
— Ian (@ianmccalister) October 9, 2021

congratulations to iowa on booing enough injured players to win this, and also getting lucky that they hurt the quarterback that was moving them up and down the field.
— Matt d (@PSUMatt2005) October 9, 2021

Iowa fans boo every Penn Stater who’s injured. Then their own man goes down while celebrating. #karmaisbitch #letsgostate
— Stacy Kelly (@StacyKelly94) October 9, 2021

*literally anything happens*

Iowa fans: pic.twitter.com/iQyYA9qqw1
— Maddy Pryor (@maddyyypryor) October 9, 2021

Win or lose, Iowa fans are super immature. Who the hell boos when players get hurt?
— Tobey Prime (@tobey_prime) October 9, 2021

Trash fans.
— Tennis Fan (@TennisF68134877) October 9, 2021

I have 0 respect for fans that boo injured players. Even if if not serious you should never do that! https://t.co/2XNSFCE1OY
— Samantha DiMarco (@Sa5mD) October 9, 2021

That crowd has been booing every single time a PSU player goes down.

Classy.
— Joseph T Moose (@josephtmoose) October 9, 2021

With how classless Iowa fans have been today I’m surprised they didn’t boo the children’s hospital during the wave
— Marty (@msj41817) October 9, 2021

Reminds me of one grown man would heckle me when I was pitching softball. No place for it when there’s an injured player. I’ve been hearing a lot of boos and I just don’t get it
— Gracie (@onlygracie) October 9, 2021

No respect for injuries. If this was at Beaver we'd clap that the opposing player got up. Remember when Buffalo kicker got up and our folks went and visited him in thr hospital. https://t.co/wWCCGgASXe
— Nish (@happyvalleyhawk) October 9, 2021

The worst part about the Sean Clifford injury is that Iowa fans didn't even get a chance to boo it.
— dead words (@devon2012) October 9, 2021

Iowa fans boo puppies
— Will I Am (@willgeosits) October 9, 2021

cause the fans are dirty ..typical bird behavior… https://t.co/st0GyiYZen
— finesse p (@pmendyx3) October 9, 2021

It’s so classy how Iowa fans boo our players when their down for injury. Meanwhile in Happy Valley, you’d be able to hear a pin drop and then the fans cheer when the player gets up.
— Renae (@NittanyScent) October 9, 2021

I have never heard an entire crowd boo at any team with an injury.

Until Iowa played Penn State today & every Penn State player that gets injured & gets up from an injury gets booed.

I mean it’s Iowa so I’m not surprised but like… ?
— conner (@connerlayne) October 9, 2021

After the game, head coach James Franklin addressed Iowa fans’ booing, too.

Franklin added he has a “hard time” with his players getting booed after getting injured.
— Onward State (@OnwardState) October 10, 2021

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Matt proudly served as Onward State’s managing editor for two years until graduating from Penn State with distinction in May 2022. Now, he’s off in the real world doing real things. Send him an email ([email protected]) or follow him on Twitter (@mattdisanto_) to stay in touch.

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