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NCAA FootballVideo

Nothing Like A Nice Little Knee To The Balls On A Saturday Afternoon


This is Illinois linebacker Jonathan Brown kneeing Northwestern’s Patrick Ward squarely in the groin. You’ll notice that he checked to make sure the coast was clear before he did so.

The coast was not at all clear, by the way. Cheap shots are a part of football — there is some downright nasty stuff that happens at the bottom of those piles — but the funniest part about Brown’s cheap shot is that he obviously checks to make sure no one is looking first. He did a horrible job, because the refs (as well as ESPN’s camera guys, and the thousands of people watching) were all over it.

Here’s video, and for the most painful gif ever head on over to Mocksession. (UPDATE: We’re having some trouble with the video, and since it’s not working at the moment, we’re taking it down. Apologies for the inconvenience – if we can get it back in working order, we’ll re-post.)

Video by Tim Burke.



  • Jayd35

    Ward’s dad went to Illinois and Ward bought into Fitzgerald’s racist crap in recruiting and both of the father Ward’s kids picked schools other than Illinois. While I completely agree that Brown should be suspended, kudos on doing it to Ward. Outside of the head coach, he is definitely the  person on NW’s team that deserves a knee to the groin.

  • ATLIllini

    Good. I hope he comes to Dan Fogarty’s mom’s house and goes down to the basement and knees Dan Fogarty in the crotch.

  • Anonymous

    Really? People still say the mom’s basement thing?

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  • Gattlen

    good for brown he was defending his teammate

  • pt

    I would have fu.c.ked that kid up. That is the dirtiest thing you can do.

  • NUHVDGRD

    Simply a reflection of Illinois fans and Ron Zook, Classless.  Kid doesn’t choose Illinois, kick him in the balls.  Must be an Ag or LAS grad from Illinois, idiots.

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