College football fans poke fun at Clemson over fake punt mishap

The Clemson Tigers ended their 2025 play connected a sour note.

Clemson faced disconnected against the Penn State Nittany Lions successful the Pinstripe Bowl astatine Yankee Stadium connected Saturday day and were the taxable of mockery connected societal media implicit a failed fake punt attempt.

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Jack Smith #89 of the Clemson Tigers reacts to a play during the 2nd fractional against the Duke Blue Devils astatine Memorial Stadium connected November 1, 2025 successful Clemson, South Carolina. (Cory Knowlton/ISI Photos/ISI Photos via Getty Images)

The Tigers tried immoderate trickery astatine the extremity of their archetypal drive. Punter Jack Smith took the drawback and looked to propulsion the shot deep. Ronan Hanafin, the intended target, wasn’t looking astatine the shot erstwhile it was passed to him.

College shot fans poked amusive astatine Clemson implicit the play.

It was a pugnacious time for the Tigers from determination connected out. Penn State led 6-3 astatine halftime and Clemson was lone capable to get 1 touchdown connected the committee successful the 2nd half.

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Penn State antiaircraft extremity Jaylen Harvey (44) sacks Clemson backmost Cade Klubnik (2) during the archetypal fractional of the Pinstripe Bowl NCAA assemblage shot crippled astatine Yankee Stadium Saturday, Dec. 27, 2025, successful New York. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)

The Nittany Lions scored 16 points successful the 4th fourth to assistance triumph the game, 22-10.

Penn State backmost Ethan Grunkemeyer threw a 73-yard walk to Trebor Peña and past an 11-yard touchdown walk to choky extremity Andrew Rappleyea.

The redshirt freshman, who was forced to commencement 7 games this play for an injured Drew Allar, was 23-of-34 with 262 passing yards. Penn State won their last 3 games to get into a vessel crippled and finished the twelvemonth winners of their last 4 games and with a 7-6 record.

The Matt Campbell epoch volition commencement from there.

Penn State backmost Ethan Grunkemeyer (17) lifts the trophy aft defeating Clemson successful the Pinstripe Bowl NCAA assemblage shot crippled astatine Yankee Stadium, Saturday, Dec. 27, 2025, successful New York.  (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)

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Questions person swirled astir Dabo Swinney’s aboriginal and volition proceed to bash truthful aft a disappointing season. Clemson won their past 4 regular-season games to go vessel eligible. However, the Tigers were ranked No. 4 successful the federation to commencement the season.