Great Moments in Showboating

There are loads of great things about sports, but perhaps the best of all of them is the unabashed showboating that happens in them all the time. As a running feature here, I'm going to attempt to catalog some of the finer moments in showboating history.

Auburn kicker pisses off everyone in Florida - Thanks to the sudden ubiquity of Florida on the national scene, the Gator Chomp is now in the canon of annoying fan hand motions (right up there with the Seminole "harbinger of a scalping" tomahawk chop and the Wolverine rheumatism claw). It's probably my favorite, because at least it makes everyone performing it look like they learned how to clap from the Helen Keller school of motor skillz. It's like a mix of "hur hur hur that's a good one der George" and "HOLY SHIT AFRICAN SPIDER WASP!" The Seminole chop offends me in ways I can scarcely name, but the Gator Chop makes me feel sad.

Something tells me the kids at Auburn share my pain. After seeing them do this for fifty-nine minutes earlier this year, and after already nailing the winning field goal only to have it nullified by the Orangeman Special, Wes Byrum said "fuck it". He lined up for the field goal, knocked it good, and defeated the Gators at home. He then does the traditional "run the opposite way like crazy for no apparent reason other than omg I'm so happy" routine, but he doesn't forget. He knows what assholes those Gator fans are (they don't have anything else to live for down there, so you can't be toooo mad, but still). So after tauntingly throwing his hands up, he looks out the crowd...and fucking does the Gator Chomp!

Look how perfect that is! There is nothing else in his mind right there - nothing about national exposure, nothing about a win, nothing about his team knocking off a national championship-worthy team. All he has in his head right there, plain and simple for everyone to see: Fuck you, Florida.