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It’s not unusual for college football bowl games to get a bit chippy. However, it is unusual when the coaches themselves have to be separated.

During an injury timeout in Tuesday’s Citrus Bowl between South Carolina and Illinois, Illinois trainers tended to an injured Illini player near the South Carolina sideline. Illinois coach Bret Bielema walked out to check on his injured player, and just before heading back across the field to his own sideline, he turned to the South Carolina coaches and extended his arms out to his side, making a substitution signal.

The exact reason for doing this is unknown, and it can only be assumed that Bielema did this to suggest that South Carolina had made an illegal substitution earlier in the game. Regardless of his motive or intent, South Carolina head coach Shane Beamer took notice and went after Beamer as multiple assistants tried to restrain him.

ESPN sideline reporter Quint Kessenich, who had a full view of the entire incident, described what he saw.