Rutgers' Greg Schiano crashes out on official after costly penalty in tough loss to USC

Rutgers was very, very close to pulling off an all-time upset against No.

12 USC on Saturday.

If it wasn’t for an ill-timed Pick Six in the third quarter and a questionable illegal substitution penalty, the Trojans may have been under the microscope a bit more Sunday morning.

In the midst of the Scarlet Knights’ defeat, head coach Greg Schiano had one of the wilder crash outs of the year.

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DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! USC had the ball and was trying to drive down the field to get another score that likely would have sent more of the fans in Piscataway, New Jersey, home early.

The referees called a play dead over an inadvertent whistle that set up another third-down play.

It would have been 3rd-and-7 from USC’s own 28-yard line.

But Rutgers was called for an illegal substitution that moved the ball up a few more yards.

Needless to say, Schiano was irate.

He was seen on the CBS broadcast giving one of the side judges an earful.

One of his assistants tried desperately to keep Schiano off the field as he got animated.

Schiano ended up knocking down the field marker in his tantrum.

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