Vanderbilt punter Nick Haberer cost his team dearly with an inexplicable error late in the first half against Iowa.
The Commodores faced the Hawkeyes on Wednesday in the Reliaquest Bowl at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Fl., and were trailing 7-3 with under a minute to go in the second quarter. Facing 4th and 27 from their own 15-yard line, Vanderbilt obviously called for a punt to flip the field enough to ensure they would only remain down four at the half.
For some reason, Haberer took the snap and jogged to his right toward the line of scrimmage, initially looking like he was going to try to keep the ball and run with it. He finally let go of a late punt, but did not kick the ball until after he had crossed the line of scrimmage…