Watson Lashes Out at Reporter After Loss to UNC

Chapel Hill (PR) - University of Pittsburgh Offensive Coordinator Shawn Watson got into a heated argument with a reporter and had to be restrained after the Panthers loss to North Carolina Saturday afternoon.

 

Watson, who is in his second year with Pitt, became openly hostile when a reporter from the West Chester Morning Wood asked his team's passing game.

 

"Look, I don't control what the rules are. Would I like forward passes to be legal, sure. But it is what it is," Watson said in a post game news conference.

 

When he was told that, not only are forward passes legal, but they have been for nearly 125 years, Watson yelled, "fake news" and lunged at the reporter. Watson was quickly restrained and removed from the room before he could answer whether or not he knew that it was legal to make halftime adjustments.