Columbia Hilariously Used Dwyane Wade Statue in Attempt to Distract Yale Kicker

This certainly beats icing!

The scoreboard at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium showing a picture of the Dwyane Wade statue as Yale kicker Nick Conforti attempted a field goal during the second quarter of Friday's game against Columbia. | Screengrab Twitter @awfulannouncing

If you're watching a football game, chances are good that at some point you'll see the icing the kicker strategy, where a team uses a timeout in an effort to get the placekicker to think about the kick just a little bit longer than necessary.

Well, the Columbia football team may have found a better way to mess with a kicker's timing during its 13-10 win over Yale at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium on Friday.

After scoring a second quarter touchdown to take a 6–3 lead over the Lions, Bulldogs kicker Nick Conforti jogged onto the field for the extra point. But Columbia had an extra trick up its sleeve. Right before Conforti attempted the kick, the Lions showed a massive picture of the much-maligned—and very hilarious—Dwyane Wade statue, which has been the source of criticism and plenty of jokes among sports fans as of late.

Check out Columbia's amusing and valiant attempt at distracting the Yale kicker.

Columbia trying to distract the Yale kicker with the Dwayne Wade statue pic.twitter.com/F2BFqqNgPf

— Ben Volin (@BenVolin) November 2, 2024

Columbia used the Dwyane Wade statue to try to bother Yale K Nick Conforti.pic.twitter.com/ER5xHJKfE4

— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) November 2, 2024

Amazing. Ingenious. The Lions may have just pioneered a new movement. Columbia improved to 5-2 with the win, while Yale fell to 4-3.

---