VINE: Punt fakes don’t come much more ludicrous than this

All it takes is a 26 point deficit to make your special teams platoon lose their minds.

The California Golden Bears found themselves in this position against the USC Trojans midway through the second quarter when punter Cole Leininger thought he had something up his sleeve. It turns out, what was up his sleeve was a god-awful idea. After an inexplicable little dance, Leininger threw a pass to Stefan McClure that was about as weak as Branislav Ivanovic's hair gel.