{"id":1011765,"date":"2026-09-27T02:21:31","date_gmt":"2026-09-27T02:21:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/1011765\/"},"modified":"2026-09-27T02:21:31","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T02:21:31","slug":"george-kittle-taunts-michigan-after-iowa-upset-with-savage-message","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/1011765\/","title":{"rendered":"George Kittle taunts Michigan after Iowa upset with savage message"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Iowa Hawkeyes football team just capped off an incredible upset victory over<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/09\/06\/sports\/group-of-refs-officials-question-controversial-michigan-ending-josh-pate\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> the Michigan Wolverines<\/a> on Saturday. <\/p>\n<p>Iowa had the ball on Michigan\u2019s 16-yard line, down 19-14 with two seconds left in the game. Quarterback Hank Brown delivered a pass to Reece Vander Zee in Michigan\u2019s end zone as time expired, resulting in a win for the Hawkeyes.<\/p>\n<p>Iowa Hawkeyes\u2019 Reece Vander Zee (2) catches the game-winning touchdown in front of Michigan Wolverines\u2019 Smith Snowden (3) with no time left to win 20-19 at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, Michigan, on Sept. 26, 2026. Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>While Iowa was ahead of Michigan in the rankings (Iowa entered the game at No. 17 and Michigan at No. 18), the game being at Michigan Stadium meant most expected <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/09\/07\/sports\/kyle-whittingham-makes-bryce-underwoods-stats-as-michigans-qb1-clear\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">star quarterback Bryce Underwood<\/a> to lead his team to victory.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, Iowa beat Michigan for the first time since upsetting it in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Michigan Wolverines quarterback Bryce Underwood (19) walks around the border of the field ahead of a game against UTEP at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, Saturday, Sept. 19, 2026. USA TODAY Network via Reuters Connect<\/p>\n<p>Few are happier about this than <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/09\/24\/sports\/george-kittle-posts-hilarious-photo-of-kyle-juszczyk-with-beer-in-his-hand\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">49ers star tight end George Kittle<\/a>, who played his college ball at Iowa.<\/p>\n<p>Kittle took this opportunity to troll two Michigan legends after the upset. He initially wrote <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/gkittle46\/status\/2103984101489574394\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-nyp-affiliate=\"true\">on X<\/a>, \u201cHAWKEYES NEVER A DOUBT\u201d right after the game ended. <\/p>\n<p>He <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/gkittle46\/status\/2103984272805937642\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-nyp-affiliate=\"true\">followed this<\/a> up by tagging former NFL lineman-turned-media personality Taylor Lewan and sportscaster Rich Eisen, both of whom went to Michigan, and wrote, \u201c@TaylorLewan77 @RichEisenShow @richeisen get ready to learn HAWKEYE buddies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>San Francisco 49ers\u2019 George Kittle (85) yells while taking the field before a game against the Miami Dolphins at Levi\u2019s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., on Sept. 20, 2026. Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately for Kittle, he can\u2019t party too hard Saturday night because the 49ers have a game Sunday. But he\u2019ll still savor his alma mater\u2019s big win against Michigan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Iowa Hawkeyes football team just capped off an incredible upset victory over the Michigan Wolverines on Saturday.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1011766,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2026],"tags":[331,7,6066,1286,71,6,46492,252,9],"class_list":["post-1011765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-college-football","tag-football","tag-george-kittle","tag-iowa-hawkeyes","tag-michigan-wolverines","tag-nfl","tag-northern-california","tag-san-francisco-49ers","tag-sports"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/117340620974172731","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1011765","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1011765"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1011765\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1011766"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1011765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1011765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1011765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}