I sort of agreed that it was "he can't guard me" but maybe its more general

Oct 19, 2021
3:45:31pm

Tricky Truly Addicted User

The times when he did it seemed to work with that explanation (he went up over the smaller DB and got the ball), but as others have pointed out it could just be him celebrating.

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Is there a canonical interpretation of Puka slapping his own helmet? The one

Genghis Spreads

10/19/21 3:29pm

Pretty sure it's just a celebration

Big Red Thunder

10/19/21 3:35pm

People usually don't celebrate like that.

Genghis Spreads

10/19/21 4:00pm

People celebrate in all sorts of weird ways.

Big Red Thunder

10/19/21 4:04pm

He’s just pumped.

JuicyJam

10/19/21 3:36pm

When his brother is within reach, his brother slaps his helmet. Puka has done

LeonMarek

10/19/21 3:39pm

he mentioned it in an interview last week (RE: his 1 handed catch vs. BSU)

fulano

10/19/21 3:39pm

Which was ….

kapcreations

10/19/21 3:42pm

He mentioned it

Cougz19

10/19/21 3:50pm

last week in an interview when he mentioned it

ryebrye

10/19/21 3:53pm

he mentioned slapping his helmet

Rat

10/19/21 7:06pm

don't recall because I don't care about human interest stories like that.

fulano

10/19/21 4:00pm

It's something going on in the field. It's not like what he's eating for

Genghis Spreads

10/19/21 4:02pm

it was like a superstitious thing and I'm just a little stitious.

fulano

10/19/21 4:03pm

RE: Is there a canonical interpretation of Puka slapping his own helmet? The one

TEXAS

10/19/21 3:40pm

I sort of agreed that it was "he can't guard me" but maybe its more general

Tricky

10/19/21 3:45pm

RGIII is an NFL QB who would be pretty dialed in on that stuff, and he said you

NOCAL_YFAN

10/19/21 3:51pm

Didn't RGIII say that sometimes players do it to indicate they want to come off

ryebrye

10/19/21 3:54pm

I thought he was saying that those are both reasons you see players tap helmet

NOCAL_YFAN

10/19/21 3:56pm

My read was that he was about to get a celebration penalty and wisely turned it

Mises

10/19/21 3:56pm

A way of reminding himself not to take off his helmet?

normanCoug

10/19/21 4:05pm

After the USF game, he said something about waking himself up

Coop

10/19/21 4:10pm

He did it in the Utah St. game. I think it means "keep giving me the ball, I am

Cougar4life123

10/19/21 4:38pm

RE: Is there a canonical interpretation of Puka slapping his own helmet? The one

Vapor The Cougar

10/19/21 4:49pm

RE: Is there a canonical interpretation of Puka slapping his own helmet? The one

ColonelMustard

10/19/21 6:22pm

same thing as beating your chest

Ryan M

10/19/21 6:29pm

He is a Dodger fan

NacoCoug

10/19/21 6:32pm

Here's what Puka said:

dallinski

10/19/21 8:30pm

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