‘Tat’ spat: Allen Robinson commemorates big catch over Michigan’s Channing Stribling with fresh ink, Twitter argument ensues

Just over two years after his catch at the 1-yard line to help set up Penn State’s game-tying touchdown (a 2-yard run by Bill Belton) and ultimate triple-overtime win over Michigan in 2013, Allen Robinson is further memorializing his big moment.

The receiver, now a Jacksonville Jaguar, has decided to tattoo the catch onto the right side of his ribs, and while it’s not yet complete (it still needs color), Robinson shared a photo of the ink on Twitter Wednesday morning.

“Coaches come and go, players come and go, legends are forever,” he wrote, alongside the photo.

Robinson’s leaping 33-yard snag (slung to him by then-freshman Christian Hackenberg) came against then-freshman cornerback Channing Stribling.

Stribling’s involvement in the catch is also depicted forever on Robinson’s side.

The defensive back, now a senior, told Michigan reporters in November, before the Wolverines paid a visit to Beaver Stadium, that the mistake he made as a young player — jumping too low, too early — still sticks with him.

“It’s just knowing what mistakes I made,” he said, per the Michigan Daily. “Everybody says (Robinson) ripped the ball out but it was on me the most. That’s why it hurt the most — because it was mostly me misjudging the ball instead of him just making a great catch. Of course it was a great catch, but it was mainly me misjudging the ball.”

After Robinson shared his ink on Wednesday, Stribling spoke out about it via Twitter.

(Note: The following is transcribed as written by Stribling, and contains spelling and grammatical errors.)

“First off ... If ima get a tatt like that its gone be A1, not from a weak artist, like you got bread...go see my boy Blaze in the Queen City,” he wrote.

“Second off, if you think you a legend because of one play, you crazy lol...we go off seasons not a couple of plays lol.

“If im in the league, my focus is on ballin not on a tatt, I see where cuhh head at doe ... some people just aint build for the league.”

Robinson responded by correcting the spelling of one of Stribling’s tweets, and sending him a photo he took while at this year’s NFL Pro Bowl.

“All this could have been avoided if you made the play forreal,” Robinson wrote, in response to another tweet from Stribling.

He also told Stribling that it was his career at Penn State that made him a legend, not just that catch.

Robinson finished his three-year stint as a Nittany Lion with 2,479 yards on 177 receptions and 17 touchdowns. He set single-season receiving records at Penn State in 2013, when he had 1,432 yards on 97 catches and six touchdowns. He was selected by Jacksonville in the second round of the 2014 NFL Draft.

This story was originally published February 17, 2016 at 4:20 PM with the headline "‘Tat’ spat: Allen Robinson commemorates big catch over Michigan’s Channing Stribling with fresh ink, Twitter argument ensues."