Montana State running back Julius Davis catches major break.

Montana State running back Julius Davis had social media buzzing for all the wrong reasons over the weekend.

Davis went ballistic on head coach Brent Vigen following Saturday’s FCS playoff game against Yale.

Montana State, the No. 2-ranked FCS team in the country, beat Yale 21-13 on Saturday at Bobcat Stadium. Following the contest, Davis was seen having what appeared to be a friendly exchange with a Yale player.

Brent Vigen seemingly wanted him away from the opposing side, so he grabbed him. Julius Davis didn’t appreciate it and lost his cool as he got into the face of his head coach. Not even Bobcats defensive back Takhari Carr could calm him down as he got pushed away.

Davis and Vigen went back and forth even more before cooler heads eventually prevailed.

Many expected that the star running back would face punishment as a result.

Head Coach Refuses To Punish Julius Davis

Julius Davis tackled by Montana GrizzliesJulius Davis tackled by Montana Grizzlies (Photo Credit: Michael Thomas Shroyer-Imagn Images)
Following Montana State’s FCS playoff victory over Yale on Saturday, Julius Davis stole the show for all the wrong reasons.

Davis removed his helmet and had a heated exchange with coach Vigen.

During Monday’s press conference, coach Vigen addressed the situation. He made it clear that there would be no repercussions for Davis’s actions.

He further added that the Montana State running back will start in this Friday’s national quarterfinals game against Stephen F. Austin.

“It’s my job as the head coach to do everything I can to protect our program,” Vigen said on Monday.

“We want to represent our university in the best way possible. But ultimately, I care deeply about our players, and I want to protect them. And in the moments following that game, it was apparent that our two teams were interacting more than we needed to. And you know, in that moment, I wanted to protect Julius Davis, in particular, he was in a situation that I didn’t feel was great for him, and I wanted to get him out of that situation.”

“Everybody’s got a platform, and everybody can make a judgment,” Vigen said. “That’s the way the world works. Putting all of the context together sometimes isn’t there for everybody to understand, and that’s OK I will tell you this, the relationship that Julius and I have is as strong as anyone on this team. How I understand him as a competitor, a very emotional competitor, and his respect for me in that regard is very clear. While it might not have appeared that way, it’s a relationship that’s very strong.”

On Saturday night, Julius Davis put out an Instagram post saying that he was “not smack talking the Yale players, I was actually dapping up a former teammate of mine from Wisconsin.”