your the first person I"ve ever heard say that. been going to games since I was a kid and have never seen fans treated bad. well, except for sooners, they deserve it.

I think as a whole, most fans are pretty gracious, but there are bad apples. Several years ago we were tailgating in Stillwater for Bedlam. A couple of Sooner fans had walked by and all was going well, but as one group walked by, a group of OSU students were walking the opposite direction and one of the students got into an older guys face and started yelling OU SUX OU SUX ... all while about 3" from the guy's mug. Sooner wasn't taking it and gave the kid a full pass block shove sending him about 10' back and on his tail. OSU kid looked at us like we would help, but we were laughing too hard to assist. Everyone, even my beloved Pokes, has knuckleheads.

I hate to see that, but you're correct. At the end of the day its just a game. Bedlam hits a raw nerve.

Lots of good comments and stories in this thread but no one has addressed the core issue of my post. How are they fining Universities for actions of individuals which they really have no control over?

T-sips apparently can't handle a dose of reality.

The university has the obligation to provide security for fans, players, coaches. 50k is not enough to get anyone’s attention.

SEC has been going 250k. That gets a little more attention. You can increase your security budget by 50k or pay 250k.

You beef up security, more bodies. You run promos throughout the game reminding people not to be on the field. You run ads in the school rag all week. If you can keep the students off the field, the rest will stay off. Additionally, you tell the students if it happens again, there will not be any students allowed at the following game.

So do you think if they put 500 security guards on the field, ran the ads and messages during the game and the field was still rushed that the university would be fined?

I get the university has an obligation to provide security for the fans, players and coaches but at what point are things physically impossible? A crowd of thousands of people is going to do pretty much what they want unless serious force is used to control them. Is the Big 12 wanting schools to club, pepper spray, rubber bullet fans for rushing fields? I am completely ok with them ID’ing anyone on the field and pressing charges against them but fining the school sort of seems like blaming Ford for a drunk driver.

I think you only have to control a few points. Still will take a couple hundred security. Student section mainly. But at the end of the day. You warn them not to get on the field and they do it anyway. Don’t be surprised if pepper spray and tasers come out. They could be arrested and or banned from future games.


I get it. It’s fun and exciting for them. Just no excuse to push a player who just played his azz off. Crap like that will cause an overreaction.

They can control it if they want to. Been to many games where I knew you better not run on the field. A lot of schools encourage it saying they would be happy to pay the fine.

They're not going to taze or spray anybody, that would be insane. Yes, it's hard to stop a huge mob with limited security. IMO they've had their fun; there were decent reasons for both UH and UT but there really aren't any for the rest of the season. Baylor comes to Lubbock but is no longer undefeated; beating them would be great but not huge as we beat them last time in LBK. WVU? Why? KU? Same. Beating OU would be sweet to end the year but unless it's for the conf title, not too much reason there either. I hope they've gotten it out of their system. I appreciate their enthusiasm but let's clean it up.

Rumor is a disgruntled ex Longhorn player was the one that pushed the player. Anyone recognize him.

The fans shouldn’t have been on the field but how exactly was Tech supposed to stop this? Build a border fence style wall around the field ? Line up 500 armed guards around the field and start shooting as the fans come? I would guess at least 5,000 people rushed on to the field in about 30 seconds. How could that possibly be stopped? I understand some idiot shoved a player or something and that individual should be punished but how is that the university’s fault?

Reminds me of Jan 6

I was in Brazil many years ago and visited a soccer stadium, they had a literal moat about 10 ft wide and 5-6 ft deep with only a couple of bridges for designated people to cross. There were only benches in the stadium, no seats. The locals said everyone stands anyway. Folks love their sports!

As Colin Cowturd says, "fan is short for fanatic"

Looks like colt lost a bet with Kliff Kingsbury.

Yelp. I’ll give that a kid a hat tip!! Damn good kid. Class act.