Arkansas will permit field rushing following a three-minute delay

[Tidewater]

So are you arguing for or against this?

I'm saying making the home team forfeit if fans rush the field would be unjust, but it might be effective.

 

[Tidewater]

So are you arguing for or against this?

"I'm with you fellers.":

 

[BamaFan6462]

I'm saying making the home team forfeit if fans rush the field would be unjust, but it might be effective.

The first team forfeiting would almost certainly be the last.

 

[Tidewater]

I guess my point was that, if Bama beats Vandy in a close one, and Vandy fans storm the field and Bama forfeits the win, Bama fans would feel themselves ill-used.

 

[Isaiah 63:1]

I'm saying making the home team forfeit if fans rush the field would be unjust, but it might be effective.

Sorry; was being a bit tongue-in-cheek. The risk of being misunderstood is implicit in eschewing blue font…

 

[Maudiemae]

I was wondering…does anyone remember the last time Alabama fans stormed the field in football? I know that to NOT storm the field is a source of pride for Bama fans (ie. “act like you’ve been there”)

I have no idea when the last time was but I absolutely remember doing it in the 1978 Sugar Bowl game against Ohio State. We won 35-6 and thought we might have just won the Championship. Nope....they gave it to Notre Dame. This was, of course, back when bowl games were a major part of rankings. Keep in mind that it was on New Years Day. The night before left my group with champion hangovers but we all trudged on over to the Super Dome and proceeded to drink even more. With a score like that and a very possible championship at stake, clearly the Bama fans were celebrating long before the game ended. Right toward the end, I remember people in uniform dress (women with blazers and skirts and men with blazers and slacks) ringing the field with their arms stretched wide in front of the stadium seating area like they were going to put a stop to fans rushing. Then, when fans started doing it, they just stood there with no expression and lowered their arms to their sides. That was the only time I ever did that and the guarding the field stance was weird to me. They just kept standing there while everybody raced in between them on their way out to the goal post. It seems like they would have gotten trampled but I didn't hear of anything like that.

 

[PalmBayBama]

That's awfully presumptuous of Arkansas to assume they'll win a big game.

 

[PGDocBama]

40,000 excited fans, many of whom are drunk, running around like they just won a war, tearing down goal posts....what could go wrong? Somebody's going to get hurt. Could be a player, a coach, a fan or a LEO. But somebody will get hurt or worse.

I'm not a fan of it either.

Harm reduction?

 

[AlexanderFan]

Having to wait 3 minutes? Seems like it would be anti-climatic - no?

I think that’s the hope. Also three minutes of hustling the opposing team off the field in an attempt to limit shenanigans.

 

[NoNC4Tubs]

There have been a few games in which the students thopught the game was over, only to discover that there was still a bit of time on the clock. (Arizone State vs BYU last year, BYU vs Utah a couple of years ago come to mind). Then the students need to be cleared off field so the game can finish.

Others have pointed out that the real issue is angry football players and drunk students interacting on the pitch. That is a recipe for unpleasantness.

The historic Cal-Stanford is probably a model example of this...

 

[NoNC4Tubs]

I guess my point was that, if Bama beats Vandy in a close one, and Vandy fans storm the field and Bama forfeits the win, Bama fans would feel themselves ill-used.

Fifty fans storming the field wouldn't qualify...