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Yeah, there is no doubt that stuff like that can "come from the top". When a coach immediately downplays an episode and the player has some "plausible deniability" (going too fast, didn't see the ball thrown, etc.) it becomes a purposefully nebulous situation. Now [I]I know some on-field hits and fights, etc. are spontaneous but I think the attached clip is another exception[/I] - note that the UK players come to the UL side of the field pre-game and start trouble - an injured UK player seems to be the instigator - at one point he even jumps HC Petrino from the rear when Petrino is trying to separate the players! A UL fan better at lip-reading than me notes that Petrino tells the UK assistant coach "keep your players on your side of the field", "yes you can", "yes you can". Why would UK do this? To disrupt UL and maybe get some starters ejected is the thought of the UL folks.

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Now if you are retired, unemployed, have extra time etc. I will leave two "entertaining" links about spontaneous on-field fights in two other ACC-SEC rivalry games (but don't want to add too much stuff here at an SU site otherwise):

[URL]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaiHrlySedA[/URL]

[URL]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfx_MauKEp8[/URL]

A closing thought: as close as team members are to each other, I guess it's a miracle that some of the SU players didn't instigate an episode like these with that CMU guy that delivered that vicious hit to your QB. [I]It could have gotten very ugly very quickly.[/I]
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