Ugliness at Rocky Top

[FloridaFan]

Imagine actually defending drunk fans throwing stuff onto the field of play during a game to voice displeasure at a call

 

[CousCuse]

Imagine actually defending drunk fans throwing stuff onto the field of play during a game to voice displeasure at a call

I'm not prone to be judgemental. Fans are entirely different at large state schools than smaller private schools, especially in the SEC. People like you should be all for cultural diversity.

 

[SWC75]

I hope Lane got the ball so he can play it with his golf buds next time out. " I'm going to beat you guys with this ball that some hillbilly up at Rockytop hit me with after the Rebels went up there and beat the Vols".

He wouldn't want to lose it in the woods.

 

[OrangeDW]

I'm not prone to be judgemental. Fans are entirely different at large state schools than smaller private schools, especially in the SEC. People like you should be all for cultural diversity.

 

[CousCuse]

He wouldn't want to lose it in the woods.

Yeah, he could just bring it to the SEC coaches conference and show it around to Saban and Leach and Jimbo. They will all find it funny.

 

[FloridaFan]

I'm not prone to be judgemental. Fans are entirely different at large state schools than smaller private schools, especially in the SEC. People like you should be all for cultural diversity.

There is no excuse for it. There is no “cultural diversity to be had”. I live an hour from Gainesville, my family lives in tennesseee. At some point these idiots have to realize at the end of the day it’s just a sport and throwing stuff on the field when the call doesn’t go your way is wrong

 

[sufandu]

Or stop selling alcohol for a game or two. But they won’t do that for the $ame rea$on.

What's interesting about that is that they just started selling alcohol at games within the last few years, if I remember correctly.

 

[CousCuse]

There is no excuse for it. There is no “cultural diversity to be had”. I live an hour from Gainesville, my family lives in tennesseee. At some point these idiots have to realize at the end of the day it’s just a sport and throwing stuff on the field when the call doesn’t go your way is wrong

Your hoping to convince rednecks to not act like rednecks? Oh boy.

 

[texascpa]

was it a titleist ?

My absolute favorite Seinfeld scene.

 

[sufandu]

They were empty water bottles for crying out loud and 1 golf ball and 1 mustard "dispenser".

Well, their own cheerleaders and marching band were getting hit with enough stuff that they left the field/stands.

 

[texascpa]

It’s long been a problem with concacaf soccer games. It’s sad , as upset as I get at SU games I never considered hurling things on the field.

You guys are comparing concacaf and S American soccer games, where there have been bombs, gun fire, riots and storming of the field attacking players to some rowdy fans throwing water bottles? C'mon, we ain't close to what caused Latin and South American teams putting up fence and armed soldiers around the field.

 

[texascpa]

Imagine actually defending drunk fans throwing stuff onto the field of play during a game to voice displeasure at a call

I'm not defending them, but some of the comparisons don't hold water.

 

[All4SU]

Yeah…. It can’t happen here.

 

[CousCuse]

I'm not defending them, but some of the comparisons don't hold water.

And the soccer hooligans in Europe, now that's scary ship.

 

[SWC75]

Honk if you are old enough to remember the Temple game in the first year of the Dome.


The Temple players got into it with SU fans behind their bench and wound up throwing a bench into the stands. All kinds of objects were thrown onto the field. Temple coach Wayne Hardin pulled his team off the field but a couple of players climbed into the stands near the passageway to mix it up with people. Police had to try to break it up. I thought the game would be cancelled but eventually the Owls came back out so we could finish beating them 31-7.

 

[storange]

You guys are comparing concacaf and S American soccer games, where there have been bombs, gun fire, riots and storming of the field attacking players to some rowdy fans throwing water bottles? C'mon, we ain't close to what caused Latin and South American teams putting up fence and armed soldiers around the field.

Nope, none of that …….bombs, gun fire, riots or attacking players have not happened involving US concacaf games , those things have happened accross the Soccer Spectrum throughout the planet , not just S.A. and concacaf. I guess you didn’t remember the death to disco riot , the Riot at the Palace in Auburn Hills, or other violent incidents that have happened, to think it can’t happen here is just not smart, Point being you want to squash it right away so it doesn’t escalate or be considered ok. England had a terrible problem with fighting and hooligans, Through planning they have almost completely eliminated the problem.

 

[690West]

Honk if you are old enough to remember the Temple game in the first year of the Dome.


The Temple players got into it with SU fans behind their bench and wound up throwing a bench into the stands. All kinds of objects were thrown onto the field. Temple coach Wayne Hardin pulled his team off the field but a couple of players climbed into the stands near the passageway to mix it up with people. Police had to try to break it up. I thought the game would be cancelled but eventually the Owls came back out so we could finish beating them 31-7.

Holy crap. I never heard this story. I wonder if there’s an article somewhere about it. That’s wild

 

[storange]

Holy crap. I never heard this story. I wonder if there’s an article somewhere about it. That’s wild

I was at that game, I remember some conflict along the bench , I don’t remember any a Temple players entering the stands, I ll take SWC word for it , he is pretty reliable. Now Syracuse Blazer games in the old EHL… I think visitors were required to enter stands !!!!!

 

[690West]

Honk if you are old enough to remember the Temple game in the first year of the Dome.


The Temple players got into it with SU fans behind their bench and wound up throwing a bench into the stands. All kinds of objects were thrown onto the field. Temple coach Wayne Hardin pulled his team off the field but a couple of players climbed into the stands near the passageway to mix it up with people. Police had to try to break it up. I thought the game would be cancelled but eventually the Owls came back out so we could finish beating them 31-7.

Wow. It was October 11, 1980. What’s amazing looking at our schedule, we played Northwestern in the dome a week after the first game ever and only 34,000 people showed up. That is incredible to me. Can that even be correct? The second game ever in the stadium and you won the week before and everybody was already apathetic. My goodness.

1980 Syracuse Orangemen football team - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[tbonezone]

They tried to take mine Friday, but I said, "those aren't golf balls, buddy!"

did you have to cough first ?

 

[orangencpolice]

Medwick later commented: "I knew why they threw the stuff, (various vegetables) at me. What I can't figure out is why they brought it to the ballpark in the first place."

Lane Kiffin must have had the same question about that golf ball.

I wonder if anyone on his staff did him a sold and yelled “fore”!

 

[OrangeDW]

Wow. It was October 11, 1980. What’s amazing looking at our schedule, we played Northwestern in the dome a week after the first game ever and only 34,000 people showed up. That is incredible to me. Can that even be correct? The second game ever in the stadium and you won the week before and everybody was already apathetic. My goodness.

1980 Syracuse Orangemen football team - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

How did we get 50,000 for Navy?

 

[690West]

How did we get 50,000 for Navy?

If I remember correctly, an 8 year old named TexanMark made a huge push for the university to give out a ton of free tickets for military.

 

[PhatOrange]

I always wonder what the unlucky random fan who gets stuck as the photo with a headline like this thinks when they see themselves plastered across Twitter.

That lady is probably just some HR Rep for a Tractor Supply chain in Knoxville who’s now the face of anarchy.

the real benefit of wearing a covid mask her identity would have been a mystery.

Yeah…. It can’t happen here.

the youngsters must not be old enough to remember all the beer being thrown at Miami players going into the tunnel when they pulled their team off the Carrier Dome field for all the sht being thrown at their bench.

Need I mention Georgetown when their team was pulled off the court?

 

[All4SU]

Considering the volatility of the human personality, and the influence of mob behavior combined with alcohol, it’s a miracle that this stuff doesn’t happen every day at every game. Just like it’s a miracle that we can drive down the street and be certain for the most part that there won’t be cars driving straight at us down the wrong side of the road, ignoring stop signs and driving down sidewalks. Though those things are becoming more common. As sto said, got to stop it in its place. It doesn’t take much for bad behavior to get a foothold.