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fishwax

(29,146 posts)
Sat Oct 16, 2021, 11:52 PM Oct 2021

They've had to stop the Tennessee-Miss game because fans are throwing stuff from the stands

They haven't officially suspended the game yet or anything, but there's been a really long delay because fans have been throwing so much trash (water bottles, a golf ball, other debris) on the field. This is a bit of a crazy scene.

On edit: they wound up delaying the game for about 20 minutes in order to finish the last 53 seconds or so. I can't remember ever seeing a delay that long for fan behavior.

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They've had to stop the Tennessee-Miss game because fans are throwing stuff from the stands (Original Post) fishwax Oct 2021 OP
Wow. I've been watching the score. underpants Oct 2021 #1
Yeah--Tennessee had a 4th and 24 and picked up about fishwax Oct 2021 #2
Lane Kiffen was hit with a golf ball. sop Oct 2021 #3
I'll look for the video later. Buckeye_Democrat Oct 2021 #4
Thanks for sharing this Auggie Oct 2021 #8
Video... Buckeye_Democrat Oct 2021 #5
There was another play in the first half that was even worse fishwax Oct 2021 #6
I later read about that bad call too. Buckeye_Democrat Oct 2021 #7
Brought a golf ball to a football game underpants Oct 2021 #9

underpants

(182,270 posts)
1. Wow. I've been watching the score.
Sun Oct 17, 2021, 12:17 AM
Oct 2021

I’m guessing there was a call they didn’t like.

It’s only on SECN so I can’t get it.

fishwax

(29,146 posts)
2. Yeah--Tennessee had a 4th and 24 and picked up about
Sun Oct 17, 2021, 12:31 AM
Oct 2021

23.5 on a spot that looked like it was maybe shorter than it should have been. They reviewed it but didn't have an angle to overturn, so the call stood and stuff started flying in from the stands.

Buckeye_Democrat

(14,846 posts)
4. I'll look for the video later.
Sun Oct 17, 2021, 12:55 AM
Oct 2021

The worst case that I remember, involving Cleveland Browns fans after the refs reviewed a play after another play was already ran:

Buckeye_Democrat

(14,846 posts)
5. Video...
Sun Oct 17, 2021, 01:15 AM
Oct 2021

Not as bad as other spectator incidents that I've seen, but it's not the way people should react.

The ball placement WAS horrible by the refs, though! It was marked about where the receiver's knee hit the turf, not the ball's location when that happened! And it stood even after being reviewed!

But there's certainly no guarantee that it changed the outcome, anyway. (And it might've still been short of a first down, even if it wasn't marked where his knee hit.)

fishwax

(29,146 posts)
6. There was another play in the first half that was even worse
Sun Oct 17, 2021, 01:45 AM
Oct 2021

Tennessee forced a fumble and returned it for a touchdown. There was never a whistle and the runner was never down, but during the review the refs ruled that forward progress had been stopped (which, iirc, isn't supposed to be reviewable, but they might have changed that rule), so Tennessee lost the points and Ole Miss got the ball back.

I agree with you on the spot--bad spot but quite possibly still not enough for the first down.

Buckeye_Democrat

(14,846 posts)
7. I later read about that bad call too.
Sun Oct 17, 2021, 02:12 AM
Oct 2021

Plus complaints about Ole Miss players faking injuries, taunting fans during the game, etc.

Not an excuse to throw stuff onto the field, of course, but the frustration had apparently built up for awhile.

I'll always remember a play, from years ago, when the Bengals swatted the football out of a Raiders player's hands and they quickly recovered it. There was absolutely no controversy about the Raiders player being down, in the grasp or anything else. It was a bang-bang play, with the ball being swatted out immediately.

Then a ref said that a whistle was blown before the fumble -- WHY?! And why didn't anyone hear it?! -- and the TV commentators eventually moved on like it was no big deal, after they very briefly expressed their disagreement with the refs' reversal of the fumble. My impression was, "It's only the Bengals anyway, those losers." It was a close game too, with the Raiders winning by less than one score.

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