Louisiana State University condemned its fans for hurling trash and debris onto the field during Saturday’s game between the Tigers and Alabama.
With just over seven minutes remaining in the third quarter of LSU’s 42-13 loss, Alabama quarterback Jalen Milroe appeared to be sacked on third-and-8 to set up a punt. But defensive end Sai’vion Jones was called for a facemask, which awarded the Crimson Tide with 15 yards and a fresh set of downs.
Fans did little to hide their frustration following the critical call, as those in attendance at Tiger Stadium began raining down trash from the stands. Play needed to be momentarily paused as workers rushed to clean the bottles and debris off the field.
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On the heels of the ugly display, LSU was fined $250,000 under the SEC’s sportsmanship, game management, and alcohol availability policies. Addressing the incident in an official statement, the school wrote: “LSU never, under any circumstances, condones the throwing of debris onto the field of play at any of its venues.
“This kind of unsportsmanlike conduct will not be tolerated, and we will take immediate steps to prevent similar incidents from occurring in the future.”
In addition to paying the fine – which will be donated to the league’s postgraduate scholarship program – LSU is required to utilize all video resources at its disposal to identify and ban those who tossed trash at Alabama players from future Tigers athletic events this year. The university must also review its game management and alcohol availability policies and share its plan for punishing perpetrators with the SEC.
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This, surprisingly, isn’t the first time this season that college football fans have hurled objects onto the field during a game. Last month, Texas fans tossed trash from the bleachers at DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium as the Longhorns faced off against Georgia.
While commentating Saturday’s LSU game, ESPN’s Kirk Herbstreit questioned why trash throwing has now become a common occurrence in college football. “Why does that have to become a thing this year?” he asked. “Some idiots do this at Texas, and now all of a sudden we see it popping up in college football. Enough’s enough, clowns. Just, what are you doing? This is just stupid.”
“It’s great,” Herbstreit added as the broadcast panned to LSU cheerleaders shielding themselves from oncoming debris. “That’s your home cheerleaders. Just embarrassing to LSU. It’s embarrassing to college football. And, just around the country, enough’s enough.”
Texas alum Matthew McConaughey expressed a similar sentiment, writing on X: “Let’s get real about the bottle bombing the field glitch we had. Not cool. Bogey move.
“Yeah, that call was BS, but we’re better than that. Longhorn Nation knows how to show up, show out like no other, and still keep our class. So, going forward, let’s clean that kind of BS up and leave that behind us for good. We have to shake hands on that.”
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