A Sea Of Red

this year if we're 7-1 and beat Western Carolina? I know it's a longshot, but just wondering. What's the greatest post-game celebration in our history?

They'd come down if we beat W&M.

If you've never been a part of it, being on the field while Goal Posts are coming down is one of the greatest feelings in the world.

Its also both dangerous and expensive to the football budget.

I hate being the old guy who is the voice of reason.

I agree with you Sly. Some folks never think first of safety until it's too late.

Have you ever been apart of it? When that feeling hits, everything else is out the window. If a bunch of drunk frat kids can pull em down safely, I think we could too.

The goalposts were down before I could even get on the field after that JMU game. The guys on the hill jumped the baracades and were standing at the base before the final buzzer even sounded. I just ran around the field with them jumping up and down and hugging random people, holding the CCU Title belt above my head with all the players trying to get it from me.

Damaging university property is not my idea of supporting the Flames. Regardless of what "feeling" hits, common sense and self control should rule.

Oh give me a freaking break. It's one of the best celebrations in all of college football. I think if enough excitement is there that the goal posts come down, the athletic department would be more than capable of buying new ones.

You might even see a 36 yr old running across the field- ok, make that walking across the field- in that type of situation!

We win the BSOUTH title- the goalposts must come down. 1-10 to conf champs in 1 year? you bet they're toast

I think beating Bill and Mary would be more reason to bring em down. In-state in one of the best conferences in the country.


TDDance is trying to tell me on AIM that LU wouldn't let it happen. I'd like to try to see em stop 2000 kids going crazy trying to get on the field.

don't upset Tally with more of your subversion

He said anyone involved would be arrested. I will get a criminal record to do that.

It seems there is a concerted attempt on the part of some people to absolutely destroy any spirit or spontaneity the may be developing down there.

God forbid our students build any camaradarie, pride, or tradition. (or-gasp- act like college students)

You can also make a ton of money off of torn down goal posts. You chop them things up and sell pieces as commemorative items. I'd pay 20 bucks or something like that for a part of the goal post from that JMU game last year just to have something to help me remember it 50 years from now.

PAmedic wrote:It seems there is a concerted attempt on the part of some people to absolutely destroy any spirit or spontaneity the may be developing down there.

God forbid our students build any camaradarie, pride, or tradition. (or-gasp- act like college students)

It's LUPD. The videos are insanely accurate.

If you guys beat us I better see some 'posts fall

Most I-A schools use police presence and crisco on the goalposts to keep anything from happening. There is a general widespread fear that someone is going to die from the crush of metal at some place soon. In fact, many are surprised it hasn't happened already.

Always hear to provide a ray of sunshine.

KaplanKrazies wrote:If you guys beat us I better see some 'posts fall

Exactly.



When UNC beat Miami two years ago, I was excited watching the posts from my living room, much less if I was there.

Sly Fox wrote:Most I-A schools use police presence and crisco on the goalposts to keep anything from happening. There is a general widespread fear that someone is going to die from the crush of metal at some place soon. In fact, many are surprised it hasn't happened already.

Always hear to provide a ray of sunshine.

you're actually not far off there- I think it was last year that a male student died of head injuries sustained after this type of thing. Quite rare though- you stand a better chance of getting plowed by a bus.

Simple way to avoid it: "University is not responsible for injuries that may happen inside the stadium."

Bam, you're done.

http://www.redraiders.com/stories/10260 ... 5063.shtml

Wednesday, October 26, 2005

Sure enough, they kept it up until they killed somebody. Maybe now more schools will put more of a premium on curbing some unnecessary post-game celebrations. Minnesota-Morris' 34-28 double-overtime victory Saturday against Crown College was marred by the death of 20-year-old Rick Rose, struck in the head by a goalpost that was being torn down. Autopsy results released Monday cited head trauma as cause of death.

The Morris' fans were celebrating their first homecoming win since 1988.

Of note, Rose is listed on the school's web site both as a player and a student coach on the men's basketball team. If an athlete's at risk of getting killed in a silly goalpost teardown, shouldn't that make anyone else think twice about joining the post-game mob scene?

They're more likely to get hit by a car walking to their car or dorm or driving home than getting killed by a falling goal post. With all the stuff out there today, we should just sit in our house and stare at the wall, and even that could cause death.

I just don't see the big need for them to come down regardless.

It's a stupid tradition.

Didn't they come down when we came back to beat VMI at homecoming my freshman year here?

No they didn't come down during the VMI game. The closest they came to coming down was the App St. game. There was a plan to do it but we ended up losing the game. I remember Mr. Hayes telling the story the following Monday (practictum students were working or something) about radioing people to stand around the goal post near the end of the game just in case. It would have been impossible though to get the goal post up any of those hills in the stadium, but then again the App kids did it in their stadium a couple year back against Furman and carried it around campus. Does anyone remember that game, might have been the craziest ending in college football since Flutie's hailmary.