The fine is a joke.
This will be unpopular....but.... I don't think we needed to rush the field on that one. We dominated a lesser opponent. Someday we need to act like we have been there before.
I was in section V and watched the whole event from afar....I remember thinking there were A LOT of drunks kids running through some miffed football players. I was a ways away, but I didn't see a single issue between a player and a fan.
If it was a close victory and a 7 touchdown underdog situation I think the storming would have felt "better" if that makes sense. We'll get there, but there is still a lot of pent up emotion in football given our history.
There is some "we've been there before" in ISU basketball. Last time we clipped the Jayhawks in Hilton I remember KU fans being salty that we don't rush the court.
You know, reading that...well, it makes me wonder about the comments DH made to the press after the game. Granted, he wasn't talking about the refs...but couldn't the term "game officials" include the actions of the hosting AD and security staff?
So far, I like her very much. She is a Cyclone.Iowa State loses appeal to Big 12 after $25,000 fine for field-storming.
From Iowa State Sports Information:
AMES, Iowa – Iowa State University President Dr. Wendy Wintersteen announced today the Big 12 Conference has denied the appeal of the fine levied against Iowa State arising from the post-game celebration following the Cyclones’ football victory over West Virginia.
“Our institution takes the safety and welfare of all student-athletes, officials, and fans very seriously and we will continue to review and refine our safety protocols based upon our actual experiences,” Winstersteen said.
Major shade thrown by Wintersteen.
Iowa State loses appeal to Big 12 after $25,000 fine for field-storming.
From Iowa State Sports Information:
AMES, Iowa – Iowa State University President Dr. Wendy Wintersteen announced today the Big 12 Conference has denied the appeal of the fine levied against Iowa State arising from the post-game celebration following the Cyclones’ football victory over West Virginia.
“Our institution takes the safety and welfare of all student-athletes, officials, and fans very seriously and we will continue to review and refine our safety protocols based upon our actual experiences,” Winstersteen said.
Major shade thrown by Wintersteen.
Fined simply because Dana is a cry baby. If he doesn’t say anything, there would be no fine.I would be interested in hearing more detail from the Big 12 about what we did wrong. For instance, it can't be merely the fact that we stormed the field. From what I've seen on video, they got off the field pretty easily. It has to be something about how our security staff functioned. I wonder if we failed to do something in our protocol, such as forming a wall around the players, like they do in basketball. We may have had it in our policy, but we failed to implement it in instance.