BIG 10 Arrests and Ejections at Stadiums
Here is a link to an article on stadium arrests and ejections from Eleven Warriors, based of FOI act requests that it sent to BIG schools. You will not be surprised that MSU has by far the highest arrest-per-attendee ratio.
Here is the text about Michigan:
MICHIGAN
Michigan's number of home games, attendance totals and number of ejections (236) were the highest among Big Ten schools that provided such data. Nebraska reported 238 incidents, though not every one resulted in an ejection.
Most of the arrests came as a result of a minor in possession of alcohol, drugs or resisting and obstructing police business. One intriguing statistic: five arrests for pocket picking during Michigan's 14-7 victory over Wisconsin on Oct. 1. Forty-one patrons were kicked out after being found to be in possession of someone else's identification during that game, by far the greatest total for that ejection reason.
Other reported reasons for ejections: alcohol in the stadium, disorderly conduct, possessing a fake identification, violating stadium rules, throwing something, passing back identification to someone else trying to get into the game, possessing fake tickets, urinating in public and for not having the proper credentials to be on the field.
Well, Michigan has the most ejections, but our ushers and security staff are pretty strict. There are a lot of premature ejections that happen whenever things get a little sticky...
I think that first you have the premature ejection. Then things get sticky.
It happened so fast, it was almost simultaneous...
Damn dude.
Haha.
And MSU had way lower attendance than Michigan did throughout the year (like always) , so theoretically they should have much lower numbers for arrests and ejections....
that their ejections are at least 3-9 times higher then their arrests
I don't believe MSU had fewer arrests, unless they didn't count the football team in the tally.
than Rutgers has fans in the seats
"Other reported reasons for ejections: alcohol in the stadium, disorderly conduct, possessing a fake identification, violating stadium rules, throwing something....."
From 1978-81 football games:
1. We could bring ANYTHING into the stadium as long as it wasnt glass. My fraternity used to lug a small pony keg in and set it up for the game.
2. Anybody who didnt have fake indentification was wierd. I got my first fake at 15 thanks to a identification card offered by K-mart that looked almost exactly like a drivers licence.
3. There were no "stadium rules" other than no glass. Passing up coeds, open kegs, you name it, was allowed
4. Throwing someting? You mean like FUCKING MARSHMELLOWS!!!!! Yeah things were thrown.
More fun back in the day. Plus we beat OSU twice and went to the Rose Bowl two of the four years I was there.
I'm only 32, so I wasn't old enough to partake before it went away, but I really miss seeing the marshmallows all over the endzone.
I believe they went away completely when Michigan switched from grass and they didn't want the new turf messed up with soaked-in marshmellows . The best is when one could put a penny in the middle to make it go further .
Back in my day, we enetered the stadium on our chariots, triumphantly, and slaughtered the peasants who waved as we rode by.
I think the last standing Kresge's was in Tel12 Mall.
For $5 you could get what was called a Michigan I.D. card. I didn't know what it was, & I don't really think it was legal anywhere except maybe for aquiring a dog licsense.
But it said STATE OF MICHIGAN, had some sort of vague (fake) personal info on it, serial number,and your picture. . .
It worked in at least half the bars i tried it in from Pontiac to Kalamazoo.
You forgot about the hundreds of toilet paper rolls raining down from the sky at the end of big game wins. And of course there was the heavy smell of marijuana at times wafting through the crowd.
during my sophomore year ('77). I think everyone around us brought Touchdown Doobies to the game.
was in Section 28. I was attending a game with my brother when he was a UM student and I was in HS. Two women sitting in front of us fired up a joint. I remember a male acquaintance of their stopped by to talk and when he left with a parting witticism, one turned to the other and said "he is so fucking hilarious." Two dorky women behaving stupidly while high, that was as effective as any after school special for me.
Yep, we're old.
This data is incomplete and frankly not believable. MSU wasn't reporting the same data that other teams were. Seems like a slight problem to start with.
You are apparently not that great at actually dodging the fuzz.
I forgot about hot dog man! One of my greatest triumphs was getting a hot dog from him as he passed my tailgate that year. May his legacy live forever!
Man I was planing on choking out a few buckeye fans this year, but not if I am going to get thrown out. Things are getting way to strict. LOL. If I was working security I would have made you buy me a couple dogs and told you to behave. Leave sparty alone. LOL.
Does this include M-Cards? Could see it happening for people trying to sneak into the student section with someone else's M-Card, otherwise why would you need a fake id?
Forty-one patrons were kicked out after being found to be in possession of someone else's identification during that game
Yeah, now if they were selling beer in the stadium, that'd be a whole different story.
It's all M-Cards / ticket related -- no beer to have a fake ID for anyway.
michigan crowds would rather stand for the band than the football team.
I mean, during the RIchRod era, the band was the only thing worth seeing on Saturdays.
Begs to differ with you. RichRod's defenses were certainly nothing to stand for, but sit down on offense and you might miss another Denard 55 yard TD run.
Some of those BAC levels that Iowa City reported are way up there.
Sparty averaged more than 30 arrest per home game last year. Their offense last season at home averaged just over 25 points a game (and that includes playing Rutgers at home)...
I think that's about 25% of the fans per game last year
That reminds me - I need to renew the campaign to make arrests-per-point and misdemeanor-adjusted yardage an actual thing on Football Outsiders. They probably won't do it, but I figure that if we're going to give Michigan State metrics in which they might actually be able to dominate the conference, those would certainly help.
Clearly are influencing the # of ejections... which is really interesting. It is clear Michigan enforces the student section rules more than most fan bases (esp. those with empty stadiums)... But wonder if there is still a better system in place at another school.
averaged 3 - 9 ejections per quarter
23 to 32 ejections per game
Sparty's arrest rate is over 5x the 2nd place finisher (Iowa). That is impressive.
OSU had 25 ejections and 32 arrests? So seven people were arrested but allowed to watch the end of the game?
I believe those are exclusive data sets. So 25 people were ejected, but not arrested. Another 32 people were arrested.
Loved watching cocky MD fans get ejected for being way too obvious about alcohol back in that sad, rainy game at the end of Hoke's last season. That was about the only thing enjoyable about that game. I actually stayed until the end though...just long enough for the sky to actually fall on the walk back.
does Dantonio automatically put you into red lock? Or is that just for the football players?