Court-storming debate heats up after journalist gets hurt

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Iowa State's comeback win over Iowa Thursday night sent Hilton Coliseum into a frenzy, and a Des Moines Register reporter was injured as fans rushed the floor.

Randy Peterson, who covers the Cyclones for the Register, suffered an apparent compound leg fracture after No. 2 ISU's 83-82 win.

Mr. Yost

December 11th, 2015 at 5:36 PM ^

MSU was an awful game...we were just happy to win and finally win.

2011, OSU was fucking terrible.

When's the last time we had a legitimate, highly ranked team, not upset...but you know what I mean, type field rush?

I almost feel like those two wins were expected...the only thing that didn't make them expected was that we were terrible in all of the years surrounding those wins.

Give me a beat (top 5) team and students rushed the field...B1G Championship type game. Not a "what a relief! We finally won!" type moment.

WichitanWolverine

December 11th, 2015 at 6:01 PM ^

I was one of the first to hop the wall in 2003 and we ran around like rabid animals, celebrating with the players. It was awesome. I did it in 2011 too but that was extremely lame...more of an organized shuffle down onto the field.

tenerson

December 11th, 2015 at 5:15 PM ^

Let's clarify some things. He was not harmed by anything that had to do with the court storming. He wasn't hit by a student. He may have been barely touched by a lady near him but by video, it looks like he pretty much went down on his own. The early media narrative was completely wrong. I don't neccearilly think the storming was justified but it was a rivalry game in which ISU trailed by 20 in the second half and they came back to win, so whatever. Kids lined up for this game on Monday and if they want to get on the court for a few minutes, let them. 

MgoBlueprint

December 11th, 2015 at 5:17 PM ^

I think that court and field storming are special events. Unfortunately injuries happen. I think the most serious court/field storming injury I've heard of Michigan at Wisconsin in the early 90's. In high school a kid got hurt (not injured) after a court storming. There wasn't a big to do about it. The administration didn't ban it. I'm assuming they understood that it's something that marks a special win/moment and the injuries that result are relatively rare. I'm sure there's a higher chance of getting injured in the stands or through an unfortunate encounter with a Sparty or Buckeye.

Tearing down the goalposts are one of the two things I miss most about sports. The other thing being the old school football intros where starters would run up to the camera wave or nod and run off.




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SAMgO

December 11th, 2015 at 5:21 PM ^

Look, it happens. Not everything fun is 100% safe, and that's okay. People get hurt sometimes and that shouldn't take away from traditions. OSU shouldn't have ended the Mirror Lake jump because one person died in the decades that it's been happening. Risk exists and people should be able to accept that for things that can be really awesome.




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