What was up with the ref issuing a technical foul warning last night for a fan throwing one of those "3" boards in the form of a paper airplane on the court?
What's stopping visiting fans from throwing stuff onto the court and getting Michigan a tech? I know it's been well established that you can't give a penalty for throwing stuff onto a football field like Michigan rightfully did this football season. Do the same rules not apply to basketball?
January 10th, 2020 at 10:47 AM ^
Sooo.....lets dress in OSU gear, get front row seats at the shoe and sporadically throw things on the field throughout the game until we get a win by forfeit.....?????
January 10th, 2020 at 10:53 AM ^
Yeah, I'm going to the game in Columbus on March 1st...I actually just bought an OSU shirt off of Amazon and I'm gonna throw stuff onto the court the whole game so that Michigan wins by default of shooting free throws all game and getting possession (don't worry, I'll bring a lot of stuff to throw going off of Michigan's inability to make a free throw)
January 10th, 2020 at 10:53 AM ^
They could just kick us out before things escalated
To earn our win by forfeit we need to start a riot.
January 10th, 2020 at 11:08 AM ^
Shouldn't be difficult. That lot are easily led.
January 10th, 2020 at 11:19 AM ^
Honestly, if it were sufficiently well coordinated, this would work. It may require ~100 ticket holders willing to wear OSU garb and be willing to get picked off/kicked out one by one at critical junctures.
January 10th, 2020 at 11:47 AM ^
After the first penalty, also prepare to be beaten by their fans and jailed for disorderly conduct.
January 10th, 2020 at 11:19 AM ^
Make sure not to shower for a month before the game. You'll out yourself if they can tell you have personal hygiene.
January 10th, 2020 at 11:24 AM ^
better yet, lets paint a drone scarlet and grey and fly it over the field, dropping buckeye nuts during the game.....that should do it.
January 10th, 2020 at 11:41 AM ^
i'm assuming this is 100% /s - but just in case its not, don't forget that airspace over a football field is FAA restricted. So sure you may get the home team to forfeit but at a pretty hefty cost
January 10th, 2020 at 12:11 PM ^
define "airspace"
January 10th, 2020 at 2:02 PM ^
Something we don't utilize properly in football.
January 10th, 2020 at 7:38 PM ^
The can't find who's flying a drone swarm in Colorado at the moment. Michigan has one of the best aerospace engineering programs in the country. I'm sure we can make this happen without detection.
January 10th, 2020 at 10:42 AM ^
I was thinking the exact same thing as it happened...
January 10th, 2020 at 10:45 AM ^
FWIW it came from the student section next to the band. Hopefully they figured out who did it and send them to Crisler’s form of Bolivia for a bit. There was like... a single scenario that could’ve caused a loss at that point and it involved a technical and some crazy four point play.
January 10th, 2020 at 10:49 AM ^
Send them to Bolivia for throwing a paper plane on the court? Who are you...Stalin?
January 10th, 2020 at 11:00 AM ^
Literally every single NBA arena instantly bans this fan. No, I am not Stalin for suggesting that doing something that dumb should result in some kind of temporary suspension of tickets akin to Bolivia. Like I said, there was one freak scenario that could’ve changed the outcome of the game and a technical (from a crew that we’ve already seen to be awful) was part of it.
January 10th, 2020 at 10:50 AM ^
Can you imagine if Michigan didn't cover the -5.5 spread because of this student? The mob might've come after him.
January 10th, 2020 at 11:03 AM ^
The dude next to me had -4 and was legit spooked that they’d get 2 shots when he saw it flying.
January 10th, 2020 at 11:17 AM ^
We should have banned all those fans who threw the towels on the field during the ND game. Lifetime bans for the toilet paper throwing back in the day, too.
January 10th, 2020 at 11:30 AM ^
You sound dumb as hell
January 10th, 2020 at 1:19 PM ^
Polish that dome!
January 10th, 2020 at 3:03 PM ^
I think this is the third time I’ve posted this. Makes me laugh out loud every time.
January 10th, 2020 at 11:32 AM ^
I had over 129.5. I’m glad Michigan was the team that tied the game at the end of regulation. It would have sucked to have to root for Purdue to hit a shot to force OT
January 10th, 2020 at 10:48 AM ^
This has always been a debate. Same with whistles. I think it was Notre Dame who used to have whistles in the crowd all the time (and laser pens in other years). You can flag the home team, but what would stop opposing fans from blowing whistles or shooting lasers to draw flags.
January 10th, 2020 at 10:51 AM ^
Every sporting event is THIS close to complete anarchy. Paper airlines. Laser pointers. Whistles. It's actually quite amazing that we behave as well as we do at most sporting events.
January 10th, 2020 at 11:26 AM ^
Indeed. I recall reading about this soccer in match in Brazil involving 2 murders, including a body dismembered.
https://www.cnn.com/2013/07/07/world/americas/brazil-soccer-dismemberment/index.html
January 10th, 2020 at 11:45 AM ^
Wow, that's a nutso story. That's a surprise twist at the beginning with the ref murdering the player, I didn't see that one coming. If the ref hadn't been stoned to death and dismembered, nobody would've argued with any of his calls going forward.
On a related note, I interpreted that story to mean that CarisIsMyHomeboy's plan of starting a riot is both feasible and not remotely the worst thing that has happened at a sporting event. Count me in.
January 10th, 2020 at 12:27 PM ^
Sports fans in North America overall are far better behaved than fans in most other countries. In Europe, it's common for fans to rip up the seats, light flares, throw all kinds of crap on the field/court and chant nasty (often racist) things. (And before/after the game, the really hard core will throw rocks at the opponent's team bus.)
January 10th, 2020 at 1:13 PM ^
Especially Man City fans
January 10th, 2020 at 11:05 AM ^
I think the assumption is self-enforcement with the announcement. Even if it was a opposing fan acting as a plant wearing home team gear, other fans would not want the negative consequences, so they might intervene or notify ushers/security to handle the problem.
A large majority of the people surrounding the thrower have a huge incentive to not let that behavior continue.
January 10th, 2020 at 11:11 AM ^
Plus the spotters. I had a lot of friends in college get caught with alcohol by the spotters up on top of the stadium.
January 10th, 2020 at 11:54 AM ^
Spotters? I had no idea spotters were employed at the top of the stadium. They were hopefully not part of a 2-person sniper team.
January 10th, 2020 at 12:08 PM ^
They radio the ushers and security who to grab.
January 10th, 2020 at 1:56 PM ^
The Football stadium at least has computer controlled cameras where they can just type in a seat number and it automatically zooms (and records) that seat, controlled by DPS.
January 10th, 2020 at 2:26 PM ^
Another reason for me to stay home to watch games. I can comfortably enjoy the game with my pants off without worrying that DPS is watching me at the stadium with my pants off.
January 10th, 2020 at 12:11 PM ^
In every sport, the rules say that the home team is responsible for providing a safe environment for the game to be played. They are also required to provide things like scoreboards, shot clocks, someone to run the table including keeping track of timeouts and penalties, balls, etc. If the home team doesn't provide these, there are penalties. If the team cannot provide a safe environment for the teams to play, the officials have several options to try to get it under control. One is to warn the home team to get it under control and then it becomes their problem, not the officials'. Another is to issue penalties. Another is cancel/postpone the game, which is obviously only for extreme cases. No official wants to be that guy, but if someone is throwing something onto the court and it would cause and advantage for one team, that is something that they have to act on.
January 10th, 2020 at 1:08 PM ^
"No official wants to be that guy..." I strongly disagree; the Big Ten seems to have the most narcissistic refs in the world that love to affect the games in any way possible
January 10th, 2020 at 12:30 PM ^
In 2011 Louisville was given a technical foul because a cheerleader grabbed the ball and tossed it into the air in celebration (they were up 5 with 1 second left). Pitt hits both free throws, gets the ball and got pretty close to hitting a prayer to send to OT.
Yes it's a slightly different scenario but what would have happened if a player slipped on that airplane? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJkvUaAKksw
January 10th, 2020 at 1:00 PM ^
You are responsible for the conduct in your stadium. An Oregon fan could throw a bottle on the court at a Michigan vs Purdue game and the home team can get a technical foul. Fandom has nothing to do with it.
January 11th, 2020 at 7:11 AM ^
The technical foul/potential forfeit thing has its roots in the state of Michigan. Back in the Dan Majerle days, it was tradition at CMU for fans to smuggle rolls of toilet paper into Rose Arena and let fly towards the court after the Chips' first score of the game. Visually, it was awesome, and a 2-page picture of it even made it into an issue of Sports Illustrated. This went on for a while during which time there would be a lengthy delay at the outset of every CMU home basketball game while a cleanup crew removed all the toilet paper. The NCAA didn't like this and so instituted the tech penalty, with the possibility of a forfeit. I never saw that latter penalty enforced. The arena started cracking down on t.p. smuggling and the tradition died off.
I say fuck the NCAA, fire up Chips! Dan Majerle is a golden god.