College football’s Southeastern Conference has fined the University of Tennessee after fans stormed the field in celebration of the Volunteers’ win.
Tennessee broke a 15-game losing streak with a 52-49 win over Alabama Saturday night.
The SEC announced the fine of $100,000 on Sunday after the school violated the league’s policy regarding access to a competition area. The violation marked Tennessee’s second offense. The first offense came when fans stormed the basketball court during a 2006 game against Florida.
As fans entered the field Saturday, they ripped up one of the goalposts.
Randy, what’s that gonna cost? “It doesn’t matter, we’ll do this every year!!!” @Vol_Football @randyboyd @Vol_Sports @Vol_Sports @BarstoolTenn pic.twitter.com/eJm3bMScAq
— Hanes Torbett (@Tarheelbb) October 16, 2022
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University of Tennessee President Randy Boyd watched the goalpost being ripped up and said, “It doesn’t matter. We’ll do this every year!”
Fans later threw parts of the goalpost into the Tennessee River.
BREAKING: The goalpost has ended up in the Tennessee River. pic.twitter.com/d1VAQq8OSq
— Spark College Football (@SparkCFB) October 16, 2022
Tennessee athletic director Danny White asked fans to help raise funds to replace the goalposts, saying, “We had some fun, didn’t we?”
We had some fun, didn’t we?
New link below. Help us out #VolNation! https://t.co/iybdSw14dn
— Danny White (@AD_DannyWhite) October 16, 2022
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As of Monday morning, more than $70,000 had been raised.
