SEC announces fine for Missouri following Week 3 field storming
Missouri delivered their fans an exciting upset win on Saturday, a 30-27 victory over then-No. 15 Kansas State as Harrison Mevis drilled a 61-yard field goal with no time remaining.
It was arguably the biggest win for Eli Drinkwitz as the head coach of the Tigers, and certainly the biggest since his first with the program, a 45-41 triumph over 17th-ranked LSU in 2020.
Following the win over K-State, fans at Faurot Field celebrated with the obligatory field storming. And it will cost Mizzou as the university has been fined $100,000 by the SEC.
It is the first offense this academic year for the university. A 2nd offense will result in a $250,000 fine, with each offense following costing $500,000. The fine will be donated to the league’s fund for post-graduate scholarships.
Meanwhile, Missouri is 3-0 for the first time under Drinkwitz. It wraps up non-conference play against Memphis on Sept. 23, just the 5th all-time meeting in football between the two schools.
Best $100k MIZZOU has spent in years.
Couldn’t agree more
Don’t pay it. F the SEC.
Stankey is another fan hating wimp who burst into tears at the sight of happy people having fun.
Greg Sankey and the conference have the responsibility of promoting a safe environment during athletic events. The highway patrol did an excellent job protecting the coaches.
Sold out non-conference game, student section full, win over an old rival, and having the fan base engaged; the fine is worth every penny.
Absolutely
The 100k was totally worth it. It was great to see Mizzou fans fill their stadium and get crazy. That hasn’t happened much that I’ve seen since joining the SEC. I hope they keep it going
There was some talk around mid-week that it shows fans are finally behind Drink, but that wasn’t at all the reason, especially after fans were calling for his head just one week ago after the MTSU game. And as nice as it was to be sold out, the real reason it sold out so early is because it was an old Big8/Big12 game. OU, Kansas, KState, Nebraska would all sell out right now in CoMo way before Florida, Tennessee, GA, or even Bama (all ranked teams btw). Those roots are just as deep as yours (and other long time SEC fans) are in the SEC. I think the last SEC sell out at Faurot was Ole Miss 4 years ago, and that was because it was Homecoming and they finally scheduled a conference game for it.
The league has the same responsibilities that the institutions and all their employees and volunteers have. Nothing in life is ever perfectly safe but everything in life has an expected human preparedness and follow thru.
For what it’s worth I didn’t see a single fan do anything dangerous during the celebration. So the fine is purely symbolic and preventative in nature.
While we are on the subject of public image of quality. Is Paul Finebaum anywhere close to what the SEC member institutions deserve? He claims to be on the leagues’ payroll ( ?vs a single institution’s payroll?), what ever he is, he sure doesn’t represent our league (thank heaven) Can we make that public and official?
Lemme see… the fans can’t go down onto a filed they help pay for… for their own safety… sounds familiar… got it… must be a bureaucracy thing.
I was first down to the field for fifth down game. This 100k is worth it. Let the students get a little wild.
Good job TP