Kirk Herbstreit, ESPN’s school soccer analyst, referred to as for steeper penalties for the gamers concerned within the handful of flag fights over the weekend.
Not less than three video games noticed brawls ensue over gamers attempting to plant flags on their opponents’ fields. A fourth struggle occurred in the course of the Arizona State-Arizona recreation due to Solar Devils gamers attempting to plant a pitchfork at midfield.
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Analyst Kirk Herbstreit tosses the soccer with followers on the set of ESPN’s School Sport Day on the College of Texas forward of the Longhorns’ recreation in opposition to the Georgia Bulldogs in Austin, Texas, on Oct. 19, 2024. (Sara Diggins/American-Statesman / USA TODAY NETWORK by way of Imagn Photos)
The Huge Ten Convention introduced $100,000 fines for Michigan and Ohio State after their melees, however Herbstreit wished suspensions for these concerned within the fracas.
“I feel any convention commissioner who had a workforce or groups concerned within the postgame fights owes it to his convention and THE SPORT of CFB to check the movie very intently and sit anybody who was concerned in being an aggressor to assist escalate the scenario,” Herbstreit wrote on X.
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“Sit these concerned for his or her subsequent recreation. Whether or not it’s a bowl recreation or playoff recreation. These dudes want consequences-for their very own good!”
North Carolina and NC State gamers and Florida and Florida State gamers every bought into brawls individually over the flag incidents.
Up to now, solely the Huge Ten has doled out self-discipline.
North Carolina State gamers and North Carolina gamers get right into a scuffle after an NCAA school soccer recreation on Saturday, Nov. 30, 2024 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. (AP Photograph/Chris Seward)
Davison Igbinosun, #1 of the Ohio State Buckeyes, grabs a Michigan flag following his workforce’s defeat in opposition to the Michigan Wolverines at Ohio Stadium on Nov. 30, 2024 in Columbus, Ohio. (Jason Mowry/Getty Photos)
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Any suspensions would probably affect bowl video games for the faculties concerned. Arizona and Florida State have been the lone faculties who don’t have at the least six wins and, due to this fact, will not be eligible to play in a postseason bowl recreation.
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