{"id":100656,"date":"2022-10-18T13:18:56","date_gmt":"2022-10-18T13:18:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/university-of-tennessee-fined-100k-by-sec-after-fans-rush-field-remove-goalposts\/"},"modified":"2022-10-18T13:18:56","modified_gmt":"2022-10-18T13:18:56","slug":"university-of-tennessee-fined-100k-by-sec-after-fans-rush-field-remove-goalposts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/university-of-tennessee-fined-100k-by-sec-after-fans-rush-field-remove-goalposts\/","title":{"rendered":"University of Tennessee fined $100K by SEC after fans rush field, remove goalposts"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Missing two goalposts and facing a hefty fine, the University of Tennessee is calling on its fans to help ease the financial burden.<\/p>\n<p>Last weekend&#8217;s electrifying 52-49 win over Alabama had Volunteer fans in a frenzy, causing them to rush the field moments after a game-winning field goal and tarring down both goalposts while celebrating. <\/p>\n<p>The SEC (Southeastern Conference) announced on Monday that the University of Tennessee will be hit with a $100,000 fine for allowing fans to access the competition area.<\/p>\n<p>The school itself is asking for $150,000 to cover some of the fine and to replace the goalposts. <\/p>\n<p>Following Saturday&#8217;s win, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Tarheelbb\/status\/1581649479844839424\" target=\"_blank\">school president Randy Boyd was seen<\/a> euphorically saying he didn&#8217;t care how much the goalposts cost to replace.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s no doubt why the fans caused such pandemonium while celebrating. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-wrapper twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">THE GOALPOSTS HAVE LEFT THE BUILDING<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tennessee Football (@Vol_Football) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Vol_Football\/status\/1581434569349206016?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">October 15, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The Vols&#8217; win over the Crimson Tide snapped a 15-year losing streak against Alabama, with their last win on Oct.  21, 2006.<\/p>\n<p>With a home game on Oct.  22 against the University of Tennessee at Martin quickly approaching, the Vols&#8217; desperately need to replace its goalposts. <\/p>\n<p>The Tennessee football program took to Twitter on Sunday to wittily ask its loyal fan base for help.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-wrapper twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Y&#8217;all remember how we tore the goalposts down, hauled em out of Neyland and dumped em in the Tennessee River?<\/p>\n<p>Yeah that was awesome.<\/p>\n<p>Anywho, turns out that in order to play next week&#8217;s game, we need goalposts on our field.  Could y&#8217;all help us out?  \ud83d\ude4f https:\/\/t.co\/NSMoL3SzPX<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tennessee Football (@Vol_Football) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Vol_Football\/status\/1581726661078228993?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">October 16, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>After being ripped down and carried out of Neyland Stadium, the goalposts were seen being tossed into the Tennessee River. <\/p>\n<p>But, one fraternity at UT is claiming they now have it. <\/p>\n<p>\u201c30 minutes later, it winds up in the back of our house,\u201d Adam Fuller, a UT student and member of the Sigma Chi fraternity, told WVLT.<\/p>\n<p>Members of Sigma Chi say after the goalposts were tossed into the river, and the majority of Vol fans went on with their celebrations elsewhere, about 15 guys picked one of the goalposts out from the river and carried it to their frat house. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cA random guy came over with a saw, and we were just cutting it up for a while,\u201d Rider Monsour told WVLT.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"\/>\n<p>Monsour estimates that the goalpost was cut up into about 100 pieces, with people flocking around the cutting, begging for a piece of Tennessee Vols&#8217; history. <\/p>\n<p>Sigma Chi says they kept a large portion of the goalpost taken from the river, with people still coming by the fraternity asking for a sliver. <\/p>\n<p>The fraternity even claims someone offered them upwards of $1,000 for the remaining pieces of the goalpost, but they&#8217;re firm on keeping it.<\/p>\n<p>The goalposts weren&#8217;t the only thing taken from Neyland stadium after the win. <\/p>\n<p>People were seen ripping grass patches from the field as souvenirs, with some already selling their chunks on eBay.<\/p>\n<p>Listings have been posted on eBay for a piece of the grass on which the Tennessee Volunteers beat the Crimson Tide, ranging from $1.25 to $34. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Missing two goalposts and facing a hefty fine, the University of Tennessee is calling on its fans to help ease the financial burden. Last weekend&#8217;s electrifying 52-49 win over Alabama had Volunteer fans in a frenzy, causing them to rush the field moments after a game-winning field goal and tarring down both goalposts while celebrating. &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/university-of-tennessee-fined-100k-by-sec-after-fans-rush-field-remove-goalposts\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">University of Tennessee fined $100K by SEC after fans rush field, remove goalposts<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[6],"tags":[1832,7515,5262,307,947,8903],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":102780,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/joseph-goodman-jermaine-burton-messed-up-and-now-its-on-alabama-coach-nick-saban\/","url_meta":{"origin":100656,"position":0},"title":"Joseph Goodman: Jermaine Burton messed up and now it&#8217;s on Alabama coach Nick Saban","date":"October 20, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"The mistakes kept coming for Alabama even after the loss to Tennessee.And so now Alabama coach Nick Saban has an important decision to make. 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