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I surely hope that Dawgs fans never ever pull a stunt like that no matter how frustrated they might get with the Refs. And I don’t think I’ll ever see Dawgs fans do something like that. More and more
I’m hoping our Dawgs will get the W this Sat. Itd be Totally Awesome if the Dawgs curb stomped the horns. I don’t expect that to happen and will be more than happy just to get the W. But one can dream !! Go Dawgs !!
Maybe I’m in the minority here, but I couldn’t give a ratsass about Texas joining the conference…Oklahoma included.
It has nothing to do with being liberal or conservative or any other political nonsense. It has to do with money. The legal ramifications of trying to punish any individual or individuals in that crowd if they decided to fight it in court, would have been more costly than the $250,000 fine. I doubt any other school would have punished anyone either. However, what the SEC could have done was suspend alcohol sales at UT at its next SEC home game (Florida). That would not only have cost the school, but it would have directly affected fans as well, which would probably lead to a change in behavior.
DAWGS BY FIDDY
Are you saying Texas gets to ignore the consequences imposed because it would be too expensive? Sounds like that is exactly what you're saying.
We all know they could identify the culprits. They've chosen to not do so. You're offering them a freebee.
I'd forgotten about this incident and how it impacted the game. It's yet another reason to hate Texas.
Go, Dawgs!
Everyone knew ut would be treated special, it started with their scheduling preference, playing 5 non-conference games to begin the season and only one top 25 (currently) team in the SEC. Fans effectively changing calls on the field. What's next? stay tuned Saturday. GATA!!!
Ban all alcohol sales at next year's home games. Never happen though.
That's not what Dallas is saying at all. The point that's being made is that * likely * the reason TX didn't actually punish anyone was because of the monetary ramifications and the fact that there wasn't going to be any follow-through, and that if the SEC had sanctioned TX differently - with the suspension of alcohol sales, a measure that would be much simpler to actually carry out, and that the school couldn't actually back out of - then the school would have suffered more, and that would have likely lead to a real change for the future. As it was, the "punishment" was something where TX could say "well, we did our best, and just couldn't come up with anything," and there wouldn't be any further sanctions, because it's impossible to prove that they didn't take any measures toward meeting the expectations. Dallas isn't giving TX a freebie at all; what comes across to me is that the SEC gave them a freebie, because it imposed the kind of punishment that it did.
Nonsense.
The monetary ramifications are all on Texas. Scrêw them. That's part of the punishment.
Texas could document what they did to find the bad guys. Do we take them at their word? I don't.
Much blame on the SEC office, too, of course.
Go, Dawgs!