Those goal posts made it back and were planted in front of a frat house. On Oct 25, 2010, at 8:51 AM, Steve McKibben <augiega...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I remember Gator fans rushing the field twice, both away from home. The first > time was in the Gator Bowl after the 1984 win over the dawgs - the goalposts > came down that time. > > The next was in the win over the semis in Tally in 1986. They turned on the > sprinklers to try and get the fans off of the field, but since much of the > game was played in a downpour, that had little effect. > > I think Spurrier made the remark about "maybe they should have let the fans > on the field to celebrate" after the 1997 32-29 win over then ranked #1 FSU. > > Helen Huntley wrote: > When have Gator fans rushed the field? > > That's an interesting question. I remember Spurrier lamenting once that fans > couldn't rush the field. If I remember correctly, he even made a symbolic > push against a goal post. > > Wasn't there once an incident--not involving a home football game--when fans > went into the empty stadium and took down the goal posts? Or am I just > dreaming? > -- > GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! > 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions > 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions > 2008 National Football Champions | > Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), > Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us -- GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us
