The UCF Knights pulled off one of the biggest wins in program history when they beat the BYU Cougars in an overtime thriller on Saturday.
Now, the school has earned a victory that the athletic department might be even more excited about: not getting fined for the post-game field-storming.
Field-storming sometimes gets a bad rap, but if ever there was a time for it, beating the No. 2 team in the country when you’re unranked is probably it.
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So, that’s what Knights fans did … even if it was a little tricky getting down the field at Acrisure Bounce House.
Alright, so they might need to pony up a few bucks for more canopies, but they won’t need to pay the Big 12 as a mea culpa for the field storming.
Why not?
Because it turns out that the school did such a good job preparing and implementing a plan in the event of a good ol’ fashioned field stormin’ that there’s no need for a fine.
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“We provided the Big 12 Conference w/thorough documentation of our safety preparations, including coordinated escorts for visiting players, coaches & officials,” said UCF athletic director Terry Mohajir, per On3’s Brett McMurphy. “We’re proud of our athletics staff for their planning, preparation & execution in helping protect everyone involved.”
So the trick to not having to cut a check after a field storm is to prepare for a field storm.
Paradoxically, if you’re expecting a field storming … then maybe that win is not worth storming the field.
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But while there’s no way UCF came into that game thinking they’d be beating a really solid BYU team, it happened, and they were ready.
Which, in the end, saved them a heck of a lot of money.