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October 23, 2005
Just another sad story about a death at a sporting event!: There isnt much more to day than this! UMM is a D3 school in Minnesota.
I think they frequently do, rcade. Don't have cites offhand but I seem to recall hearing stories of serious injuries or fatalities before this.
posted by lil_brown_bat at 10:57 AM on October 23, 2005
ESPN did a piece on this subject on Outside the Lines last season. The NCAA has been trying to decide what to do about this for several years, now that somebody has been killed, maybe the schools will do something. We all know that if they wait on the NCAA to do anything several more people will be killed or injured first.
posted by tdheiland at 03:28 PM on October 23, 2005
Collapsible goalposts are being installed in big schools all over the country as a way to combat thsi problem.. (example w/ pictures)
posted by insomnyuk at 04:34 PM on October 23, 2005
I'm just amazed that they got so excited about beating crown college, I don't think we ever lost to them when i was in school.
posted by tron7 at 10:37 PM on October 23, 2005
When I was in college, the police pepper sprayed the crowd before they would let them take down the goal post. The South . . . nothing like it.
posted by bperk at 07:57 AM on October 24, 2005
I'm just amazed that they got so excited about beating crown college, I don't think we ever lost to them when i was in school. I went to Morris; the football team was lucky to win one game every year. I can see how a homecoming victory would get people riled up, especially if it's the last game on the field. Morris is a tiny, tiny town wayyy out in the middle of nowhere. You really have to work hard to make your own fun out there. It's a 45-minute drive to Alexandria to see most first-run movies. Over an hour to St. Cloud to get a CD* or eat a decent meal. So you get a couple thousand kids starved for fun, looking for something to freak out about. I'm not excusing this or making light of it; I'm pretty bummed that this is what gets my school into the news. But I can remember endless hours just waiting for something to get excited about, and I think that's what happened here. *I recognize that these new-fangled kids with their fancy-dan Netflix and iTunes probably have it a little better than it was back in my day, but I think the basic lack of things to do remains unchanged.
posted by cobra! at 09:45 AM on October 24, 2005
There's always crystal meth. Or is that just a rural Southern pastime?
posted by rcade at 10:49 AM on October 24, 2005
There's always crystal meth. Or is that just a rural Southern pastime? Alright, dammit, making fun of NASCAR is one thing, but now you want to bust on our new number one cash crop? Friggin' yankees.
posted by The_Black_Hand at 02:17 PM on October 24, 2005
I have been to Morris alot as my in-laws are from there. It aint that tiny unless you are comparing it to a large city.
posted by daddisamm at 02:36 PM on October 24, 2005
UMM also made the news a few years back when they Voted a guy as Homecoming Queen!
posted by daddisamm at 02:44 PM on October 24, 2005
There's always crystal meth. Or is that just a rural Southern pastime? If the Star-Trib's weekly we're-all-going-to-die-when-hungry-meth-addicts-eat-our-innards-and-their-lab/shanties-explode stories are true, crystal meth's way big in rural MN now. Back in my day, it was either the usual cheap beer or (given MN's weirdly restrictive liquor laws) huffing markers.
posted by cobra! at 02:51 PM on October 24, 2005
Meth is all over the place up here in the Midwest as well.
posted by insomnyuk at 07:13 PM on October 24, 2005
Has anyone here been part of a goalpost teardown? I always wondered, as someone who wouldn't do it because of my exaggerated sense of caution, if those poles would clobber someone.