Miami Fans Attack Florida Band

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Nerwen Aldarion

Nerwen Aldarion

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https://www.saturdaydownsouth.com/f...-after-miami-game-director-slammed-to-ground/

after the game the Florida band was in its “parade order marching to their buses after the game outside of (Camping World Stadium) when a group of Miami fans tried to push their way into the band block.” The Director of the Gator Band, Dr. Jay Watkins, reportedly saw the commotion and went over to de-escalate. Watkins was reportedly placed in a chokehold and slammed to the concrete, hitting his head. The report also states that a member of the band was allegedly punched in the face and had a bloody nose.
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Despicable.
 
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Just puts a point on how claseless the fans here in the Penis state are. It's why I will never step foot in the Sewer. I genuinely fear for my life there.
 
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SpaceCoastVol said:
Just puts a point on how claseless the fans here in the Penis state are. It's why I will never step foot in the Sewer. I genuinely fear for my life there.
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I found that giving my money to the Florida Athletic Department for tickets was something I just did not want to do when Urban Meyer coached there, so I didn't. That might seem silly, but I never felt that way about any other program, as much as I do not like several of them. Maybe I'll get over it, but haven't yet.
 
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CMR has lost control of his retirement.
 
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I was at the game. I had nice interactions with several Miami fans; however, my overall impression of their fan base there was very negative and reinforced my perception that the bulk of their fans did not in fact go to school there. I think a lot of them did not even graduate high school.

As we walked in, two drunk Miami fans, travelling separately, just about passed out right next to us. One was simply incoherent. A few seats down from us were several male fans who looked to me like they were part of Al Qaeda. The 305 turn over chain thing, whenever that was shown on the monitors, there was a near riot caused by Miami fans just loosing their minds over it.

No way would I ever go to one of their games down there.
 
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lawgator1 said:
I was at the game. I had nice interactions with several Miami fans; however, my overall impression of their fan base there was very negative and reinforced my perception that the bulk of their fans did not in fact go to school there. I think a lot of them did not even graduate high school.
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That's so interesting to me because UM itself is a small, fairly academically-strong private school. Not as good of a school as Vanderbilt, but you'd think their fanbase would be made up of a similar type of crowd. I went to the 2002 game where they played us in Neyland, but I don't recall running into or even seeing a single one of their fans, so I don't have any real experience with them.

Do they pull only from the segment of the population in Miami that is really drawn to the bad boy reputation of the football team, and actual alums of the school just don't really care about football (like Vandy)? I mean, I think it is fair to assume that the rough crowd you described likely didn't graduate from that school.
 
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05_never_again said:
That's so interesting to me because UM itself is a small, fairly academically-strong private school. Not as good of a school as Vanderbilt, but you'd think their fanbase would be made up of a similar type of crowd. I went to the 2002 game where they played us in Neyland, but I don't recall running into or even seeing a single one of their fans, so I don't have any real experience with them.

Do they pull only from the segment of the population in Miami that is really drawn to the bad boy reputation of the football team, and actual alums of the school just don't really care about football (like Vandy)? I mean, I think it is fair to assume that the rough crowd you described likely didn't graduate from that school.
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I think its trying to be part of the "bad boy" image that the program had some years ago and occasionally tries to revive. The school itself is small and very expensive. The fan base and the academic side of things represent an enormous mismatch. This has been true since the 80s and I imagine the majority of their alumni would agree with the assessment.
 
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lawgator1 said:
I was at the game. I had nice interactions with several Miami fans; however, my overall impression of their fan base there was very negative and reinforced my perception that the bulk of their fans did not in fact go to school there. I think a lot of them did not even graduate high school.

As we walked in, two drunk Miami fans, travelling separately, just about passed out right next to us. One was simply incoherent. A few seats down from us were several male fans who looked to me like they were part of Al Qaeda. The 305 turn over chain thing, whenever that was shown on the monitors, there was a near riot caused by Miami fans just loosing their minds over it.

No way would I ever go to one of their games down there.
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That is because Duh Gators have not won a game at Miami since 1985. And that team ended up with a lifetime ban and immediate coach firing.

Whereas, the mighty, mighty Vols won at Miami in 2002.
 
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lawgator1 said:
I think its trying to be part of the "bad boy" image that the program had some years ago and occasionally tries to revive. The school itself is small and very expensive. The fan base and the academic side of things represent an enormous mismatch. This has been true since the 80s and I imagine the majority of their alumni would agree with the assessment.
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Is UM like Vandy in that the alums don't really care about football and aren't even fans? Or is there a decent amount of alums mixed in with the, ahem, rougher crowd?

I'm laughing at the thought of Vandy having some "bad boy" fans that showed up to their games, because I guess that's kind of what Miami has going on. A small, expensive, private school like Vandy except in that they've had a couple brief periods in their history where the football program was awesome.
 
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Sadly, this isn't even unusual for games against that sorry excuse for a learning institution. I was at the 2008 game in Gainesville, and more than 300 of their "fans" were getting arrested before, during, and after the game for assaults. But I guess that's what you can expect from such a soft fan base; even the "adults" are really little more than petulant children... whole program is Charmin.
 
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