Field stormings bring fines for Big 12, SEC schools after weekend of upsets arouses fans

The Big 12 and the Southeastern Conference have issued fines to schools whose fans stormed the field after important victories on Saturday, some doing so before the game was even over.

Fans of 14th-ranked Arizona State thought their 28-23 win over No. 19 BYU was over and poured onto the field after a fourth-down pass by Sun Devils quarterback Sam Leavitt was thrown high and out of bounds. The play started with 7 seconds on the clock and officials rules there was 1 second remaining.

Clearing the field took 15 minutes before BYU tried a Hail Mary that fell incomplete, preserving the victory in a...

 

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