South Carolina fined by SEC after fans storm field after upset of Texas A&M
South Carolina pulled off another big Novermber upset victory under Shane Beamer, dominating Texas A&M 44-20 at Williams-Brice Stadium on Saturday. LaNorris Sellers threw for a pair of touchdowns and ran for a third while Rocket Sanders totaled 144 yards and 2 scores on the ground.
In 2022, the Gamecocks took down No. 5 Tennessee and No. 8 Clemson in back-to-back weeks, and fans will hope that this sparks a late-season run. They stormed the Williams-Brice Stadium field after the final whistle to celebrate the third win over a Top 10 team of the Shane Beamer era.
And that earned South Carolina a $250,000 fine from the SEC, the conference announced on Sunday.
NEWS | South Carolina fined for violation of access to competition area policy: https://t.co/2ST8xkzMFk pic.twitter.com/FV3qJBiK9j
— Southeastern Conference (@SEC) November 3, 2024
It’s the second time in a calendar year that the university has incurred a fine from the conference. In January, the Gamecocks men’s basketball team defeated visiting Kentucky 79-62. A third offense, and every offense thereafter, will cost the university $500,000.
The Gamecocks, 5-3 on the season and 3-3 in the SEC, have won back-to-back games. On October 19, they defeated Oklahoma 35-9. They can clinch bowl eligibility in Week 11 with a win over Vanderbilt.
After the Vandy game, the Gamecocks wrap up their home slate against Missouri and Wofford before rounding out the regular season at in-state rival Clemson.
wow, so it’s across ALL sports?
Time for the chickens to start acting like they have won something before. Storming the field after what was a solid win for the program, but not earth shattering win shows a lack institutional control. Embarrassing for your program.
Those kids haven’t seen SC beat a top 25 team since 2022.
They were edged this season with the very close LSU and and Bama games.
This is like a dam that was going to burst.
Since 2022??? Act like your program has some class. Admin needs to reign this foolishness in.
What we lack in class, we certainly make up for that and more in culture. BeamerBall 2.0!
Yeah, like 2022 was a million years ago..
It’s a top 10 win… SC and UGA actually both have the same amount (1) of these, they’re a pretty big deal to most.
I do understand why there are rules against it and understand them. That being said, we gave a midnight yell back at the Aggies. (Wink, wink) we’ll pay the fine and it’s worth it.
Haha. I’m not sure how to feel about that. We’re not used to having people storm the field after beating us. It’s a step up in the grand scheme of things. Thank you, I guess….
By the way, doesn’t half that fine money go to the other school? Maybe we can use it to buy some tackling gloves that don’t have bacon grease all over them.
A&M gets all $250k
It’s ok 90, go take your nitroglycerine pill, look in the mirror and give yourself some self-affirmation. Dawg fans are so threatened all the time. Just soft.
What??? Acting like your team/school has actually won something in the past is too much to ask from the chicken people? It must be.
To be honest, someone telling another fan base to have class, then labeling them “Chicken People” just doesn’t resonate. Maybe you could try a different approach?
Most pointless fine in all of sports.
Agreed.
Fine each person $2000 or 80 hours of community service if they really wanted to curb it.
I like the storming of the fields as long as no one can sue when they get hurt. I assume it is considered Trespassing and they do so at their own risk.
Congrats to SC.
South Carolina is a darn good team. They’ve improved continually throughout this season.
Both the coaching staff and the roster deserve recognition for a consistent direction of team improvement. Yes winning makes it easy to recognize. And I imagine there are a lot of 100 man rosters out there that can now start to feel the progress they are making this year
I look forward to the day when teams storm the field after beating US! We’ve been struggling for a long time so have some class and just congratulate us on a big win! Hopefully we’ll get there and if not for an injury to Sellers during the LSU game or the two penalties wiping out TD’s vs BAMA we’d be in the mix for the CCG! BUT, it happened and we’re not so there!