Fans love big wins, and supporters of Baylor football are no different. That's why it came as little surprise when waves of fans began to flow onto the field after the Bears dealt Oklahoma its first loss of the season.
Problem for BU is the fans experienced a little premature adulation when they shot out onto the field before the game had a chance to finish.
The good news is that nothing was damaged, beyond the feelings of some Sooner fans and Lincoln Riley. But there's still a fine. Read about that in the official statement from the league here:
In accordance with Big 12 Conference Sportsmanship and Ethical Conduct policies, the Conference has issued a public reprimand and $25,000 fine of Baylor University for its handling of field storming incidents during and after Saturday’s football game with the University of Oklahoma.
“We have a duty to ensure a safe game environment that provides the visiting team secure egress from the field for players, staff and support personnel, and protection of the team bench area,” said Big 12 Conference Commissioner Bob Bowlsby. “I appreciate Baylor’s advance planning and communication, and although well planned, the end-of-game circumstances made its field storming plan impossible to execute, resulting in an interruption of play, impeding the visiting team from reaching their locker room and damage to OU bench area equipment.”- Big 12 Conference
