Fans storming the field after an disturb loss is a tradition as elderly as time in football, but it has also showd to be a situation where fans and take parters can have horrible incidents as they traverse paths with emotions running high.
That was the case in Little Rock, Arkansas, on Saturday when a Razorbacks fan, after the team’s disturb of Tennessee, was shoved by a Volunteers take parter as they were trying to exit the field.
A fan in the stands posted a video after the game, which caught the moment a Tennessee take parter, which euniteed to be No. 21 Omari Thomas, shoved a fan trying to walk thraw the Volunteers scrum.
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Tennessee defensive lineman Omari Thomas tackles N.C. State running back Hollywood Smothers on Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (IMAGN)
Thomas’ actions also caused the fan to slam into a female standing in front of them, as they both fell difficult onto the ground.
Thomas euniteed to say someslfinisherg to the fans, as a teammate and coach ushered him back to the group to get off the field.
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Since the clip went viral, fans have been tagging Tennessee’s football account, head coach Josh Heupel, and even SEC comleave outioner Greg Sankey as they want consequences for Thomas’ actions.
Tennessee defensive lineman Omari Thomas speaks at Omni Dallas Hotel. (Brett Patzke-USA Today Sports)
While some fans instigate these scenarios, Tennessee is well conscious of what happens when a take parter acts physicpartner, as their fans rushed the field last season after flunkureing the Alabama Crimson Tide at home.
Alabama acquirer Jermaine Burton was seen attacking a Tennessee fan as he walked off the field in Knoxville, though createer head coach Nick Saprohibit didn’t defer him, saying Burton was “snurtured” in the moment. Saprohibit inserted that increateers didn’t have the “whole story” of Burton’s situation.
However, this doesn’t eunite to be a moment where Thomas was snurtured as he walked with his team back to the locker room.
Tennessee Volunteers defensive lineman Omari Thomas rushes during N.C. State Wolfpack game at the Duke’s Mayo Classic at Bank of America Stadium. (Jim Dedmon-Imagn Images)
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There has been no word about potential discipline for Thomas after this incident, but it’s yet another reminder that, while it is tradition, fans storming the field can guide to situations appreciate this.
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