The Nebraska punchout

Anyone see the footage of the Nebraska player punching out the Mizzou fan that got in his face after the game? I heard about it on the radio this morning, but didn't see it til later.

http://www.wftv.com/sports/2552858/detail.html

I guess the Nebraska dude can join the OSU player on the sidelines this week.

 

The player shouldn't have punched him, but the fan probably shouldn't have been on the field either. I don't really know of a solution for fans storming the field after an upset win though. It's gonna happen. The coach should step up and sit this guy down for a game, otherwise he may as well pat him on the back and condone this type of shit for the whole team.

 

I remember back during my freshman year when UNCC was ranked 20th in the nation and I went to ASU to watch the game. ASU won and the fans stormed the court and some dood got in DeMarco's way and he got pushed out of the way like a fly...

 

sit him down for a game?

that ************ should be kicked off the team and prosecuted for malicious assault.

He was on his way off the field when a fan was celebrating runnig in the other direction. The player I'm sure outweighed him by 50 or 100 lbs - was in full pads and helmet.

That was as chickenshit a move as I've ever seen.

 

It doesn't look like the fan was taunting him in any way. The player just felt like hitting somebody and he happened to be there. I think that if any one of us randomly cold-cocked someone, we'd find ourselves in a heap of legal troubles. At the very least the guy should be kicked off the team, and his scholarship should be revoked.

 

damn..that guy shouldnt be suting up this rest of the year. On a side note.. At the Alabama/ UGA game in 1994, we came back from 28 points to beat UGA. Anyway..everyone ran on the field including me. The was a Georgia news crew trying to do their post game report and I ran in front of the camera and yelled "Roll Tide." The news anchor guy drop kicked me right in the nuts. I dropped like a rock and they just moved over a few feet and starting rolling again.

 

yeah..that's what I saw. you couldn't see from the camera angle if the fan was taunting him or NB in general on his way out there. My gut tells me the guy was probably drunk and likely did say something. It looked like a sucker punch...the fan wasn't even looking. I was laughing my ass off when I saw that too.

 

Quote from the guy who was punched:

"Regardless of what I said - if I said something - I didn't deserve to get hit."

Just running around? Sure. Not that it justifies punching him, but I doubt this dude is a saint.

I've run on the field before myself. (Va Tech/ UVA '91) Rule #1? Don't be stupid enough to taunt some steroid jacked up bonehead who might just punch me in the face. And, yeah, I admit I laughed like hell at it. Mainly because I was smart enough to follow Rule #1 when I did it. I don't have much sympathy for either dumbass. The guy who was punched has filed assault charges. That's a no brainer.

 

He deserves more than one game out, just like the player who was choking the Wisconsin QB does.


A sequence of three photos made from television shows a fan being punched by Nebraska place-kick holder Kellen Huston (29) on Faurot Field in Columbia, Mo, Saturday Oct. 11, 2003, after Missouri's 41-24 upset of Nebraska. Matthew Scott, 21, of Lees Summit, Mo., stepped forward Tuesday, claiming he was the person assaulted by a Nebraska player following the Cornhuskers' loss Saturday night to the Tigers. (AP Photo/KMTV-TV)


This photo made from television shows Matthew Scott, 21, of Lees Summit, Mo., lies on Faurot Field in Columbia, Mo., Saturday Oct. 11, 2003, after allegedly being punched by Nebraska place-kick holder Kellen Huston after the Tigers' 41-24 upset of Nebraska. Scott came forward Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2003, asking that the player be charged with assault. (AP Photo/KMTV-TV)

Husker faces assault charge, Player is suspended after punching MU fan
By Steve Gosik and Joel Currier, The Columbia Missourian
October 15, 2003

The University of Nebraska football player who was videotaped punching an MU fan Saturday night was suspended Tuesday for one game.

The suspension comes the same day that 21-year-old Matthew Scott of Lee’s Summit contacted the MU Police Department to press charges against Kellen Huston, the Nebraska football player who was videotaped punching him on Faurot Field after MU’s 41-24 victory Saturday night.

Scott told MU Interim Police Chief Jack Watring that he suffered two black eyes and wants to press charges against Huston, a 5-foot-11-inch, 200-pound junior place-kick holder with the Cornhuskers, Watring said.

Huston said in a brief statement after his team’s Tuesday practice that he regretted the incident.

Watring said MU police have launched a criminal investigation and intend to pass along their findings to the city’s prosecuting attorney, Rose Wibbenmeyer. Police will refer the case to the city’s prosecuting attorney — not the county’s — because it is being classified as a “simple assault case,” in which no deadly weapons were used, no serious injuries were suffered and no one was hospitalized, Watring said.

MU police have viewed one video recording of the incident provided by KOMU/TV 8, but Watring said the quality was poor. Police expected to review a better version of the video footage after it appeared on KOMU on Tuesday night, Watring said.

The tape shows Huston hitting the fan in the face with a clenched fist after the fan ran at Huston pointing a finger at him.

Watring said the MU police plan to contact a list of witnesses after reviewing the videotape. He also said that the case is being handled as a misdeameanor assault because Scott did not suffer any broken bones or serous injures. Watring could not provide a timetable for the investigation.

“It’s going to take a while,” he said.

In an interview with Kansas City television station KMBZ, Scott said, “Regardless of what I did — if I said something — I didn’t deserve to get hit.”

NU football coach Frank Solich said Huston was provoked.

“He is confronted with someone coming right at him, a guy pointing at him. Language was used,” he told the Lincoln Journal Star. “It happened so quick.”

Solich told the Journal Star that when he spoke with Huston, he did not deny hitting Scott.

Huston, a junior walk-on from Ankeny, Iowa, appeared before a group of reporters in a Memorial Stadium players lounge to issue his statement.

“My actions should not be a reflection on Coach Solich, the University of Nebraska or this football team,” Huston said. “I would never intentionally bring harm to another individual.”

On Tuesday, Solich suspended Huston for NU’s next game versus Texas A&M.

In a prepared statement issued Tuesday, Solich said: “Kellen is very sorry that this unfortunate situation happened, and so are we. After viewing the film and speaking to people who were at the scene, I truly believe that Kellen did not instigate the situation and that he was simply reacting to what he saw as a dangerous situation coming right at him. However, Kellen knows that we do not condone our players striking another person, and he will be suspended for this week’s game.”

Steve Pederson, NU’s athletic director, agreed with Solich’s decision to suspend Huston.

“Players must be held responsible for their actions,” Pederson said. “Kellen Huston will be held responsible for his actions.”

Pedersen said fans must also be held responsible for their actions and that “buying a ticket does not give you the right to say and do whatever you choose.”

Pedersen said alcohol consumption is usually to blame in these cases and doesn’t justify the kind of behavior shown during the “out-of-control situation” on Saturday night.

“I would never claim that hitting someone is appropriate, but I was not standing in Kellen Huston’s shoes on Saturday night,” he said. “It may be easy to sit in your living room and watch what you think you see on television, but be careful not to judge others too quickly. Things are never quite what they may seem.”

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

 

Well, duh.