After scoring the winning goal at Appalachian State University, fans rushed into the court to celebrate their 30-27 win over the Carolina Coast. (0:31)

Kasenberg has led a fascinating life as a college football fan this year-he successfully rushed into the stadium in three different games.

On October 9th, the 19-year-old Blinn College student wore Oklahoma state equipment and participated in the OU's comeback with 21 points in the Dallas-Texas game on October 9th at the Cotton Field. In the neutral position of the game, the first charge anyone can remember was added. Bowl. That same night, this lifelong Texas A&M fan drove three hours to the college town, where he wore A&M gear and watched Aggies disrupt Alabama, and then played again on social media. All this is recorded.

How many people can say they rushed two areas in a day 😤 #hornsdown pic.twitter.com/BjIcQsQfar

Five weeks later, he witnessed Baylor defeating Oklahoma in Waco. After that, he said, he flipped his OU shirt, zipped up the jacket and joined.

"I just want to rush the court in the sense of rushing the court," said Bell, an old friend of a player in Oklahoma. "It's not because my team won."

There is no official data showing the number of field battles in history, but almost anyone in the sport has been asked: This phenomenon seems to be more common this season. FiveThirtyEight tries to put some data in this trend. So far this season, there have been 27 such incidents at the FBS level, which exceeds the sum of 2019 (14) and 2018 (10). As the competition week approaches, these numbers can easily increase.

Observers of the sport agree that the standards seem to be lower for a once-rare tradition, and it creates more jobs for field managers, angers coaches and raises safety issues, which will only be in Houston recently. The tragedy of the Astroworld music festival intensified afterwards-10 of the concert audiences died after being crushed by a large number of fans. But there is still an understanding that, if done safely, this is part of what makes college football different.

"The real purpose of [football fans] going out is to go out and celebrate with the team," said Nick McKenna, president of the Racetrack Managers Association.

He said that, at least on the bright side, this year’s audience seems to be less keen on sabotage: “Attention to try to remove the goalpost is much less than before.”

Why does all this happen?

One is that we are all very excited to go out of our house and re-appreciate the greatness of college football after failing to participate in most college football matches last year.

Dr. Stephen P. Gonzalez, a member of the Executive Committee of the Applied Sports Psychology Association, said: “In the year after COVID, I think the need for normalcy has accumulated or been suppressed a lot.” He His daily job is to serve as Assistant Sports Director at Dartmouth. “When athletics is an important part of the school’s identity, and in some of the major meetings, people have the opportunity to feel that they are part of something bigger than them. I think that many of these things will really come down to the hope of making connections. People, especially after being subject to so many restrictions in the past 20 months, especially in sports. So it’s almost like a relief valve for many people."

Then there is the social media factor. If something happens and you don’t publish it, is it even worth remembering?

"I definitely think it brings a different kind of excitement because we are recording it all and posting it on Snapchat, Instagram and TikTok," Bell said. "I do think it adds a sense of chasing influence."

Bell proudly considers himself one of those influence chasers.

"Oh absolutely," he said. "I mean, once I have a chance to rush into A&M, I think,'I need to record every second and make a TikTok video.'"

efficient. His video appeared on ESPN's social channels and other widely followed accounts. The final product has received hundreds of thousands of views on multiple platforms.

These factors combine to create at least what appears to be a lower standard in the sprint field.

After Minutemen defeated the unwinning UConn team, fans of the previously unvictorious UMass team rushed into the arena. TCU fans jumped the wall to celebrate their sixth victory over Baylor in seven years. Colorado fans celebrated their second victory of the season in the center of Folsom Stadium, defeating Oregon State University. The Kansas fans rushed into the stadium after beating the FCS team of South Dakota with a three-point advantage. Last weekend, UC fans celebrated on the stadium at Stanford after they defeated the Cardinals 41-11 in a 3-7 major game.

"We thought of the Iron Bowl, that kicked six goals, right? It was rushed," Bell said of the return of Chris Davis's legendary kick to push Auburn to defeat his hated opponent Alabama. "But now there is any kind of anxiety in the home game. You rush to the court only because this is a new wave."

The rush of the sprint even led Josh Planos of FiveThirtyEight to create a metric to measure when it is appropriate and unsuitable to celebrate with thousands of people on the 50-yard line. It is called "What are you doing (in that field)", or WYD for short.

According to Planos’ ratings, which include factors such as ranking, kick-off time, competitive influence, and off-court scoring, Texas A&M's unpopularity to Alabama ranks first, followed by Appalachia. State University defeated Coastal Carolina and North Carolina State University defeated Clemson. Come in last? Boston College rushed into the game after beating Missouri, followed by Kansas-South Dakota, and then Massachusetts.

Gonzalez said: "You know, 15 years ago, I rushed into this field for something very special." "Outside of the influence and attention people are trying to get from it, there doesn't seem to be so much rhythm or reason. And not only Just temporarily follow and talk about it that night. Now you can record it through social media media."

Baylor fans were a bit too excited to celebrate the Bears' victory over the undefeated Oklahoma team and catch up with the game in time.

November. On the 13th, Baylor fans were so excited to celebrate their dissatisfaction with the No. 8 Oklahoma team that they rushed into the court before the end of the game and had to be rounded up and returned to the sidelines. Soon, coach Lincoln Riley was angry that the game continued, and Baylor hoped to kick a late field goal to increase the three-pointer, in case a tiebreaker is needed to consider the big 12 championship game. Riley said that the fans and players around his bench caused safety issues. He sent the team to the locker room but was told that he must return 11 men to score.

The following week, he clarified his remarks on the weekly coaching show "Sooner Sports Talk".

"Once their fans rush into the stadium, it will be very busy there," Riley said. "Something very close to bad has happened. This is not a good situation. Officials and [Sports Director] have the power, if there is an unforeseen situation and the game has been decided, they can close it and it is there. This is what I want to happen. Thing. You will let us bring our players back here. Then they will rush into this field again. Will we do this again?"

Riley specifically mentioned the need to help Baylor fans pull off a player from Oklahoma, David Ugwoegbu. Bell is a friend of Ugwoegbu, and he agrees that this is out of control.

Bell said: "You can see Baylor's students screaming at him from the touchline 3 feet away from him." "This is a safety issue for the players, and I don't think it should be tolerated."

It's not just the players that worry about it, although there are always risks in mixing passionate fans with players who have just suffered a fiasco, especially now that alcohol sales in stadiums are more common. The game between Tennessee and Miss Ole was stopped for 20 minutes on October 16th because the fans were angry at the scene of the fourth game of the fourth quarter. They threw garbage and objects on the field, including one that fell on Lane. Golf near Kiffin.

In 1993, after Wisconsin defeated Michigan State for the first time since 1981, fans who tried to rush into the stadium created a bottleneck. More than 70 people were nailed to the guardrail or trampled in the so-called "Camp Randall Crush."

The school issued an announcement to remind fans not to enter the playing field, and the meeting increased penalties for schools where this happened. This season, the US Securities and Exchange Commission fined Texas A&M University and all parts of Arkansas US$100,000, and imposed a fine of US$250,000 on Kentucky. It also fined Tennessee $250,000 for the Ole Miss accident.

One positive factor that observers noticed in the post-match scenes this season is that fans seem to be more focused on celebrating collectively.

Gonzalez said: "It has nothing to do with harm, but more about you being there and being a little happier."

Bell said he understands the security risks, but he thinks college football fans have begun to appreciate the experience. He did not see the "new wave" ending soon.

"This is a crazy college football season. You will only have this experience once, and you will make it a memory, so why not do it?" said the guy who has done it three times this year. "I will always do it."

McKenna has seen his storm on the court, and he doesn't like this new wave very much.

He is a 20-year veteran of grass sports and is currently an assistant venue manager for Texas A&M, which means he must pay close attention to the Kyle Field. After the Argyz team’s dissatisfaction with Alabama, Thousands of fans poured into the stadium. He joked that he used to like the old days when Kelfield was regarded as a holy place and people were afraid to set foot.

Now, for the second time in three years, Aggies fans have rushed into the court after a big win and exhaled after beating No. 8 Louisiana State University 74-72 in 7 overtimes in 2018.

McKenna is ready with a level of confidence that Kimball Fisher might appreciate. Less than two weeks before the Alabama game, McKenna said his staff met to discuss the exact scene. Then, in the game, he could feel it coming.

"I warned my crew 10 minutes before the start of the race," McKenna said. "I said,'You know, if we pull it out, they will rush to the scene. I can almost guarantee it.'"

Eric Kleypas, Auburn's site manager, knew what was going on. Since 2013, fans have crashed the Jordan-Hare stadium three times after beating Alabama.

"You can see it in the eyes of the students," Kleypas said. "When the clock was about to end, they were a bit tilted. You can see it in their eyes, and you can see it in the eyes of the police."

They gradually understand that this is part of what makes college football unique.

"From an agronomic point of view, is this the best thing in the world? No," said Andrew Siegel, TCU's lawn manager. "But, man, this makes our job interesting. College football is just an entity of its own. It is great because you have players and fans and students in class together. There is more loyalty and pride, I guess If you are one of them, everyone will feel that they have the project, not like fans of the NFL team. These are your people, and they are one of you. This makes it great."

The managers have a game plan. First, rush to the tower and filler from the goal posts, and protect these posts with safety measures to prevent them from falling. Then they waited for the cleanup to begin.

The most common fragments they found: keys, sunglasses, cigars, beer cans, e-cigarette pens, earrings, coins, telephones and necklaces. Then there are school-specific projects, such as in A&M.

McKenna said: "All these medals and small bars come from the uniforms of cadets."

In each place, the turf staff lined up, from sideline to sideline, walking across the site, picking up all these pieces. These things can cause serious damage to a lawn mower worth $45,000 with a blade of $7,000.

But there is another thing that can cause panic.

Kleipas said: "From time to time, someone will bring the ashes of their loved ones, and they will sprinkle them on the fields." "You just need to vacuum the dust immediately, usually the grass must be cut and replaced.

"Those ashes kill grass faster than Roundup."

Kleypas also faced additional difficulties because of the trampled hedges surrounding the Auburn site. He said that they still have not recovered from the last time nearly two years ago. But Hedges will also fight back, enticing fans to become memes.

Auburn Fans and Hedges is actually Alabama's biggest opponent. pic.twitter.com/QJja1yIgAm

"[The fans] would put the jacket on and jump on the jacket, thinking it would help," Kleipas said. "You just fell off. So we found different clothes there."

McKenna is a graduate of Iowa State University. He just hopes that fans can be more discerning.

After the Hurricanes defeated Oklahoma State University this season, he was disappointed to see his family rushing into Ames' court. His reason is not so much about the playing field as it is that Iowa State University is the favorite for touchdowns, so in his opinion, this is not a victory worthy of the storm. It is ranked 14th in Planos' WYD ranking.

"I have a niece, she is a junior," he said. "So I started seeing pictures of her and her siblings on the court, and I thought,'Man, I failed all of you. As an uncle, I didn't educate you properly.'"