Showing posts with label North Carolina. Show all posts
Showing posts with label North Carolina. Show all posts

Thursday, January 14, 2010

Some Rules

I was watching the UNC vs. Clemson basketball game last night, and was completely shocked by a couple of things:

1) That Clemson completely dominated that game
2) That the Clemson students rushed the court after the victory

Here's my problem with Clemson students storming the court: They were ranked #19, and UNC was #13. The game was at Clemson. It's not that big of an upset. Now granted the Tigers hadn't defeated the Tar Heels since 2004, but even still, that's not long enough of a period that we can excuse the actions of the Clemson faithful.

So with that, I've decided to come up with some rules for storming the court/rushing the field. I think the NCAA should implement these immediately, and punish those schools that violate these rules.

You should NOT storm the court/rush the field if....

1) If you have a better ranking than the team you defeat (obviously)

2) You are in the top 25 because it is not that big of an upset (lone exception: a team ranked in the 20-25 range takes down the undefeated #1 team)

3) You win by more than 20 (you've had enough time to digest the fact that you are going to win. There is no outpouring of emotion when the buzzer sounds)

4) You are in the top 5 all-time in wins for your given sport. That means that UK, UNC, Kansas, Duke, and Syracuse never storm the court in basketball, while Michigan, Texas, Notre Dame, Nebraska, and Ohio State never rush the field in football. (Act like you've been there before, because you have).

5) You have 3 or more national titles in the last 25 years (again, act like you've been there before).

What about your thoughts? Do you agree with these? Any more rules you think should be added that I'm missing?