The Thirsty Scholars: To Rush or not to Rush

The Thirsty Scholars: To Rush or not to Rush: "Oracle, We've gotta open up discussion on the embarrassment that was CU students rushing the field after defeating 1-3 Georgia. You have t..."

TO RUSH OR NOT TO RUSH.....THAT ISETH THE QUESTION!

When CU students stormed the field against Georgia after a thrilling win, it attracted the scorn of sports fans from across the nation. Most notably JAngry of Compound legend. Many consider Georgia too weak a team to justify storming the field, but for CU students who saw their team get rolled 2 weeks earlier at Cal, this game was a rejuvenation.

Justin, I can't believe you of all people are talking about the sad commentary that is Colorado football. True, we have fallen quite far from where we were 20 years ago, and have not "deserved" much respect of late, but Notre Dame has not been a beacon of excellence of late either. And even though you want to indicate how low our program is, at least we HAVE the more recent National Championship. But the scholarly topic brought up was rushing the field, and not Colorado versus ND.

We did rush the field when we played Georgia. And on one hand you tell us what a poor, pathetic, lowly program we have sunk too. With dramatically reduced expectations. If we are that bad, then isn't Georgia a better team than us? A perennial powerhouse in the SEC? A tradition rich program? More so than Purdue has ever been. And who cares about Drew Brees at Purdue, Georgia has UGGA the bulldog!! Right there you have more swagger than any thing a boilermaker has. Did anybody expect CU to beat Georgia?? No. And we are not drinking Mark May Koolaid. Although I would rather drink all the Mark May Koolaid there is than "lisp" along with Lou Holthz. He has become an antiquated, Notre Dame homer of a joke. But back to rushing the field.......

I think it's wonderful that CU students stormed the field the past game against Georgia, I think it shows exuberance and excitement. Do you know the Southeastern Conference now prohibits rushing of the field and fines schools progressive amounts starting at $5,000 and up to $50,000 after the third offense? The Pac-12 Conference, which CU will be joining next year, permits fans to rush the field, but it must wait until five minutes after the game has ended to allow opposing players and officials time to get off the field. Rushing the field is a time honored tradition in collegiate football, and an important part of college. A rite of passage that NO football loving collegian should be denied. It feels part of the college experience to have a little fun and get a little bit out of hand, as long as it's not too bad.

I agree, we are in a bad place right now with our football program, and there have been way too many low points with a coach who is no more than a figure head before his contract expires come November. So we take our wins where we can get them. All programs go through times of great success as well as their seasons of discontent. It is cyclical for EVERYBODY. And some of these students now at CU were not around to see the glory days where the goalposts only came down when you you finally toppled a Nebraska 24-17 in a landmark victory. My point is that the students themselves haven't experienced it before. The students aren't sitting there thinking about where their program is at or what other students did in the past before them. They just want to go out there and experience things for themselves. The grown ass men can stay in the stands, let the students have their fun. As long as everyone stays safe, the tradition will no doubt continue to be a staple of CU school spirit.

Other than that Justin, perhaps you should run for the NCAA minister of protocol. And first on the list would be "rushing the field" or RTF. Screw the BCS and their championship bowl games, we need a spread sheet formula for rushing the field. A quotient and tangent that I know you could extrapolate in decimal forms of when the paradigm of differences between two such teams allow for rushing and when not. In fact I think "Ye Olde College Try" should have a rallying cry of "RTF".....Rusheth the field!

With all honor and due respect, I thank you for this chance to parlay on a much worthy topic.

"Forsooth!" Sayeth The Oracle