Oracle,
We've gotta open up discussion on the embarrassment that was CU students rushing the field after defeating 1-3 Georgia. You have to admit that is an incredibly sad commentary on the state of the program. Colorado should expect to ROLL a 1-3 Georgia team, and should stop drinking Mark May's SEC Kool-Aid concoction. This is simply not a "rushable" victory, and to have done so illustrates dramatically reduced expectations on the part of the CU student body. Trust me, I know how it goes. Those students just want SOMETHING to get behind and celebrate. But celebrating with a field rush for that victory is an indication of a program with a pretty low bar.
Our junior year at ND, we beat defending national champion Michigan 36-20 at home to start the season. Of course we rushed the field, and it was incredibly exhilarating. The next week we were punked by Sparty in East Lansing, and all of the air came out. The real interesting thing was what happened the following week. We pulled out a close one against a Drew Brees-led Purdue squad, 31-30, including two late Brees INT's resulting in ND field goals. The freshman section, not knowing any better, thought a close and exciting win meant "hey, let's rush the field!". This annoyed the upperclassman to no end, because clearly, the newbies hadn't yet learned one very simple rule - we never, ever, rush the field for Purdue (or any lesser opponent, for that matter). No matter how exciting the game, rushing the field in victory is reserved for momentous occasions where the field rush not only signals the excitement you feel as a fan, but the magnitude of the obstacle you have conquered. Purdue, plain and simply, should never be a rush worthy opponent. And neither is a 1-3 Georgia team.
-JAngry OUT!
I agree that rushing the field for a crappy team... even if that crappy team has been good in the past (although Georgia has always been one of those teams that seems to get more credit than it's due... they've won exactly 2 national championships and their last one was in 1980... they've been good/not great in most other years this decade) is a silly thing to do, but I have to point out that you say that Purdue is never rush-worthy... would you rush the field if ND beat Boise State this year? Or, for something that is actually possible, what if Utah comes in undefeated after defeating TCU? They'd come in ranked in the top 5 if that were the case... would that be a rush worthy moment? If so, then why did we rush the field for a Michigan team that was only barely in the top 10 in 2002, and again in 2004? It seems that you want to say that a win over Purdue, a team that has an all-time ranking of 35 by the college football data warehouse (an AMAZING site, btw) is unworthy of the sheer emotion/excitement of a field-rush, but I'm sure that you'd advocate a field rush for BSU (#95 all-time ranking)... I think that the field rush should be reserved for wins over teams that are, in fact, good teams in the current year, and if they aren't a #1 team, they should, at the very least, be a major rival (like USC or Michigan). I basically agree with you Justin... I just want to point out that Purdue could be a rush-worthy opponent, but they certainly weren't in 1998 when our victory over them put them at 2-2. I might even add a field rushing rule that states that the game must result in our opponent's first loss of the season.
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