ExiledInIllinois Posted September 26, 2011 Share Posted September 26, 2011 (edited) No stevestojan! You don't want to go in the lots for ~45 minutes. Even after a win. That too. What I was remembering was the rush in the stands... The safest outlet was the wide open field inistead of getting crushed in the stands... The wall was the emergency spillway! My wife... Funny... Always looking to AVOID the crowd... We park miles away in a parking lot... No wonder, it was her "flight mechanism" that made her go over the wall first! Edited September 26, 2011 by ExiledInIllinois Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Jack Posted September 26, 2011 Share Posted September 26, 2011 It wouldn't surprise me to see it happen if the Bills clinch the playoffs at home. But it doesn't happen in the NFL like it once did, so it might be a longshot. With three home games in December, it might just happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papazoid Posted September 26, 2011 Author Share Posted September 26, 2011 Local news in Buffalo reporting that police received a strong tip that fans would tear down the goal posts if Bills won. That's why they unscrewed the goal posts, which are now back up. http://www.sbnation.com/nfl/2011/9/25/2449029/buffalo-bills-goalposts-field-storm-police-tip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BringBackFlutie Posted September 26, 2011 Share Posted September 26, 2011 ...Because people all over the different BB message boards were talking about tearing down the goalposts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleed Bills Blue Posted September 26, 2011 Share Posted September 26, 2011 The scoreboard end one came down pretty quickly, but they left the tunnel end one up longer, till the last of the players left the field. Both Players and fans stayed around awhile to savor the sweetness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papazoid Posted September 26, 2011 Author Share Posted September 26, 2011 ahhhh....the good ol days.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ETD66SS Posted September 26, 2011 Share Posted September 26, 2011 If the Bills make the playoff's or win the division or something, I'd hope to not see a mob bring down the goal posts. IMO, that makes Bills fans look like a bunch of idiots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chandemonium Posted September 26, 2011 Share Posted September 26, 2011 I was sort of surprised that they included the goalposts coming down in 1980 in the video for the Red, White, and Blue song they played before the game. At the time it seemed almost like they knew fans would tear down the posts if we won this game, and they were condoning it by providing examples. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albany,n.y. Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 (edited) Anyone who saw the extra security lining up near the end of the game should realize that the Bills will never again let a mob of fans on the field after the game. When the goalposts came down, there was no danger of anyone getting on the field. I don't know why they did it, but it had nothing to do with a fear of fans running on the field to tear them down. At that point fans were either still in there seats or headed to the exits. Nobody in the stands was headed towards the field, with the possible exception of the players' kids. I was sort of surprised that they included the goalposts coming down in 1980 in the video for the Red, White, and Blue song they played before the game. At the time it seemed almost like they knew fans would tear down the posts if we won this game, and they were condoning it by providing examples. Back in the 1980s the team didn't seem to mind it. In fact, the fans would take part of the goalposts up to Ralph & he enjoyed it. Unfortunately, that was before the 1991 debacle of fans cutting up pieces of the turf, 9/11/01 and NFL mandates of security that were unimaginable 20-30 years ago. Even in baseball, where fans used to storm the field when their team won the pennant and/or World Series, the field has become impenetrabe for mobs of fans after the game. We live in very different times in terms of stadium security than we did in the 1980s and before then. Edited September 27, 2011 by Albany,n.y. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDO'Kearney Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 I was sort of surprised that they included the goalposts coming down in 1980 in the video for the Red, White, and Blue song they played before the game. At the time it seemed almost like they knew fans would tear down the posts if we won this game, and they were condoning it by providing examples. In today's legal climate it's probably a felony under some terrorism statute that could put you in solitary for 30 years. I came home and me and two of my drunken buddies tore down my son's basketball hoop instead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hammered a Lot Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 In today's legal climate it's probably a felony under some terrorism statute that could put you in solitary for 30 years. I came home and me and two of my drunken buddies tore down my son's basketball hoop instead You know Howard Simon? Monday, on his show, he mentioned that's what he also did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Jack Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 I came home and me and two of my drunken buddies tore down my son's basketball hoop instead Is it really that big a deal when this is your son's basketball hoop? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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