Seeing fights at sporting events is nothing new. Seeing fights at sporting events that lead to the game getting called before halftime because both teams are too violent is, well, certainly not as common.
East Mississippi Community College, the No. 3 junior college team in the country, and Mississippi Delta Community College squared off on Thursday night. EMCC was busy opening up a can of you-kn0w-what on MDCC – the score was 48-0 with 59 seconds remaining in the first half – when a huge brawl broke out between the two teams. It was all-out mayhem. People were reportedly throwing trash cans, law enforcement officers needed to come out onto the field and, at the end of it all, the game was called before it even reached the half.
Here’s a retelling of what went down, via the Twitter account of Scott Walters of The Commercial Dispatch in Mississippi:
FIght in the pregame … Shoving on the kickoff and two personal fouls on the ninth play of the game
— Scott Walters (@dispatchscott) October 23, 2015
Trash cans being thrown, players running wildly all over the field … This has gone on for five minutes
— Scott Walters (@dispatchscott) October 23, 2015
EMCC has called a pair of timeouts to force the punt and secure one more first-half possession, leading 48-0
— Scott Walters (@dispatchscott) October 23, 2015
Both benches have cleared and the fight is on
— Scott Walters (@dispatchscott) October 23, 2015
Trash cans being thrown, players running wildly all over the field … This has gone on for five minutes
— Scott Walters (@dispatchscott) October 23, 2015
Lack of security controlling this situation is amazing
— Scott Walters (@dispatchscott) October 23, 2015
Delta players headed to the locker room and are now being brought back
— Scott Walters (@dispatchscott) October 23, 2015
We have 59 seconds left first half for the record
— Scott Walters (@dispatchscott) October 23, 2015
Law enforcement, game officials, both ADs and both head coaches at midfield
— Scott Walters (@dispatchscott) October 23, 2015
The game has ben called … Final – No. 3 EMCC 48, Mississippi Delta 0
— Scott Walters (@dispatchscott) October 23, 2015
Once some of the dust settled, EMCC’s coach tried to explain what happened. According to him, this all started during a pregame incident.
EMCC’s Buddy Stephens “it all started in the pregame with one of our managers getting five stitches (from an attack by a Delta player)”
— Scott Walters (@dispatchscott) October 23, 2015
Stephens “I don’t care, you could have been Ray Charles and you could have seen what was going on the whole first half”
— Scott Walters (@dispatchscott) October 23, 2015
Stephens “I put this on us for our lack of discipline, the referees for not controlling the game and (Delta) for (it’s) lack of discipline.”
— Scott Walters (@dispatchscott) October 23, 2015
Stephens “We told our guys how this game would be and how they would play. If they don’t listen, I simply can not help them.”
— Scott Walters (@dispatchscott) October 23, 2015
If there was one silver lining, it’s that one person who decided to heave a trash can showed off one heck of an arm.
From a personal standpoint … Kudos to the Delta linebacker who threw a garbage can 20 yards in the air … Easily enough for a first down
— Scott Walters (@dispatchscott) October 23, 2015
Hopefully EMCC doesn’t get hammered with suspensions for this, as it has a playoff game in the Mississippi Association of Community & Junior Colleges next week.
(via Deadspin)
