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| Sunday, November 4 AD: Incident 'embarrassing' to university Associated Press |
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LUBBOCK, Texas -- Texas Tech campus police are investigating the scuffle between groups of fans that injured at least one person after the Red Raiders' upset victory over Texas A&M on Saturday.
Interim Chancellor David Smith called for the probe into all post-game events on the field, university spokeswoman Cindy Rugeley said Sunday.
"The investigation is about who all was doing what," she said. "One of the key goals is to keep it from happening again."
Reviews of footage of film from numerous cameras placed around the stadium have enabled campus police to identify some of those involved, Rugeley said.
"They will be reprimanded as university policy allows," she added.
Campus police, who are responsible for security at football games, are investigating the taking down of the goal posts and what happened in the section of Aggies fans at the north end of Jones SBC Stadium.
That was where Gov. Rick Perry's chief of staff, Mike McKinney, sustained a cut above his right eye after he was punched while trying to keep the fan from climbing into the stands. McKinney, who received eight stitches, said after the incident that he did not see who hit him.
There also were other minor physical confrontations in that section of the stands. In a statement after the game, Texas Tech athletic director Gerald Myers condemned what happened.
"The actions of a group of students tarnished an important victory by our football team," Myers said of the 12-0 win. "This behavior is an embarrassment to the university and will not be condoned by students, alumni or fans of Texas Tech."
NCAA spokesman Wally Renfro said Sunday such incidents typically are handled by the schools and the conference involved.
Big 12 Conference spokesman Bo Carter said the league planned to look into the matter.
"The conference is awaiting written reports from Texas Tech and Texas A&M and will start an investigation after they're received," Carter said Sunday. The reports are expected at Big 12 offices early in the week, he said.
Calls to officials with Texas A&M were not returned Sunday.
No arrests stemming from the confrontation have been made. Police arrested one person for an alcohol-related offense, Rugeley said.
It is the second time in as many trips to Lubbock that the Aggies bore the brunt of Texas Tech fans' unruliness. In 1999, Texas A&M players were peppered with batteries and taunted by fans, who had torn down the goal posts and paraded them past the team bus.
Texas A&M was ranked No. 5 when it lost that game to the Red Raiders, 21-19.
This year, the Aggies came into the game ranked 24th and were hopeful for some relief from a three-game losing streak in Lubbock.
The last time Texas Tech shut out the scoreless was in a 3-0 victory in 1983. |
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