March Mayhem

So for those of you who saw the picture in the paper, here is the short version of the story. After the game the UNLV fans are all trying to rush the floor after repeated announcements to stay off. (I wouldn't mind the floor rushing- I understand the tradition, but it really makes it feel like a home game for UNLV- which it is!) The fans see the ushers not allowing them onto the floor and become even more determined/violent to get on the court. I am watching the student section of UNLV on the verge of trampling 4 or 5 ushers and then I see one crazy guy coming down the stairs (we are in the middle of the BYU section, sitting behind President Samuelson- he had already left the arena thank goodness) The usher tells him he can't go on the floor. The crazy tries to go past him and the usher puts his hand on his chest and tells him he can't go on the floor. The crazy proceeds to throw the usher down and starts kicking him. Brock sees all of this and runs down the 3 rows to grab the guy. Other BYU fans are trying to restrain him and the dude loses it and starts going after everyone. Brock gets him restrained and the guy keeps yelling "I'm cool, I'm cool" So Brock tells him to get out of there and the crazy starts going up the stairs. Someone pushed him as he was going up the stairs and he turns around and starts going after Brock. I see the guy and think he is on drugs. I'm a little nervous that he's going to swing and hit Brock, so I take it upon myself to distract him. I am holding Kate though so that puts me at a disadvantage with only one free arm. The guy starts running down the stairs after Brock and I reach out and grab his shirt thinking he won't hit me, I'm a girl. Then he looks at me and I realized he would probably hit a girl. Not too smart on my part, but I did distract him and he finally went up the stairs with no punches thrown. It sounds funny now, but it freaked me out at the time. My hands were shaking for the rest of the night. A couple BYU fans weren't as lucky and actually did get hit. Tim LaComb's brother in law had his nose broken and had to get stitches. He was with his pregnant wife and two year old when a guy came over and hit him in the face. At the time it felt really close to turning into a full blown riot. Those dudes were crazy! Beer was thrown at people. Much taunting and screaming and hand signals were passed around. On the way to the car UNLV fans told us to go run to our temple. So that was the freak show after the game. And that is the short story behind the picture. Too bad for the guys, I think they just ran out of energy. Three games in three days and then to have to beat the home team in the championship is tough. I thought they had a great weekend though and can't wait for the NCAA's. Good Luck guys!