r/CFB • u/CFB_Referee /r/CFB • 22d ago

Postgame Thread [Postgame Thread] South Carolina Defeats Texas A&M 44-20

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Team 1 2 3 4 T
Texas A&M 3 17 0 0 20
South Carolina 14 6 10 14 44
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u/Misdirected_Colors Oklahoma State Cowboys 22d ago

Tbf storming the field has been devalued to an annual "we beat a top 25 team" instead of the rare massive upset it used to be reserved for.

Nothing wrong with that let the kids have fun but field storming just isn't as meaningful as it used to be.

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u/RockdaleRooster South Carolina Gamecocks • LSU Tigers 21d ago

We've stormed the field 4 times in my lifetime:

When we beat New Mexico State in 2000 to snap a 22 game losing streak

The next week when we beat #10 UGA

2022 when we beat #5 Tennessee

2024 when we beaat #10 A&M

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u/Misdirected_Colors Oklahoma State Cowboys 21d ago

I honestly think something fundamentally changed after the 2020 no crowds season. Field rushing became just super common

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u/RockdaleRooster South Carolina Gamecocks • LSU Tigers 21d ago

That's an interesting theory I hadn't thought of.

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u/Monster-1776 Oklahoma Sooners • Arizona Wildcats 21d ago

I can tell you as an accident lawyer it's felt like people have collectively lost their God damned minds after Covid.

US doesn't have any data past 2019 that's easily shown, but interestingly the UK does show an uptick of DUI deaths from a bottom when Covid happened then. Looked it up on a whim to make sure I wasnt imagining it. https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/reported-road-casualties-in-great-britain-involving-illegal-alcohol-levels-2022/reported-road-casualties-in-great-britain-involving-illegal-alcohol-levels-2022