This did make me laugh...wow is Sawful a fish out of water. Own it and move on.
Sawvel also addressed an incident that occurred postgame in Fort Collins. Defensive tackle Jayden Williams was seen knocking two fans who rushed the field to the turf as he made his way to the visiting locker room.
A video later surfaced on social media documenting the incident. “I’ve seen the Jayden video, been made aware of it and watched it a couple different times. It’s been addressed and will be addressed further in-house,” Sawvel said. “Obviously, we don’t condone that with players to fans or anything from that standpoint. That will be something that we address team-wide, as well. That’s not the way we’re going to operate.
“Jayden is a guy that has a goal of being a professional football player, and there’s a way to handle ourselves and there’s a professional way to do it in those situations. As far as fans on the field, it’s part of college football. That’s a big piece to it.”
Sawvel was also asked if the incident was an example of the dangers of fans rushing the field while players are still present.
“I do think that, sometimes in the world we’re in, people feel like they have a license to be able to say whatever or do whatever or approach whatever, and there’s a lot of things that are said in those situations that aren’t necessarily very pleasant,” Sawvel said. “So, I think that’s an issue.
“… We have a lot of fans that rush our field, too. It’s not like we’re guiltless in anything in college football, but our sideline and visiting locker room are on the same side. There’s no crossing the field, and we had to cross the field (at CSU). There’s an option there that you don’t have to if they put us on the other sideline and we could come right out of our tunnel and we’d be right back in our tunnel and never have to cross fans.
“Look, we’re not condoning it, but I do think in college football, the more you have people on fields, I think it’s smart to take a look at what’s the layout that you’re asking the visiting team to get back to the locker room.”
Sawvel also addressed an incident that occurred postgame in Fort Collins. Defensive tackle Jayden Williams was seen knocking two fans who rushed the field to the turf as he made his way to the visiting locker room.
A video later surfaced on social media documenting the incident. “I’ve seen the Jayden video, been made aware of it and watched it a couple different times. It’s been addressed and will be addressed further in-house,” Sawvel said. “Obviously, we don’t condone that with players to fans or anything from that standpoint. That will be something that we address team-wide, as well. That’s not the way we’re going to operate.
“Jayden is a guy that has a goal of being a professional football player, and there’s a way to handle ourselves and there’s a professional way to do it in those situations. As far as fans on the field, it’s part of college football. That’s a big piece to it.”
Sawvel was also asked if the incident was an example of the dangers of fans rushing the field while players are still present.
“I do think that, sometimes in the world we’re in, people feel like they have a license to be able to say whatever or do whatever or approach whatever, and there’s a lot of things that are said in those situations that aren’t necessarily very pleasant,” Sawvel said. “So, I think that’s an issue.
“… We have a lot of fans that rush our field, too. It’s not like we’re guiltless in anything in college football, but our sideline and visiting locker room are on the same side. There’s no crossing the field, and we had to cross the field (at CSU). There’s an option there that you don’t have to if they put us on the other sideline and we could come right out of our tunnel and we’d be right back in our tunnel and never have to cross fans.
“Look, we’re not condoning it, but I do think in college football, the more you have people on fields, I think it’s smart to take a look at what’s the layout that you’re asking the visiting team to get back to the locker room.”
