Ole Miss fines hit $175K for fan behavior vs. LSU
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Heather Dinich, ESPN Senior Writer
Ole Miss will be fined $75,000 after fans threw debris onto the field in the fourth quarter of Saturday’s 55-49 win against LSU, the SEC announced Wednesday.
The penalty comes in addition to the $100,000 fine levied against Ole Miss by the conference for fans storming the field after the upset victory.
SEC commissioner Greg Sankey on Wednesday also set additional requirements that must be met by the school, including using all available resources and video evidence to determine who threw the debris. Anyone identified as having been involved will be prohibited from attending Ole Miss athletic events for the remainder of the 2023-24 season.
“The disruption and delay of Saturday night’s game must never be part of any SEC event,” Sankey said in a statement. “These actions are consistent with the oversight assigned by the membership to the SEC office, including the financial penalty and mandated reviews.”
The fans threw the debris following a controversial call on what was initially determined to be a touchdown from LSU quarterback Jayden Daniels to Brian Thomas Jr. The ruling on the field was a touchdown, and the play eventually put the Tigers up 49-40, but it was reviewed after video appeared to show Thomas without control of the football as his foot came down out of bounds.
The officials ruled he had control while still in bounds, and that’s when the bottles and cans began to fly. Stadium officials had to issue a statement through the public address announcer to get fans to stop because of player safety.
The SEC said the financial penalty will be deducted from the university’s share of SEC revenue distribution.
The SEC is also requiring Ole Miss to review and update its game management procedures and alcohol policies to make sure a similar incident doesn’t happen in the future. The conference said it is not suspending alcohol sales privileges for Mississippi at this time “but reserves the right to do so if other requirements outlined above are not met.”
According to the SEC, the penalties and requirements levied against Ole Miss are consistent with the commissioner’s rules related to the availability of alcohol sales, which state “if cans or plastic bottles are used as projectiles or otherwise cause game management issues, the institution is subject to an immediate fine and suspension of the alcohol sales privilege.”
Ole Miss also has to submit a report to the SEC “to summarize its efforts to identify and penalize offenders and its plan to enact policies to prevent future similar incidents while ensuring compliance with Conference standards.”
SUNRISE, Fla. — Brad Marchand put the puck in the back of the net for the Florida Panthers on Saturday night then pointed a finger in the air and looked to the sky.
The reason was obvious.
This goal was for Selah.
Marchand’s sixth goal of this season and the 430th of his career was unlike any other. It came three days after he was home in Nova Scotia paying tribute to the life of 10-year-old Selah Panacci-MacCallum — the daughter of his close friend JP MacCallum. Selah died Oct. 24 of adrenal cortical carcinoma, a rare form of cancer.
“The hockey gods always come through,” Marchand told the Panthers’ broadcast after the second period in an interview aired throughout the arena. “It was a really, really tough week. That’s a special one to get for Selah.”
Marchand missed Florida’s game Tuesday against the visiting Anaheim Ducks to be with his friend’s family in Nova Scotia and did so with the Panthers’ blessing. Marchand filled in for JP MacCallum as the coach of the under-18 March and Mill Co. Hunters in Halifax on Wednesday night; Marchand co-owns that team.
That game Wednesday was a fundraiser for the MacCallum family.
“We fully appreciate the things that are most important, and hockey’s very, very important,” Panthers coach Paul Maurice said earlier Saturday. “But there’s some things that just easily outweigh it, and they need to be dealt with. And what he’s going through is real.
“There’s things that just trump the game of hockey.”
Marchand said his bond with JP MacCallum goes back for many years and that he simply had to make the long trip home to pay tribute to Selah.
“She lived life to the fullest,” Marchand said during Saturday’s in-game interview. “And walking away from the week, I have such a new perspective on life and what it all means and how precious it is and how precious time is. It’s every day. It’s not just a game. It’s not just a sport. It’s how we live every single day, and she lived to the fullest.
“To carry on her memory, that’s what we’re going to do. We’re going to live every day to the fullest, enjoy it, and we’re not going to take it for granted.”
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