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In the quasi game thread I said around the half that that that crowd was primed to storm the court. And Bama was primed to pull that minor upset last night so practicing for a court storming was just common sense.

I know this is all a troll anyway, but c’mon… really? You called it in the game thread? There is a 0% chance any fans touched the floor if Bama won. With or without security. It wasn’t ever going to happen.

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Alabama athletics director Greg Bryne has seen enough when it comes to college fans rushing the field or court after a victory. "Kids aren't going to be in the stands saying, 'Oh, I don't want to do this because the school is gonna get fined $200,000,'" Byrne said when advocating for teams to forfeit games if their fans storm the playing surface, per Matt Stahl of AL.com.

"That doesn't enter their mindset. But if they knew the game that they just had been a part of, celebrated a great win that led to that, if they knew that they were going to lose that game immediately, that would stop them."

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Stahl noted the SEC fines schools $100,000 for a first offense, $250,000 for a second offense and $500,000 for subsequent offenses with the money going to the visiting school that just lost. Bryne is no stranger to seeing the Crimson Tide on the other end of a field storm, as Stahl pointed out schools have been fined seven times each for storming the field or court against Alabama football and Kentucky basketball since the fine system was put in place in 2004.

No other SEC team has been on the opposite end of more outcomes, and Alabama has never been fined for such a violation.