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December 16, 2024
Austin, Texas – Forward-looking Texas facilities managers are staying one step ahead of unruly fans before the first-ever College Football Playoff game at Darrel K Royal Memorial Stadium by moving commercial-sized recycling dumpsters onto the field ahead of the Longhorns’ first-round game against 12-seeded Clemson on Saturday.
“These fans have showed that they’re not afraid to make their voices heard—and their water bottles felt,” said Brian Womack, Texas’ Assistant Athletics Director, Facilities and Operations.
“We got caught with our pants down against Georgia, but that‘s not happening again,” Womack said. “If these people are going to throw trash on the field, we’re going to be damn sure that trash lands in the correct receptacle.”
Will there be penalties actually enforced for trash-throwing fans on Saturday? Not if they make it in the bins—and effectively get the calls overturned, said Womack.
“A home-field advantage is only valuable if it actually impacts the outcome of the game. So as long as they make the bottles and cans in the dumpster, and the refs have enough time to reflect on their errors, we’re going to let is slide,” Womack concluded.
