A CU fan is hauled away by law enforcement officers during the first quarter of the Rocky Mountain Showdown, Sept. 6. (CU Independent/Lauren Walter)
CU Police Department officials say they are planning to stick to standard security procedures for the Colorado Buffaloes’ home game against the Wyoming Cowboys.
The game will be held Saturday at 1:30 p.m.
The Buff’s most recent home game against the Colorado State Rams saw a high number of ejections. According to the CU Police Department Web site, 81 people were ejected. Of these incidents, 63 involved alcohol issues and a total of 20 people were held in the Addiction Recovery Center, otherwise known as “detox”.
CU officials say that security will use the same methods they have in the past.
“We want to continue down the path of repeating things that succeed,” said CU Police Department Cmdr.Tim McGraw. “Things will remain pretty much the same. We’ll continue to check for things that have caused problems, specifically people that are intoxicated.”
CU also sent out a news release before the CSU game indicating that individuals ejected from games may not be allowed back in for time much longer than the remainder of the game.
The news release read in part that “fans ejected from a game may be denied access from subsequent games and their tickets may be confiscated, depending on the severity of the infraction.”
“I think what’s going to happen here is that the folks who tend to be the problem aren’t going to be there anymore. Hopefully the word will be getting around that this really isn’t a free-for-all type of environment,” McGraw said.
While CSU fans did manage to rush the field upon completion of the last home game, CU officials say they feel that such occurrences can’t be stopped.
“For us to prevent that would probably cause a greater issue than someone walking on the grass,” McGraw said. “We ask folks not to, but when you have 3,000 to 10,000 people wanting to go somewhere, trying to stop them becomes a pretty significant effort.”
Though CU officials say they aren’t expecting anything out of the ordinary for the Buff’s upcoming game against Wyoming, they still remain cautious.
“Night games typically have more ejections, but that’s not always true. We’ve also had some day games where we’ve had some pretty hairy ejection numbers,” said CU spokesman Bronson Hilliard. “Same rules apply. Be good sports, be classy.”
Contact CU Independent Staff Writer Ben Vallier at Benjamin.vallier@colorado.edu.
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