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Sat Jan 17, 2009 6:53 pm EST

Video: Clemson fan tackles Wake Forest player

By Chris Chase

The much-hyped Wake Forest-Clemson battle was a fairly chippy affair with players exchanging words, elbows, forearms and leg locks. Things also spilled over into the stands when it appeared that a Clemson student tackled Wake center Chas McFarland:

Here's the way it looked to me: McFarland, who plays pretty chippily, couldn't avoid the Clemson student as he went out of bounds. However, once McFarland made contact, it looked like he put a little extra mustard on the collision (like when a defender drives a quarterback into the ground). Then, when they're tangled while trying to get up, the Clemson student looks like he wants to take McFarland down and does so by taking advantage of his awkward stance and body slams the Wake player to the ground. Bush league. (For those who doubt the guilt of the student, look at his eyes right before the takedown. He looks up to no good.)

Naturally, both the Wake and Clemson message boards are defensive on the matter, but I think McFarland gave as good as he got in this one. However, both were in the wrong and that Clemson student (whose face was quite clear on television) should be banned from games for the rest of the season.

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  1. chinorthsidefan24
    1. Posted by chinorthsidefan24 Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:23 pm EDT

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    Wow haven't seen anything like this in a while. As neither a Wake nor a Clemson fan, it looks to me that the Wake player is just falling down and is then just bodyslammed by the Clemson player. I don't see what the Wake player could have done short of falling onto the stairs instead of into the student section. This is an unbelievable action by the Clemson student, he should be punished.
  2. Lyricstosing
    2. Posted by Lyricstosing Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:01 pm EDT

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    Wtf
  3. Rebel Without A Cause
    3. Posted by Rebel Without A Cause Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:45 pm EDT

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    Where were his teamates to back him up?
  4. Mike T
    4. Posted by Mike T Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:12 pm EDT

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    he clearly gave the fan a little extra he got what he deserved he should have got more. BOAT!!!! PMA
  5. Jeremy A
    5. Posted by Jeremy A Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:36 pm EDT

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    hahahaha lmao thats funny
  6. JamieYaheard
    6. Posted by JamieYaheard Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:25 pm EDT

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    Wow... never been this high before....
    TACKLE
  7. Jay A
    7. Posted by Jay A Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:00 pm EDT

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    The player was trying to push on the student and he wouldn't have any part of it. He got what he deserved! Hook-um
  8. David D
    8. Posted by David D Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:38 pm EDT

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    hah i wish i had the chance to bodyslam a player on another team. Not that big a deal though. the kid is an athlete, he can take it
  9. Lions to GR
    9. Posted by Lions to GR Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:00 pm EDT

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    Pwned.
  10. Ifudontlikeit...
    10. Posted by Ifudontlikeit... Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:52 pm EDT

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    That was obviously an attempt by the Clemson student to take advantage of the situation...cheap shot when the WF player wasn't expecting it. The Clemson thug should be banned from ALL Clemson sports for the rest of the year. If that had happened in a public place (bar, store, church..etc) he would be in jail.
  11. neil
    11. Posted by neil Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:22 pm EDT

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    McFarland looked to be picking up the speared student when it was flipped on him and he got dropped. They were both in the wrong and it's a wash in my opinion.
  12. KZ
    12. Posted by KZ Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:35 pm EDT

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    Typical Clemson fan.
  13. carlitos
    13. Posted by carlitos Thu Sep 03, 2009 6:52 pm EDT

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    I have a different view. It look like the player intially tried to pick up the fan and I guess he realise what he was doing decided to let him go and than the fan turned and slammed him.
  14. maddog_207
    14. Posted by maddog_207 Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:02 pm EDT

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    It doesn't even appear to me that the player tries to hit the fan as hard as he did. Pause at 0:07. The player clearly trips over the the camera man sitting on the ground behind the endline, sending him flying into the student section.
    The fan in this situation was clearly in the wrong. You know you run the risk of a player coming into the stands sitting in the first few rows and he goes ahead and body slams the player anyway. He deserves to be suspended from the rest of Clemson's games this year, as well as some other punishment.
  15. Jeff F
    15. Posted by Jeff F Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:34 pm EDT

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    Wasn't that the kid who threw beer on Dennis Rodman up at the Pistons-Pacers game a couple years back? Looks like he's now migrated back home to S.C.
  16. Allen
    16. Posted by Allen Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:56 pm EDT

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    No harm, no foul!
  17. kava1
    17. Posted by kava1 Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:52 pm EDT

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    the fan was probably a frat-boy , that is not talented enough to play college sports, and wanted to show his other frat-boyfriends he's a tough guy.
  18. Chak
    18. Posted by Chak Thu Sep 03, 2009 8:27 pm EDT

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    Not a fan of either team or even a fan of basketball so I watched this with a unbiased opinion. To me it looks as if the player doesn't really add anything to his fall, it doesn't look as if he's trying to harm the fan, it looks accidental to me. The fan on the other hand totally looks as if he's trying to hurt the guy.
  19. THE MAN
    19. Posted by THE MAN Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:59 pm EDT

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    wow i was wrong just watched that again student needs ass kicked....i dont know what i was watching or drinking but my god that student is a prick would love to see him get whats coming to him and again man was i wrong
  20. Lizard M
    20. Posted by Lizard M Thu Sep 03, 2009 6:54 pm EDT

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    I don't have any bias either way between Clemson or WakeForest, but it looks to me like the player was raising the fan up when the fan made a self defense move. As someone who used to attend games as a student, I would have done the same thing. Nothing should be done to the Clemson fan.
  21. alex g
    21. Posted by alex g Thu Sep 03, 2009 2:46 pm EDT

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    Looked to me like the player picked up the student and tried to slam him. I dont think the student at all looked like he was trying to slam the player you can tell just by how they landed.
  22. warriors
    22. Posted by warriors Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:31 pm EDT

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    that WF boy got lit up
  23. MikeyintheOC
    23. Posted by MikeyintheOC Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:31 pm EDT

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    F clemson
  24. D
    24. Posted by D Thu Sep 03, 2009 2:48 pm EDT

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    Clemson folk are known for their class...

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