Last night Kyle and I went to the USU/BYU basketball game with our good friends Cole and Breanne Carling. Sadly, USU lost by 5 with it being a pretty close game the entire time. I admit that I am a pretty competitive person and sitting amongst BYU fans (they were the only seats that were left when the tickets were bought:) doesn't help my competitive behavior. I think the poor old man next to me may have been a little annoyed with my consistent mumbling under my breath, getting up and down from my chair, and pulling at my hair and growling every time USU did something dumb. Despite Kyle's efforts to calm me down, I preceded with this behavior because I thought it was acceptable and after all, I wasn't bothering anyone. Well, expect for maybe the poor old man, but I most definitely was not making a scene.
But let me tell you we did witness a pretty heated fight between a BYU and USU fan toward the end of the game. Although it was just a tiny bit entertaining for me to watch, it was also down right RIDICULOUS. As we all know, BYU lost to the Utes in a football game a few weeks ago due to BYU's Max Hall's many many turn overs. So just a couple rows to our left, a USU fan, and obviously not a BYU fan was holding a sign that said "Max Hall...U of U MVP of the game" So apparently this kind of set off a a die hard BYU fan that was sitting right in front of us. So he got up and started taunting the USU fan, asking for a fight. So, that's what they did. They met in the middle and started pushing each other and fighting. I thought someone was going to roll right over and fall off the edge of the railing we were sitting by. I just kept on saying to the BYU fan ( not directly, more to Kyle, and softly) "Now, What Would Jesus Do?" But apparently he was not thinking such kind thoughts and ripped the sign right our of the guys hands and threw it to the ground. Thankfully, security came to the scene and escorted both men out of the game.
I think it's okay to be competitive and as I have admitted, I get a little riled up when I play and watch sports sometimes. But when people start acting like 3 year olds that is when I draw the line. People, it's just a game and most importantly, it's really just for fun. I even think it's okay to have rivals, but when you stop respecting people and making scenes, then that is just not okay. I was so mad that the USU fan got up and started fighting. He should have just turned the other cheek or just put the sign down and everything would have been fine. And as for the BYU fan, get over it. Max Hall lost the game for BYU, deal with it, and move on.
