Marshall to keep crowd-control policy
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) -- Marshall has no plans to change its crowd-control policy after a Miami of Ohio assistant coach allegedly knocked down a fan, Thundering Herd Athletic Director Bob Marcum says.
Fans streamed onto the field Tuesday night to celebrate Marshall's last-second, 36-34 victory over the RedHawks. Miami defensive coordinator Jon Wauford was arrested after the incident and was suspended with pay a day later pending an investigation.
Miami interim athletic director Steve Snyder called Wednesday for tighter security to make sure fans can't get onto the field at college football games. Miami coach Terry Hoeppner said he was worried about security at Marshall and brought two university police officers for protection, something he hadn't done before.
"It was due to crowd control?" Marcum said. "I don't think our crowd contributed to that at all. There was not thousands of people on the field. The student section stayed intact.
"I mean, you'd like to keep everyone off the field. I've seen a lot of games where people come on the field. But here's the thing that makes this unique. I haven't seen a lot of games where an assistant coach decks a fan."