Night game sees increase from last week, but not out of ordinary according to police
Police ejected 64 students from Williams-Brice Stadium Saturday, according to USC police spokesman Eric Grabski. In addition, four students were arrested at the stadium, all for disorderly conduct, Grabski said.
Those ejected were cited for a variety of misdeeds, including no wristband in the student section, alcohol possession, smoking violations and fake IDs. But the majority of violations were for alcohol possession, disorderly conduct or entering the student section without a wristband.
Grabski said one of the reasons for the jump in ejections from the 17 at last week's ECU game was the 7 p.m. kickoff against UAB, which allowed for more daytime tailgating.
"One of the factors in the issues is the evening game," Grabski said. "We generally have more arrests and ejections [than at a day game]."
In addition to suffering disciplinary consequences, all students ejected or arrested will lose their tickets for the remainder of the football season, according to the newly reformed alcohol and drug policy.
If the numbers are put in context, Grabski said, they're more or less normal. If anything, the ECU game was more out of the ordinary, as a relatively low-attended noon game against Kentucky last year saw similar numbers to this week's — 50 students ejected and four arrested.
"They're typically what we'd expect," he said. "Other than that, we didn't have any crime alerts — aside from the game, there was no other significant news this weekend."