SMU President Jay Hartzell expresses displeasure in field storming, will pay fine after beating Miami

For the first time in 51 years, the SMU Mustangs took down a top-10 opponent at home. The Miami Hurricanes came to town and will head back to Coral Gables with an overtime loss. Carson Beck threw an interception before TJ Harden scored the game-winning touchdown for SMU.

Gerald J. Ford Stadium then experienced pure pandemonium. A field storming took place as folks in Dallas began to celebrate. However, not everyone was too thrilled with the move from the fans. SMU president Jay Hartzell expressed displeasure with the storm. But given the circumstances, isn’t too upset about paying the fine.

“I neither condone nor support it, for the record, but I’ll pay the fine,” Hartzell said via X. He also added a Pony Up emoji plus two hearts — one red and one blue.

This one was not your average field storming. SMU fans decided they wanted to take a little property of the stadium out with them. Hartzell might be making a payment to get the program some new goal posts too. Again, another cost he is likely willing to pay for those kinds of results.

Hartzell is still new on the scene in Dallas. He made a surprise move as a University president, previously being at Texas. However, me drove up I-35N and settled in quite nicely with SMU. Head coach Rhett Lashlee already had football moving in the right direction and support like this from Hartzell — yes, even with stuff like paying field storming finds — only helps.

SMU students dump goal posts in fountain on campus

When carrying out a goal post, the usual tactic is to dump the goal posts in a body of water. One issue — the city of Dallas is landlocked. A little different than places like Tennessee or Vanderbilt, where there are nearby rivers accessible for the celebration. Students did not have an obvious place to dump them.

For SMU, a fountain would have to do. One is located not too far from the stadium and outside Dallas Hall. Nobody was able to capture a video of the moment but the goal posts likely will reside there for at least the day.

“Was told the SMU students threw the goalpost in the fountain at Dallas Hall, which is incredible,” Lia Assimakopoulous of The Dallas Morning News said via X. “I guess that’s the closest body of water when you go to school in landlocked Dallas.”