Kansas University football fans should savor the memory of tearing down both goal posts and dumping them in Potter Lake after the Jayhawks defeated Missouri, 35-14, Sept. 27.
Such a celebration might never happen again.
KU’s new collapsible goal posts were disassembled in seconds after the Jayhawks defeated Baylor, 28-21, in Saturday’s homecoming game at Memorial Stadium.
Kansas also had a beefed-up security presence, with 19 additional police officers patrolling the track.
“When you see that every game, you get conditioned to it,” associate athletic director Jim Marchiony said. “It reduces some of the incentive to run on the field.”
Postgame security became a concern last week when a Nebraska player hit a Missouri fan who ran onto Faurot Field in Columbia, Mo., to celebrate the MU’s victory over NU.
KU’s new posts were ordered before that incident made national news.
“We hope students get the message,” Marchiony said. “We hope for their sakes and the players’ sakes that they won’t run on the field.”
Both goal posts were reassembled after the stadium emptied.