moments later a crazed older unc fan climbs over five rows of seats to take on an entire virginia tech student fan section solo
A crazed college football fan climbed over five rows of seats to take on an entire Virginia Tech student fan section on his own, footage has shown.
The man, who looks considerably older the most students around him, is shown wearing a baby blue University of North Carolina jersey, amidst a sea of Virginia Tech's orange.
The Tar Heels - favourites for the game - opened the season with a humiliating 17 - 10 loss to Virginia Tech infront of over 65,000 opposing fans, and the man was clearly unhappy about the poor start to the football season.
A crazed college football fan climbed over five rows of seats to take on an entire Virginia Tech student fan section on his own, footage has shown
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And whatever happened between the man and the Virginia Tech students some five rows behind him clearly tipped him over the edge.
Footage, starting from behind where the man is sitting, shows him staring wide-eyes up the bleachers at whoever has slighted him.
He is then seen storming up the stands and over seats, shrugging off any attempts from other spectators to slow him down, before he reaches his intended target.
The man - as UNC fan - was shown in multiple videos storming up the bleachers and punching a Virginia Tech student, before taking on a whole crowd of them
At first it appeared the man had been taken to the floor, but another angle showed he had pinned a Virginia Tech student below the seats
There, he throws a punch at one of the Virginia Tech students, appearing to hit him twice in the face before being mobbed by other students around him, who pull him to the floor of the stands and start pummelling him on the ground.
But while it first looks like the man has been subdued, he is shown in a second video to be on the ground fighting another student, despite the large crowd around him trying to pull him away.
It finally takes a group of State Police officers to escort the man away.
In yet another video of the incident, he is shown in handcuffs being led away, along another man in a UNC jersey and other Virginia Tech students involved in the fight - one of which gives a sly wink to the camera.
People were quick to make jokes at the man's expense on Instagram. 'Sombody gonna have to drive from nc to come and get their dadddddd' one person wrote.
'Mans came from another state just to get arrested at a football game,' another wrote, adding a crying-with-laughter emoji.
Pictured: The man was finally taken away by a state police officer
Pictured: People were quick to make jokes at the man's expense on Instagram
Saturday marked the return of college football, which meant packed stadiums at home fields for the first time since 2019.
But while gridiron fans flocked to their favorite team’s home field on Saturday for the first week of the 2021 season, public health experts were warning that now was not the time to get back to pre-pandemic business as usual.
The Indian Delta variant continues to fuel a surge in cases, hospitalizations, and deaths nationwide, particularly in the South, where tens of thousands of rabid college football fans came out to cheer on their heroes on Saturday.
Virginia fans pack the student section during an NCAA college football game against William & Mary in Charlottesville on Saturday
Auburn mascot Aubie leads the fans in a cheer during the first half of an NCAA college football game against Akron on Saturday in Auburn, Alabama
Michigan fans in the student section of Michigan Stadium cheer in the second quarter of an NCAA college football game against Western Michigan in Ann Arbor on Saturday
Last season, teams played college football games, but attendance was limited in order to adhere to social distancing guidelines put in place by local and state governments.
This year, however, restrictions have been lifted. Fans in many stadiums - including the Swamp in Gainesville, Florida, home to the Florida Gators - were packed shoulder-to-shoulder with no masks.
They were also not required to show proof of vaccination.
Florida is in the grip of its deadliest wave of COVID-19 since the pandemic began, a disaster driven by the highly contagious delta variant.