Vols search assist changing goalposts torn down after Tide win

Tennessee beat Alabama on Saturday night time, with followers storming off the sector and carrying away each goalposts earlier than dumping them within the Tennessee River.

Now the invoice is due.

Tennessee soccer tweeted Sunday that it is elevating cash it says will go towards the acquisition of recent goalposts.

There’s an choice for a $16 donation, which is the variety of years it had been for the reason that Vols beat rival Alabama; a $52.49 donation, which performs off the ultimate rating of the sport; and a $1,019.15 donation, which is a nod to the sold-out crowd of 101,915 at Neyland Stadium.

As of Sunday afternoon, greater than $15,000 had been raised, which is 10% of the aim.

However even that falls wanting one other tab Tennessee might want to pay quickly. On Sunday, the SEC fined the varsity $100,000 as a result of followers have been allowed on the sector after the upset win.

Chase McGrath hit a 40-yard discipline aim with no time remaining to win the sport, and inside minutes your complete discipline was coated with followers. Law enforcement officials needed to lead Alabama coach Nick Saban and his crew by the gang to the guests locker room.

Because it was Tennessee’s second offense beneath the league’s discipline entry coverage — the primary coming after a basketball sport in 2006 — it will likely be required to pay $100,000. A 3rd penalty will end in a $250,000 high-quality.

Cash from discipline entry penalties goes towards the SEC’s Publish-Graduate Scholarship Fund.

Tennessee (6-0), which moved as much as No. 3 within the newest Related Press ballot, hosts UT Martin on Saturday.