June 24, 2009

D2 riot

So what happens when you get a bunch of college runners, jumpers, throwers, wrestlers, swimmers and divers all together? Well, sometimes they riot.
Rumors I'd read of a riot at the D2 Winter Festival turned out to be true, after the NCAA handed out penalties to five schools recently. Although message boards alleged all sorts of activities (as they invariably do), only those affiliated with wrestling programs were penalized (although three schools were "privately" scolded).
At the time, I searched Houston-area news outlets for any stories on the ruckus, but to no avail. startribune.com had this about Minnesota-State Moorhead...

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