Hilarious student section footage from end of FSU Orange game in 1982

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Apologies for poor quality. From an old VHS tape and filmed with iphone. The funny parts are definitely clear enough though.

One of the classic games in Tiger Stadium history. Was there with my dad as a 16 year old high school junior across the field from the student section. Incredible scene as oranges rained down and fog rolled in over the north endzone. Well this video is unique in that the hot camera as the final seconds ticked down was at field level and aimed at the student section. Some really funny things to see:

-- At about the 0:15 mark of the video there is a cop at field level pointing into the student section. Right before the camera cuts away a drink comes flying out of the stands right into his face. Pretty funny.
-- Once the clock hits 0:00 you can see multiple people heaving oranges onto the field. One guy in particular, in a green shirt and wearing glasses, and right in front of the camera, gets pegged in the back right as he releases his final orange. Hilarious reaction. That portion is rewound and replayed in slo mo as the look on his face at the moment of contact is priceless.
-- The next funny sight is immediately after he goes down. I remember when older folks used to be sat at field level right in front of the student section. Seems crazy but that's how it was. Well right after the previously mentioned casualty, in the bottom right corner of the video, there are two elderly ladies cowering from the pandemonium erupting around them. And of course after the camera cut away hundreds of students came over that wall, many of them surely right over the ladies, on their way to the field. Poor ladies must've been petrified.
-- Finally, I remember hearing allegations of excessive force by the police in clearing the field. A little of that is in evidence as well. Near the end of the video students can be seen being yanked down off of the goal posts with pretty significant force, and then the cops can be seen behind the endzone at the very least throwing students around in a very rough manner.

So, all in all, quite a few interesting little points in the video that certainly reflect the craziness of that night in Tiger Stadium.

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