Nobody likes to lose, although some take it much worse than others, and that was largely the case during the Clemson Tigers‘waste effort before the Louisville Cardinals on Saturday.

Late in the fourth quarter, with the game almost out of reach, the Tigers attempted an onside kick as a means of staying in the game.

The referees ruled that the Cardinals recovered the kick, and the play went to a replay review that found the on-field call stood, indicating there was not enough evidence to overturn the call.

Those in attendance were not happy with the outcome of the replay review and made their voices heard in one of the worst possible ways, throwing water bottles and other debris onto the field.

This has been nothing new, even this year fans attending Major League Baseball games have done the same, although it is highly frowned upon and a quick way to get ejected and potentially banned or even arrested if someone in the field is wounded. by flying debris.

He Texas Longhorns He also faced a similar situation earlier in the year and banned several of his students from attending any more games in the 2024 season.

For Clemson, the performance was embarrassing enough to land Ryan McGee of ESPNIt’s in the “Bottom 10” for the week, ranking as the fifth-worst thing to happen in college football in Week 10.

“Tigers slide down The Hill from the elegant top 10 of the coaches poll to the coveted fifth place after losing to #goacc middle-packer Louisville,” McGee writes, “We were on the fence about whether to put Death Valley or Happy Valley “. in this slot, but we decided after drinking a bottle of refreshing water that had been thrown at our heads from the Clemson student section.

It’s a poor and embarrassing situation everywhere, from the Tigers’ loss to Louisville after dominating (most of) the rest of their schedule all year, to the fans and students in attendance showing the absolute epitome of sportsmanship deficient.

Dabo Swinney shared his opinion on the matter during his conference call on Sunday and he was also not happy with what happened.

“That’s not how we are at Clemson,” Swinney said, “I get it, but they need to let me deal with the referees. That’s just not something we should be doing here at Clemson. So hopefully we’ll learn from that and that won’t happen again.”

While this doesn’t fix it, it does seem to be a growing trend across sports as a whole, but it’s a trend that needs to be curtailed quickly before it gets much worse.