By Melissa Brown |
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on January 03, 2014 at 1:20 PM, updated January 03, 2014 at 4:22 PM
TUSCALOOSA, Alabama -- Alabama fans everywhere were probably in a bad mood Thursday night as they watched the Crimson Tide fall to the Oklahoma Sooners.
But one fan at the game took it a few steps too far, launching herself over a row of seats at an Oklahoma student after the two exchanged words.
She managed to land several blows and kicks before stadium police appeared to escort her out.
Twitter user @KELLLLKAY posted the video Friday afternoon, showing the female Alabama fan, dressed in a houndstooth top and boots, approach an Oklahoma student.
OU student Michael Connolly tweeted Friday afternoon that he is the student.
The two appear to be engaged in some hearty trash-talking before a male Alabama fan drags her away from the group of students. She ducks behind him, though, and throws herself at the crowd.
It looks like she manages to land a few punches before she's pulled away and begins to kick at Connolly's back and head.
Check out the video below -- @KELLLLKAY set the raw footage to music, but says she will upload the video in HD and with its original audio later Friday night:
On Friday afternoon, Connolly told Sports Illustrated's Extra Mustard culture blog the woman was sitting in an adjoining Alabama section and the two groups of fans were exchanging taunts back and forth until Oklahoma pulled away in the first half.
"So once we started winning, they shut their mouths and my crew of 6-10 people just started talking a lottttt of s—, specifically me and my friend who you can see waving the towel in the background of the video," Connolly wrote on Extra Mustard.
"At one point she went up to get a beer, and was kind of talking s— to us when she got back. She just kept flicking us off and stuff during the game. A few times, my friend yelled in the direction of her group of ‘Bama fans, 'I yell Roll Tide when I eff my cousin,' but since she was the only one standing it seemed like it was directed only at her."
Connolly said the woman came down to his row and the taped encounter began after he and his friends engaged with the woman's teenage son, with both parties threatening to fight each other.