{"id":17293,"date":"2024-12-29T18:52:25","date_gmt":"2024-12-29T18:52:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=17293"},"modified":"2024-12-29T18:52:25","modified_gmt":"2024-12-29T18:52:25","slug":"video-referees-cut-bleeding-8-players-ejected-after-massive-brawl-breaks-out-between-east-carolina-nc-state-during-final-seconds-of-military-bowl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=17293","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: Referees Cut &#038; Bleeding, 8 Players Ejected After Massive Brawl Breaks Out Between East Carolina &#038; NC State During Final Seconds Of Military Bowl"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Go Bowling Military Bowl between East Carolina and NC State got so out of hand that eight players were ejected in an all-out brawl that led to one of the referees getting a cut that caused bleeding.<\/p>\n<p>East Carolina sealed the Go Bowling Military Bowl when Dontavius Nash picked off CJ Bailey\u2019s pass attempt with less than a minute remaining. That play put the final stamp on a 26-21 victory for Blake Harrell\u2019s group.<\/p>\n<p>The brawl led to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/college-football\/story\/_\/id\/43201402\/late-brawl-mars-east-carolina-military-bowl-win-nc-state\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">eight player ejections<\/a>, with one of the referees suffering a cut that led to noticeable cut and blood on his face.<\/p>\n<p>As you can see in the videos below, it appears that the brawl commenced after East Carolina\u2019s Yannick Smith grabbed the towel of Tamarcus Cooley on NC State:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"zxx\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ruvpgvmmll\">pic.twitter.com\/Ruvpgvmmll<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 no context college football (@nocontextcfb) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nocontextcfb\/status\/1873189386206220767?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 29, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">ECU dude #15 stole the NCST guy\u2019s towel\u2026<\/p>\n<p>and it ignited a full field brawl where refs were cut &amp; bleeding &amp; 8 players were ejected <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LpDSCq7Eil\">pic.twitter.com\/LpDSCq7Eil<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Warren Sharp (@SharpFootball) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SharpFootball\/status\/1873190233371754936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 29, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Brutal scene in the Military Bowl between East Carolina and NC State.<\/p>\n<p>This ref with a gash under his left eye after a benches clearing melee ensued with less than a minute to go. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XsRmB9c3Y9\">pic.twitter.com\/XsRmB9c3Y9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chris Marler (@VernDumbquist) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VernDumbquist\/status\/1873189300373995996?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 29, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Five Wolfpack players were ejected from the game, while three East Carolina players were tossed for their involvement in the brouhaha.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-east-carolina-wins-their-first-military-bowl\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">East Carolina Wins Their First Military Bowl<\/h2>\n<p>Saturday\u2019s 26-21 victory marked the first Military Bowl victory for the Pirates\u2019 football program. The school was supposed to play Boston College in the 2021 game, but it was canceled due to COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>At long last, the Pirates have the Military Bowl added to their football team\u2019s trophy room.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; The Go Bowling Military Bowl between East Carolina and NC State got so out of hand that eight players were ejected in an all-out brawl that led to &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17294,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17293","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17293"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17293\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17295,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17293\/revisions\/17295"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}