You never know quite what will happen at a college football game, and Saturday night’s game between the Texas State Bobcats and Nevada Wolf Pack was no different.
Colton McWilliams of the San Marcos Daily Record tweeted during the game that a Texas State band member was removed from the stadium after throwing a trident at Nevada players.
That’s right, a trident.
Got told there was a Texas State band member who was escorted from the stadium due to throwing a trident at the Nevada football players.
— Colton McWilliams (@ColtonBMc) September 24, 2023
You may be wondering where a band member would get a trident, which is a fair question. Not only was it a trident. It was Nevada’s own Turnover Trident!
Update to the story: The band member took the Nevada's Turnover Trident and threw it at the players. @SickosCommittee @RedditCFB @nocontextcfb @edsbs @SplitZoneDuo https://t.co/CzdhDCpwAS
— Colton McWilliams (@ColtonBMc) September 24, 2023
Ironically, San Marcos is hosting its annual Mermaid Festival this weekend, so it was originally unclear if the trident was brought into the stadium from that or if it was already there.
There were plenty of jokes on social media, but the most common one referenced Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgandy, in which Brick Tamland (Steve Carell) throws a trident at a man during a street fight.
Many were left desperate for more information, such as college football writer Spencer Hall.
I need to know everything possible about this https://t.co/xnsurWhP4G
— ¡BUM CHILLUPS AKA SPENCER HALL! (@edsbs) September 24, 2023
The No Context College Football account, like so many of the rest of us, want pictures or videos of the incident
pics? vids? or it didn't happen https://t.co/amdPhEizgt
— no context college football (@nocontextcfb) September 24, 2023
Another user nailed it when they said, “Sure the NFL has the better actual football, but does it have this?”
Sure the NFL has the better actual football, but does it have this https://t.co/sXMBNe15Oe
— Ryan Hudson (@ry_hudson) September 24, 2023
There were plenty of other great jokes, as well.
Everyone wants to act tough until a retiarius is in the crowd https://t.co/IVNcnJFTGl
— Fred Smith (@FredSmith914) September 24, 2023
Oh so now it’s illegal to have a good time https://t.co/Wgpm6wb0MK
— Liz a Bayley n NewJeans n AshbyElegance n cody fan (@freedompimp2012) September 24, 2023
Oh I'm sorry, I thought this was America. https://t.co/b8UX8qEntQ
— Matt Burnell (@mdburnell) September 24, 2023
Oh so now its illegal for guys to be dudes?? https://t.co/Alv1aiJjq3
— Jake Schwall (@jake_schwall) September 24, 2023