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Well, where to start.

1) placing unruly fans where they can make contact with actual players is an invitation to disaster. It almost happened when the Boyle punter chased the errant snap out of the end zone into the crowd and the one fan practically rides the Rebel player back onto the playing field. The wrong place and time and it would be a riot. Sorry, that's not fan support that's bush league rednecks. (BTW, I'm not indicting the entire Bell fan base. Almost everyone I've spoken to on here are classy people who have responded well to the tough loss last night. But like any program there are problem fans and putting them that close to other players is a recipe for problems)

2) the air horns are not about home field advantage. The rule book I believe states clearly that artificial noise like that is prohibited. It's one thing to hear them go off 30 yards or more away in a stands that is to your side. It's another to be within 15 or 20 yards directly in front of you and cause the lines to jump and have a penalty called. That one's on the administration and the officials.

Sorry Rock fan but those actions above are not worthy of the great program and product Bell puts on the field. That's what bothers anyone about it. A program as good as theirs doesn't need that kind of behavior to go unchecked.

Crowd noise is not addressed in the NFHS Rules Book.

Game administrators have provisions in the KHSAA Handbook to curtail noise interference.

Don't blame the zebras; their jurisdiction ends at the restraining lines.