I'm not going to speculate why - I'm just stating my observation of the collision and clearly many hold the same opinion.
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Who cares what opinion anyone else holds? It makes no sense - there is nothing for her to gain. You would have to believe she is a conniving, spiteful person to think she did that. I guess you have a very low opinion of her.
LOL what? Who said Caitlin was a conniving or spiteful person? Now you're just making stuff up.
If you ever wondered what it's like to be ignorant and flat out stupid, here's a person to speak to.
Where did I write you "said" it? I wrote you'd have to have a low opinion of her to think she did what you are accusing her of. You'd have to think she's a very manipulative, conniving person to fake the collision/flop/etc.
And some people are stupid OR have an agenda. Now I can see her flopping on a call in a game, but here she's running off the court, and doesn't see the girl until the last second, and yet she had the forethought to flop and make a scene? Absolutely ridiculous......
How's that baseball team coming along over there in Ames? Maybe you guys could sell more of those We Will frozen pizzas and be able to have the intermural broom ball league brought back.
The Ohio State player rushing to Clark’s aid was awesome. Nevermind the non sense that everyone discussed about flop or what the fan deserves.
I wonder if the security thought she was going to taunt her or what but that was weird lol.
People get caught in excitement and want to celebrate, Clark probably is okay if Iowa fans do it, so yeah this was a bad situation but one that is always a risk during high rank opponents.
NCAA and schools has had plenty of time to figure out how to stop this from happening, No one wants to spend the money on that level of security every single game.
I wonder if the security thought she was going to taunt her or what but that was weird lol.
People get caught in excitement and want to celebrate, Clark probably is okay if Iowa fans do it, so yeah this was a bad situation but one that is always a risk during high rank opponents.
NCAA and schools has had plenty of time to figure out how to stop this from happening, No one wants to spend the money on that level of security every single game.
Where are people getting that CC is a sore loser and deliberately pushed the fan out of frustration? This is all so ridiculous.
To be totally honest MOST womens games only draw 3000 to 5000 fans tops. So major security simply isn't an issue. Now with the CC traveling rock show this is a different animal and hopefully security has been stepped up accordingly. If you notice Clark used to have a school bodyguard kind of, but now it appears she has two armed police officers at her side. At least she did after the last home game. Not sure if they were there Sunday, and just didn't have time to get to her.
Jealousy breeds contempt & hate among other things. We've all been there but Clark doesn't deserve any of it. She's brought women's basketball to the forefront and answered all critics with the class we should all be proud of. Happy birthday CC...
Yep you’re right but problem has existed for men’s too. There’s times when it’s pretty hard to prevent and best they can do is form a path to protect players.
I'd be willing to bet you'll see a stepped up security presence around Clark on the road from now on......
From your post I have deduced you’re a sad lonely individual. Try to enjoy sports and not just find something to get irked about damn.
The only person(s) whose opinion/observation counts, OSU AD Smith, went to the IA locker room after the incident to apologize to Clark directly & in person.
CC handled it using the high ground in her comments at the post game presser. Something many posters should try.......class w/o highpervaly & speculation.
It is comical. They think they are relevant, but it’s still called the “Hawkeye State”…that has to gall the clown fans. 🤪
Iowa will crush Ohio State in their next match-up…last regular season game of year…in Carver.
Deep down…does any sane person really believe that? I think it’s simply trolling by a few dinks to try to get some short-term attention.
No…if she played for Ohio State and it happened in Iowa City, I would still callout the over-exuberant Iowa fan for looking at her phone, rather than where she was running to. Thankfully, the player (in this case Clark) didn’t get hurt, as she was still on the court where she belonged. However, a fan doesn’t belong on a court, so I would have no sympathy (regardless of what team they root for) if they get hurt running out on the court.
How come nobody ever talks about the 9999 other times a court or field gets stormed? Hmm...
There’s a reason people claiming she flopped are always posting their tweet with the slow mo video. When you watch it in real time you can clearly see the collision
I understand that. But some of the Holier Than Thou talk in thread is absurd. The student just happened to be a Buckeye fan.
I'm pretty sure a couple of thousand of Iowa fans, mostly young students, rushed Kinnick the last time the Buckeyes lost there.
Did any players or even fans get hurt then? Gee, why are people talking about this incident more...
But what if, and hear me out now, that player was Brad Davison?............
Well, my “kids” are all out of college except one and he spent 20 years in the military flying helicopters for the U.S.Army. He retired and decided to go back to college.
My kids grew up on a farm and learned how to live a responsible life, so you’re waaaaay off base on your comments.
I’m soft? Yeah, right.
Not saying she's a sore loser but she has done that same frustration shove in multiple games.
If people want to criticize her for the frustration shove during the game, that's fine. But I don't think the fan incident is remotely the same thing. It is just two people who ran into to each other and morons are slowing it down to make it look like she had all the time in the world to avoid the collision and pushed off out of frustration rather than to protect herself. They then make it seem as if she did a dance then flopped rather than simply spun away from collision and lost her balance and proceeded to fake being hurt. For what purpose? Because they lost? The whole thing took about a second. That is a huge leap to make about her character just because people think she complains to refs too much or tries to sell fouls.
If what you say is true it seems odd you're soft as butter on this matter.
Oh, the poor girl who was a victim of her own decisions.
Weak
It seems people can rationalize whatever they want to believe - especially if they have a predetermined disposition toward a player.
