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Fear not, Hawkeye fans, the ZonaZoo will be contained for the Iowa-Arizona football game
Mike Hlas Jun. 3, 2010 10:54 am
I know what you Iowa football fans have been thinking. Mercy my me, what if our boys should lose at Arizona on Sept. 18 and those rascals who support the Wildcats storm the field?
Well, put your cares and worries away.
A 5-foot concrete wall will be built in Arizona Stadium to contain the ZonaZoo student section. This story from the Arizona Daily Star informs us:
Students made news last November when Arizona led Oregon in the final minutes of a nationally televised game when hundreds of students stormed the field, anticipating a postgame party. The Ducks tied the game with 6 seconds left in regulation, however, and won in double overtime, while students from the ZonaZoo and others waited on the sidelines.
Bummer.
Oregon's players didn't exactly get showered with respect as they left the field after that game, as this video attests:

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