One man pre-gamed too hard before the Owls’ game Sept. 10 and ended up unconscious before kickoff, according to police.
While on patrol, an officer found an unconscious, intoxicated man around 6:20 p.m. Sept. 10. As the paramedics cared for the unconscious man, the officer made contact with the man’s friend who was involved with the incident.
The two men reportedly pre-gamed together at a tailgate party, and their drinking escalated to an argument. One of them stormed off into the KSU Center parking lot while the other followed him to diffuse the situation.
The angry man kept pushing and shoving his friend back a number of times, according to police reports. The argument soon unfolded into a fight when the angry man pushed his friend onto the hood of a car.
Defending himself, the man who was trying to keep things calm tried to control his friend’s arms and pulled him to the ground, knocking him unconscious when his head hit the pavement.
Later, a witness corroborated the self-defense story.
The man who defended himself was released from the scene and his unconscious friend was sent to Kennestone Hospital.
