Delaware Mocks Louisiana Tech Running Back For Disrespectful Celebration Just Moments Before Disaster

Louisiana Tech running back Clay Thevenin cursed his college football team with bad karma against Delaware. He rang the Blue Hens’ victory bell before the game was over.

The football Gods punished him accordingly.

Not only did the home come back to win the college football game in the final minute of the fourth quarter, it did so in heartbreaking fashion for the visitors. It was a tough pill to swallow for the Bulldogs.

Clay Thevenin rang the bell.

The University of Delaware bell has had many names over the years. It was first known as Academy Bell, then College Bell, and now Victory Bell.

Purchased almost 200 years ago in 1834, the bell was initially used to wake students on campus and summon them to class. But the students fought back!

They would tie the bell’s clapper to its rim, invert the bell so it could be filled with water on freezing winter nights and hide the rope so it could not be rung. That was only just the beginning.

There is a well-documented history to the College Bell, which tolls for the Fightin’ Blue Hens.

It was eventually called to service in 1952 as the Victory Bell in the new Delaware Stadium and a new tradition was born. The home team rings its bell after every touchdown scored. Key words: home team.

Louisiana Tech running back Clay Thevenin broke tradition on Saturday. He rang the bell after a 13-yard touchdown run, which gave the Bulldogs a one-point lead in the fourth quarter.