Photographer Files Police Report After Texas Tech Football Spat

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The Texas Tech football team recently fell to Arizona State in college football action, 26-22. A week later, a star player finds himself in hot water.

Red Raiders linebacker David Bailey was named in a police report filed by a sports photographer. An on-field altercation sparked that legal action.

Texas Tech entered an October 18th matchup against Big 12 rival Arizona State with a spotless 6-0 record. It suffered its first defeat of the year in Tempe.

The Sun Devils used a last second touchdown to take the final lead of the game. Fans quickly celebrated on the field.

Fans stormed the football field after beating Texas Tech.

It happened again.

Fans immediately stormed the field following Arizona State’s win over No. 7 Texas Tech. Sound familiar?

ASU’s first top-10 win under Kenny Dillingham. My raw, uncut POV of the chaos that ensued from the final sequence and beyond.@DevilsDigest pic.twitter.com/0mKLakLfM5

— Justin LaCertosa (@LaCertosaSports) October 19, 2025

Little time was allowed for the Red Raiders to exit to the locker room. It resulted in a few ugly incidents.

At one point, a 330-pound Texas Tech player shoved an Arizona State fan. Video now shows a second on-field altercation.

David Bailey got into it with a photographer.

unreleased video. 😬@tempebarstool @ChrisKarpman @SunDevilSource @DevilsDigest @barstoolsports @jpopasu pic.twitter.com/G6RupOg2EZ

— ASUburner (@asuburnerbros) October 20, 2025

The interaction came as Mark Rebilas tried to photograph Bailey after the loss. The linebacker took offense, accosting Rebilas while being restrained by coaches.

The photographer posted an update on the altercation to his Instagram page.

“After ASU won the game, the fans would rush the field to celebrate,” the post read. “Unfortunately, I don’t have any cool photos from this because I was busy filing a police report after the star player on the losing team took issue with me doing my job and thought he needed to put his hands on me.

“Got a little scary as multiple players joined in with their teammate but thankfully the ASU chief of police saw it happen and helped get the players away from me.”