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Big 12 Fines UCF $100,000 Over BYU Fan Chant

By Drooid · Oct 29, 2026 · How we work

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Summary

Former football official Terry McAulay publicly challenged the Big 12’s new in-game penalties as unauthorized under NCAA rules.
McAulay cited NCAA Football rulebook language that bars conferences from imposing yardage penalties for fan conduct.
Earlier fines of $50,000 on Colorado and Oklahoma State were half the new $100,000 first-offense fine.
The Big 12 has not issued a public response to McAulay’s social-media criticism.

Summary

Big 12 Conference fined University of Central Florida $100,000 for fans chanting “F*** the Mormons” at BYU.
The fine will fund student education initiatives, the conference said.
UCF defeated No. 2 BYU 39-31 in double overtime, a program-changing upset.
A second incident triggers a 15-yard penalty.
Ejected individuals are barred from all athletic events for the remainder of the academic year.

History

After the NCAA’s 1906 founding emphasized amateurism, its first enforcement effort arrived with the 1948 Sanity Code, which created compliance committees and imposed fines. The 1995 adoption of Rule 10-2-1, triggered by Texas A&M’s $100,000 fan-misconduct penalty, barred conferences from levying independent fines. Today, Big 12 fines on UCF and Colorado echo that precedent, drawing criticism from referee Terry McAulay.

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After the NCAA’s 1906 founding emphasized amateurism, its first enforcement effort arrived with the 1948 Sanity Code, which created compliance committees and imposed fines. The 1995 adoption of Rule 10-2-1, triggered by Texas A&M’s $100,000 fan-misconduct penalty, barred conferences from levying independent fines. Today, Big 12 fines on UCF and Colorado echo that precedent, drawing criticism from referee Terry McAulay.

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