Video captures Alabama fans assaulting LSU fan in N.O. after BCS

A graphic video depicting a group of University of Alabama football fans cheering on a crude attack on an incapacitated man in LSU gear has rocketed across the Internet, inflaming passions among the rival fan bases and piquing the interest of police, The Times-Picayune reports. The video, which lasts nearly five minutes, shows an Alabama fan putting his fingers in the nose and ear of an unknowing LSU devotee and later exposing himself and thrusting his privates repeatedly on the man’s neck. The exposed Alabama fan climbs on top of the unconcious LSU fan at the Krystal restaurant on Bourbon Street in the French Quarter during the BCS revelry. The video has garnered several hundred thousand clicks on the Internet, though it has been removed from YouTube. It is still being forwarded fan-to-fan and posted on football message boards. Details of the filmed incident are scarce, but it likely occurred around the time of the Jan. 9 BCS championship game between LSU and Alabama. In a statement, Remi Braden, a spokeswoman for the New Orleans Police Department, said the head of the department’s Sex Crimes Unit is aware of the online video and has reviewed it. The victim, as well as everyone involved in the incident, is unknown, and no one has filed a complaint or come forward. Deadspin, a popular sports and culture website, posted the video Sunday afternoon, and it has drawn more than 172,000 hits. Read the full story here.