TEMPE, Ariz. — At Six Shooters Bar and Grill down Sixth Avenue, across from Sun Devil… TEMPE, Ariz. — At Six Shooters Bar and Grill down Sixth Avenue, across from Sun Devil Stadium, one would not know he was in Arizona on Jan. 1.

Pitt shirts, jackets, sweats and hats adorned what seemed like at least 90 percent of the patrons. An outside patio was filled with about 20 Pitt fans preparing for the game.

Where was Utah?

Most of them stayed out of the bar. Most of them stayed away from the “largest tailgate party,” as the Fiesta Bowl called it. But around 3:30 p.m., three hours before kickoff, they made their way into the stadium — all 55,000, give or take a Ute.

The game was a sellout, and the final paid attendance was 73,519. From my vantage point, I’d say about 80 percent was comprised of Utah fans, judging by the sea of red.

The Utah crowd was great throughout most of the game. They even got the wave going in the third quarter, and managed to keep the flow when it made its way to the Pitt section, which refused to contribute to the Utah wave. (The wave is still popular in Utah, I guess.)

But when Utah went up 35-7, the crowd began to change from nice, “let’s do the wave fans to “hey, let’s jump on the field” fans.

One unlucky fan ran the distance of the field during a media timeout. Security didn’t begin to move toward him until he reached the center-field logo. He made it to the 7-foot fence that barricaded the field and climbed over it, up into the stands and into a section of fans to hide.

This guy wins my special Idiot of the Week award. He was in Utah red. The section he ran into happened to be a Pitt section, with fans all decked out in blue and gold. Makes you want to sing, “one of these things is not like the other.”

Well, if his jacket was not bright enough to find in a landscape of Pitt blue, the 100 Pitt fans yelling and pointing right at him was a dead giveaway.

Congratulations, man. In the stat book, you finished with 100 yards rushing on one carry, a “Lambeau leap” and an induction into the hall of famous idiots.

The worst came once the game was over, when Utah fans poured onto the field and tried to push over the 7-foot fences. Head coach Urban Meyer and his Utes were trying to receive their Fiesta Bowl trophy when the fans pushed down the fences

On the other side of the fence, there were several security guards who were pushing to hold the fence up. Security said they were doing all they could to keep the fans from tearing down the goal posts because the Arizona Cardinals were scheduled to kick off at 4 p.m. the next day, and they were hoping to have goal posts.

Calm down, Ute fans. Your team just beat Pitt, not the University of Southern California.

And fans knew that they weren’t playing a team of their caliber when they started chanting “Over-rated” in the third quarter. Which I think is true and untrue at the same time. The No. 21 Panthers were not over-rated. They were barely rated!

I understand Utah is 12-0. I understand they just won the Fiesta Bowl in blowout fashion, but, as a fan, you have to ask yourself, is it worth it to cause all this trouble on the field for celebration?

The answer is, judging by the look on the guy’s face as he — in handcuffs — gave information to the police after the game, it was not worth it.

Jimmy Johnson is the sports editor of The Pitt News and he has never, and will never condone the crashing of the field or court in any sport. People have to watch out. You never know when a Ron Artest may greet you there.