Arrests and. confrontations mar celebration of big FSU win By R.C. Morgan-Wilde Democrat staff writer A victory celebration for several thousand Florida State football supporters turned ugly Saturday night as local law-enforcement officers arrested several people along West Tennessee Street and some revelers replied with obscene gestures. The celebration started minutes after FSU beat Nebraska 17-13. Soon, cars loaded with FSU supporters began circling the three blocks between WToodward Avenue and Copeland Street. Several youths, standing in the bed of a small pickup truck spraying champagne and throwing bottles into the crowd of Seminole fans, were snatched out of the truck and arrested by Leon County sheriffs deputies. Deputies also arrested a man and charged him with exposing himself to the crowd. Tallahassee police took two people into custody, one for allegedly assaulted an officer and the other on a traffic charge. The names of those people arrested and the charges they face were not immediately available. "There's been too little preparation," a frustrated sheriffs Maj. Larry Campbell said of the city police, as he tried to prevent people from stepping into the street as cars whizzed by. "There is no way to prepare for something like this," said Tallahassee Police Lt. Duane West, adding Game coverage, 1F that he erected barricades and sta-" tioned officers along the street to keep traffic moving. West said there were 12 officers, on hand initially. r The apparent philosophical dif- ference in post-game security isn't new. Last year, a dispute arose concerning home-game preparations, and operations when the University of Florida played FSU in Tallahassee. Saturday night's problems started with a three-abreast phalanx of fans' cars cruising slowly downhill from South Monroe Street to West Tennessee, with horns honking and fans screaming, "We're number one!" The police department asked for help from deputies a few minutes before the victory was final, said Campbell, who added that 25 deputies were dispatched. FSU police also were sent. For revelers it was a party. "I've never seen anything like it," said Eric Mendez, an FSU junior from Orlando. "It's pretty wild. "I would tell anybody who hasn't seen it to look up 'pandemonium' in the dictionary," Mendez said. Up and down the street, beer cans popped. Bicycles ran in and out of traffic, with riders shouting victory slogans. See PARTY, 2A