stomp

For a program that has spent the best part of a century getting stomped on by the big bullies of the Southeastern Conference, it marks an unlikely upturn in fortunes.

I make this observation not for the sin of pride but to showcase how queer folk have received the message that any expression of Pride can attract the stomp.

“It became my stomping ground. I had to appear as though I owned it — and I kind of did.”

The film took home an estimated $70 million domestically, stomping all over the previous weekend’s equally surprising hit, “The Conjuring: Last Rites,” sending the other franchise film down to the second spot.

Austin, “suddenly and without any justification,” punched Seitz and knocked him down, then Austin, Hernandez and the unidentified third person proceeded “to beat and stomp on him while he was on the ground.”