On Monday night, Urban Meyer and THE Ohio State Buckeyes became the first ever National Champions of the College Football Playoff era. Predictably, this lead to quite a euphoric celebration in Columbus, Ohio in the frigid January temperatures, where students started burning furniture, jumping over fences into The Horseshoe, and more. College! Sports! Alcohol! America! Woo!
This is how the B1G celebrates its first football national championship since, like, 2002. Here are some tweets from the scene, aggregated by Ohio’s finest, Austin Hunt:
Mirror Lake frozen… Students actually just climbed the gates at The Shoe. Told goal posts are already down. pic.twitter.com/zLCi1yBs8i
— Kaylee Hartung (@KayleeHartung) January 13, 2015
Buckeye fans have taken over High St despite the pepper spray pic.twitter.com/AR48ntHDd5
— Jeremy Pelzer (@jpelzer) January 13, 2015
High Street party #gobucks pic.twitter.com/cwPTtW6D7Z
— Jeremy Pelzer (@jpelzer) January 13, 2015
High Street party #gobucks pic.twitter.com/cwPTtW6D7Z
— Jeremy Pelzer (@jpelzer) January 13, 2015
https://twitter.com/TheBuckeyeMania/status/554878339153133568
https://twitter.com/alyssabashore/status/554875264912871425
Celebrators recover from tear gassing inside Ohio Union pic.twitter.com/JxjMwDWcOb
— Jeremy Pelzer (@jpelzer) January 13, 2015
SWAT team is here, some with gas masks on pic.twitter.com/KpkZPAI5Pf
— Jeremy Pelzer (@jpelzer) January 13, 2015
SWAT team is warning people to clear the street or they'll be gassed pic.twitter.com/YkLEBYPUHG
— Jeremy Pelzer (@jpelzer) January 13, 2015
Students completely block traffic on N. High Street in front of Student Union pic.twitter.com/LQSeOB4nPu
— Josh Jarmanning (@Josh_Jarmanning) January 13, 2015
Campus police had to resort to pepper spraying students trying to force gates of The Shoe open. Kids flushing eyes with snow.
— Kaylee Hartung (@KayleeHartung) January 13, 2015
Students stream from High Street as police release serious pepper spray blast. #OSUvsORE celebration. pic.twitter.com/zMIowW31be
— Josh Jarmanning (@Josh_Jarmanning) January 13, 2015
A lot of kids are now crossing the street with the "hands up" motion pic.twitter.com/NVt2RiIo8R
— Jeremy Pelzer (@jpelzer) January 13, 2015
Two students casually smoking cigars and watching the celebration. "It is what it is as long as no one gets hurt."
— Josh Jarmanning (@Josh_Jarmanning) January 13, 2015
They're finally letting traffic through on High St again, complete with high-fives pic.twitter.com/bhtZtljoX8
— Jeremy Pelzer (@jpelzer) January 13, 2015
Tear gas deployed on High St pic.twitter.com/OOhJG8tYUr
— Jeremy Pelzer (@jpelzer) January 13, 2015