Associated Press
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Fans took to the streets after Ohio State's football championship victory early today, yelling and screaming in delight, setting nearly 90 fires and, in the case of a few, tearing down an Ohio Stadium goal post. A few injuries were reported.
Police made a handful of arrests after using tear gas and pepper spray to disperse crowds of Ohio State students and other fans following the Buckeyes' win.
Officers on foot, on horses and in cruisers patrolled the main drag through campus after midnight, when revelers spilled out of bars near the campus to celebrate the university's 42-20 win over Oregon near Dallas.
The fires involved trash bins, dumpsters and couches, and no injuries were reported, according to spokeswoman Battalion Chief Tracy Smith. Smith says the 89 reports started coming in just before 1 a.m., with the last reported about 4:45 a.m.
Thousands converged on the Ohio State football stadium, where police turned most of them away. Most headed back to the bar area, where cruisers lined the street and officers limited pedestrian and vehicular traffic.
Fans tore down a temporary goal post used for high school games on the south end of the Ohio Stadium field, said university spokesman Dan Hedman.
University police responded to various places in and around campus, including Ohio Stadium, the university's Mirror Lake -- a popular student gathering spot -- and the neighborhood north of campus, Hedman said.
WCMH-TV, showing images of revelers burning a couch, reported today that police arrested a handful of students who could face criminal and university charges.
Gunfire in the campus area after the game was reported by police dispatchers, with no reports of injuries, according to the Columbus Dispatch.
No problems were reported in Oregon.
Ok, A) Someone in Oregon reported something. That's a big state.
B) Thank God more OSU students are NOT from Ferguson Missouri. It would have gone on for way more than three hours.