Ohio State fans break into stadium and set fire to couches in shocking scenes after national title win over Notre Dame

Not satisfied to observe the Buckeyes' nationalist title triumph successful the confined spaces of their dormitories, Ohio State students flooded the streets of frigid Columbus, wherever they acceptable occurrence to couches and broke into the school's shot stadium.

It was down successful Atlanta wherever the Buckeyes defeated the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, 34-23, connected Monday night to seizure the school's sixth nationalist title and archetypal since 2020.

But it was backmost successful cardinal Ohio wherever the existent solemnisation was going down, arsenic societal media videos revealed hordes of scarlet-and-grey-clad Buckeyes fans forcing their mode to the gates astatine Ohio Stadium, amended known arsenic 'The Horseshoe.'

One viral video shows a ample radical of young men successful sweatshirts and replica jerseys trying to breach the stadium grounds with a fistful of constabulary officers lasting connected the different broadside of the robust gate. The assemblage initially appeared to beryllium thwarted successful this attempt, but consequent societal media videos showed hundreds of students jumping astir connected the tract astatine The Shoe.

'It's truly benignant of surreal,' Thomas Schmnasky, a freshman, told The Columbus Dispatch aft uncovering his mode to the field.

Video from the Dispatch shows hundreds of fans rushing done the stadium concourse and past down onto the field. There did not look to beryllium much, if any, spot damage.

Curiously, constabulary connected the country didn't look to beryllium putting up overmuch resistance.

'It's crazy,' Natalie Freihammer, a senior, told The Dispatch. 'I was amazed that the cops are truthful supportive.'

Chants of 'O-H' and 'I-O' were heard passim field connected Monday successful what's being described arsenic a mostly peaceful scene.

No arrests are being reported arsenic of now, but respective couches were acceptable ablaze connected the metropolis streets.

'It´s a large communicative astir a clump of guys who person conscionable flooded immoderate truly pugnacious situations, and astatine the constituent wherever there´s a batch of radical that counted america retired [they] conscionable kept swinging and kept fighting,' Buckeyes manager Ryan Day said aft winning his archetypal rubric since replacing Urban Meyer arsenic caput coach.

As for the school's authoritative celebration, that volition besides beryllium occurring astatine The Horseshoe. OSU has announced the scheduled festivities for Sunday astatine noon, section time.

There volition astir apt not beryllium a parade, seeing arsenic the schoolhouse did not signifier 1 for its past 2 NCAA crowns, according to The Dispatch.