Burning Couches & Tear Gas: Morgantown Riots After WVU Upsets Baylor

West Virginia Mountaineers fans decided not to go the traditional houseparty route after their boys upset the #4 Baylor Bears 41-27 in Morgantown on Saturday.

As this bro is so kind to point out in Instagram form, "West "F---kin Virginia" decided to up the ante by setting a ton of couches on fire:

Loading

Burning a couch after we beat Baylor. #wvu #westvirginia #morgantown #WVU #college #party WVUvsBaylor

View on Instagram

The fires kept going and going and going, causing our photographer to get all philosophical about the flame's shape...

Loading

 

The couch flame looks like our state. #WVU #westvirginia #BurningCouch #morgantown #beststate View on Instagram

Things spiralled out of control from there, with riot police having to break out the tear gas in hopes of gaining control of the town:

And when the tear gas didn't work?

Morgantown, West Virginia...putting soccer hooligans to shame.

Never miss another story about one of your favorite teams - sign up for a free Chat Sports account today!

RELEVANT:

UPSET: West Virginia Stuns #4 Baylor 41-27 In Morgantown

Back to the West Virginia Mountaineers Newsfeed