We Must Ignite This Couch!

Nobody riots these days like they do in Morgantown, or so I thought until I saw these images from Penn State Saturday night after the Fighting JoePa went to Columbus and beat Ohio State.

Of course, that got me thinking about the mother of all sports riots — on Route 1 in College Park, Md., just minutes after the Maryland Terrapins men’s basketball won the national championship in 2002. [Full disclosure: yes, I’m even biased toward the Terps when it relates to rioting.] This classic “Daily Show” segment from the day after sums up the mayhem nicely:

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