The Kansas City Royals came back from a 2-0 deficit in Game 5 of the World Series to defeat the New York Mets 7-2 in 12 innings last night. The victory clinched the organization’s first World Championship since 1985 and it sent a number of fans in the Midwest into an absolute frenzy, including students at the University of Kansas.
Celebration extends to Memorial Stadium, fence broken, field goal post down: #TakeTheCrown#KUfballpic.twitter.com/HRkBP9VC4A
— Amie Just (@Amie_Just) November 2, 2015
The broken field goal post resting on the banks of Potter Lake. #KUfball#TakeTheCrownpic.twitter.com/fgcWNj8N7G
— Amie Just (@Amie_Just) November 2, 2015
You’ll have to forgive the Jayhawks’ football fans for heading to the stadium to celebrate to the World Series.
Kansas’ football team has never won a National Championship, and hasn’t won a Conference Championship since 1968, when the Jayhawks were in the Big Eight Conference. With no possibility of a title in sight, they have to live vicariously through the local MLB team.
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