Folks in Lexington Burning Everything After Kentucky Loses to Wisconsin [PHOTOS]

Back in the day when a team lost a big game the only thing fans did was drink a little more before stumbling home from the local pub. Now it seems that they have to pillage and burn anything and everything within reach in protest (and celebration too for that matter). Police in Lexington were prepared for the aftermath of Saturday night's Kentucky-Wisconsin game.

As it turns out, it was a good thing they were.

via Twitter

After watching their team lose a game that could not have been officiated worse than it was the Wildcats fans in Lexington took to the streets to express their displeasure and angst. As could be expected, a lot of things burned and fans got pretty rowdy:

Fan rips off boxers, offers it to the flames #statestreet pic.twitter.com/YYSmipjQKt
— Cheyene Miller (@CheyeneMiller19) April 5, 2015

Fans boo as firefighters break through the crowds to put out a fire. Just doing their job, folks.
— Garrett Wymer (@GarrettWKYT) April 5, 2015

LexPD sending “any available officers” to Maxwelton Ct. for a large fight. LexFire headed that way as well to stage.
— Central Ky Scanner (@kyscanner) April 5, 2015

Everything is flammable on #StreetStreet. UK fans are burning shirts, cardboard and colorful wigs. They're also throwing them.
— HLpublicsafety (@HLpublicsafety) April 5, 2015

Fans now getting rowdier, now more fire. pic.twitter.com/Na28OI0QGx
— Garrett Wymer (@GarrettWKYT) April 5, 2015

More fuel to the fire #statestreet pic.twitter.com/iTSqYO13Sb
— Cheyene Miller (@CheyeneMiller19) April 5, 2015

These guys came prepared to arrest a few folks:

Police come to investigate a fist fight near #statestreet @KyKernel pic.twitter.com/KGjqoJLehw
— Will Wright (@KernelWright) April 5, 2015

Look to be burning something larger. #statestreet @KyKernel pic.twitter.com/Jgp3JBnrmE
— Anne Halliwell (@Anne_Halliwell) April 5, 2015

UKPD dispatched for “an erratic group of students stealing hoses (firehoses, waterhoses? i don’t know…)
— Central Ky Scanner (@kyscanner) April 5, 2015

More fire #statestreet pic.twitter.com/QYFqJHm9yk
— Cheyene Miller (@CheyeneMiller19) April 5, 2015

Lexington - 445 Park Ave - Person lighting a lawn chair on fire using an aersol can as a torch.
— Central Ky Scanner (@kyscanner) April 5, 2015

Lexington - Another couch fire, same location as the first - 1525 Elizabeth St.
— Central Ky Scanner (@kyscanner) April 5, 2015

Lexington - 3000 blk Nicholasville Rd - Male w/ acute alcohol poisoning #firstofmany
— Central Ky Scanner (@kyscanner) April 5, 2015

Intersection of #statestreet and Elizabeth filling up, sound of breaking glass and shouting. @KyKernel pic.twitter.com/vW9VQkmi4h
— Anne Halliwell (@Anne_Halliwell) April 5, 2015

Police were in position early in attempt to get ahead of the madness:

And we have a police officer in full riot gear waving his flashlight at the live stream cam while texting someone, presumably his wife.
— Central Ky Scanner (@kyscanner) April 5, 2015

Some folks didn't make it long enough to be angry about the loss and the bad calls:

Lexington - Casa Blanca Hookah Bar - 17yo Female passed out in the bathroom. #WaytoCheckID’s…
— Central Ky Scanner (@kyscanner) April 5, 2015

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