I just don't get the whole couch burning thing

[xxxWalkTheDawg]

http://connecticut.cbslocal.com/201...after-several-lit-couch-fires-following-loss/

is sitting on buckets in your apartment the next day supposed to make you feel better? Were any couches burned in Starkville after the finals in Omaha?

 

[tenureplan]

https://twitter.com/FauxPelini/status/453375164906872832/photo/1

 

[jakldawg]

The Final Four is the only championship played when classes are in session.

And I mean major college sport championship (apologies to the Frozen Four). I also mean traditionally-with the football championships pushing further into January, that will probably change depending on what schools are participating. I think just the number of students around has a lot to do with it. Compare that to the CWS: it's in the summer, and only like a dozen or so schools care.
Here's more UK fans being idiots.

Lexington firefighters extinguished 19 burning couches and 18 trash fires Monday night. Emergency crews treated at least 23 people and sent eight to the hospital, he said.

Read more here: http://www.kentucky.com/2014/04/08/3185180/fire-damages-house-on-state-street.html#storylink=cpy

^Did the newspaper auto-link this when I cut text from the site? Because I didn't type this. Interesting.^

 

[thekimmer]

Who knows. You might be missing something super fun...

http://connecticut.cbslocal.com/201...after-several-lit-couch-fires-following-loss/

is sitting on buckets in your apartment the next day supposed to make you feel better? Were any couches burned in Starkville after the finals in Omaha?

Or maybe its just an Appalachian thing (WV, KY)