Marshall fans had goalposts chopped to pieces at a local steel mill

The Marshall Thundering Herd claimed the Conference USA title on Saturday to finish its season 12-1. Fans stormed the field and tore down the goalposts to celebrate the season, but then they put a special twist on the moment by marching the uprights out of the stadium and down the street to a local steel mill, to be cut into souvenir-sized pieces.

Update: It turns out the local steel mill turned the fans away so an enterprising fan cut the posts up for everyone himself in a nearby lot.

The Marshall Thundering Herd claimed the Conference USA title with a win over Louisiana Tech on Saturday to finish its season 12-1. 

Fans stormed the field and tore down the goalposts to celebrate the season, but then they put a special twist on the moment by marching the uprights out of the stadium and down the street to a local steel mill, to be cut into souvenir-sized pieces.

Update: It turns out the local steel mill turned the fans away so an enterprising fan cut the posts up for everyone himself in a nearby lot.

• Galaxy turn locker room into slip 'n' slide while celebrating

@CUSAbbs Can't beat this. Together we carried carried the goal post off the field & down 3rd Ave to WV Steel. pic.twitter.com/3mbC5xRgl2

— KD 🦬⚡️🦬 (@SonOfMarshall) December 7, 2014

@CUSAbbs quite the day! pic.twitter.com/MWYXyO9VxM

— Thundering Herd Zone (@TheHerdZone) December 7, 2014

@CUSAbbs @HerdNation A piece signed by Cato, Johnson, Butler, Roberts, Hewitt and others pic.twitter.com/DfSUWAOzLz

— Alex Vance (@BalllSoHerd) December 7, 2014

The Herd came close to finishing the season undefeated, but fell to Western Kentucky in its final regular season game.

- Brendan Maloy