Twitter Reacts to Massive, Maskless Crowd in Tuscaloosa After Alabama's National Title Win
Alabama won the College Football National Championship on Monday night with a 52-24 win over Ohio State. After the game, Alabama students took to the streets and celebrated, but did so in exceptionally close quarters and most were maskless.
Twitter was quick to react to the crowd, and it wasn't lost on anyone that it was happening in the middle of a global pandemic that has caused 375,000 deaths in the United States alone.
Here's what the scene looked like:
Alabama Crimson Tide fans flood the streets of Tuscaloosa after the team secured its 18th national title. pic.twitter.com/k9UCH8BC4m
— James Benedetto (@james_benedetto) January 12, 2021
— Allison R (@Allymae11) January 12, 2021
More pics and video available pic.twitter.com/rXOaG2EVmt
— William Galloway (@Wm_Galloway) January 12, 2021
The Strip in Tuscaloosa pic.twitter.com/R41YZdsoc2
— Ben Flanagan (@ThisBenFlanagan) January 12, 2021
Here's how Twitter reacted to what seemed like an irresponsible gathering with the U.S. setting records for COVID-19 deaths:
Disaster. https://t.co/jBxq73SG2J
— Pat Forde (@ByPatForde) January 12, 2021
Jeez . Gonna have to move my family out of Tuscaloosa for the next few months pic.twitter.com/HbADIFVOGn
— WMack (@WMack) January 12, 2021
Congrats to coronavirus for its victory on the streets of Tuscaloosa tonight. https://t.co/CcztLe8v22
— InsideHoops.com (@InsideHoops) January 12, 2021
— Justin Satzman (@jsatz23) January 12, 2021
It’s a good thing the corona virus stops for 24 hours if you win a championship in a sport everyone in Tuscaloosa is surely safe https://t.co/jHBcjQ6aPX
— John (@iam_johnw) January 12, 2021
Tuscaloosa, Alabama home of College Football National Champions and the next Covid super spreader event. #RollTide pic.twitter.com/HfJJUWdxxx
— Jonathan Giles (@JGilesComedy) January 12, 2021
COVID bouta put up devonta smith numbers in Tuscaloosa... https://t.co/iNj3FaLGXS
— Jordyn (@jordynperryy) January 12, 2021
COVID gonna run up the score like Nick Saban in Tuscaloosa tonight pic.twitter.com/UqoN6wtkqi
— ? (@babyitsmb) January 12, 2021
Tuscaloosa will be the new Covid-19 hotspot by in the morning pic.twitter.com/lbYSkftpzL
— Brittny (@shoe_finatic88) January 12, 2021
Yeah, that's a bad look. Tuscaloosa mayor Walt Maddox urged fans to celebrate at home if the team won. That didn't happen. Hopefully everyone winds up OK. At least they're outside, but that's really close quarters and there's virtually no masking.
The state has had more than 400,000 COVID-19 cases thus far. Those numbers are sure to go up.