Georgia Tech students march goalpost through Atlanta and into president’s mansion pool after upset of No. 12 Clemson

It’s been a while since Georgia Tech football had this much to celebrate.

Students in Atlanta made the most of a big win Saturday afternoon and ultimately dumped a goalpost into the pool of school president Ángel Cabrera’s mansion after marching it through the streets of Atlanta. As is tradition.

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Georgia Tech upended No. 12 Clemson Saturday in a walk-off thriller that ended with a game-winning 55-yard fire-drill field goal as time expired. Fans at Atlanta’s Bobby Dodd Stadium immediately poured from the stands and onto the field to celebrate the win.

The goalposts didn’t stand a chance.

After the field storming and the collapse of the goalposts, students were able to pry a single upright to meet its fate. They carried the post up and onto the concourse and out of the stadium onto the streets of downtown Atlanta. From there, it made its traditional journey to the president’s mansion.

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And students successfully dumped it into the pool.

This is not the first time this has happened. In fact, the latest rendition prior to Saturday’s took place following just last November after an upset win over then-No. 4 Miami.

Cabrera took it all in stride, despite the swarm of uninvited students at his home and the five-figure cost to replace the posts. He smiled for a photo that he posted on Instagram as he was gifted with his own personal goal-post piece. He also included a tongue-in-cheek caption lamenting the goal post in his pool that had since disappeared.