{"id":417065,"date":"2026-01-19T17:37:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T17:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/417065\/"},"modified":"2026-01-19T17:37:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T17:37:15","slug":"indiana-fans-brave-frigid-temps-camp-outside-bars-before-national-title-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/417065\/","title":{"rendered":"Indiana Fans Brave Frigid Temps, Camp Outside Bars Before National Title Game"},"content":{"rendered":"

Students began lining up several hours before the Hoosiers kick off against the Miami Hurricanes in the CFP National Championship.<\/p>\n

PublishedJanuary 19, 2026 11:21 AM EST\u2022UpdatedJanuary 19, 2026 11:21 AM EST<\/p>\n

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You can’t call Indiana Hoosiers<\/a> fans “fair weather.”<\/p>\n

OK, maybe you can.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Until the last couple of years, Indiana was strictly a basketball school. No one in Bloomington cared about Hoosier football. Now, though, they care a lot.<\/p>\n

So much so, in fact, that hordes of students and fans literally camped outside Bloomington bars and pubs just to get a spot on a stool for Monday’s National Championship Game. A video posted to X<\/a> shows a line wrapped around the sidewalk outside The Upstairs Pub about 12 hours before kickoff.<\/p>\n

And judging by the tents and blanket forts, it looks like many of them were there overnight.<\/p>\n

You have to hand it to them \u2014 that’s some serious dedication just for the privilege of watching the game on TV with a few ice-cold $5 domestics. Especially considering Monday’s forecast<\/a> calls for a high of 16 degrees with 33mph wind gusts.<\/p>\n

Not so fair weather after all, huh?<\/p>\n

And it’s only going to get crazier as the day goes on. In anticipation of large crowds before, during and after the game on Monday, Bloomington city government announced a heightened police presence downtown and in select spots throughout the city.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Bloomington Police Captain Ryan Pedigo warned fans<\/a> to “anticipate busy establishments and very cold temperatures.” And expect to wait in line for quite a while if you plan to visit any of these establishments.<\/p>\n

“\u2018As fans come together to enjoy the excitement of the National Championship Game, we encourage everyone to celebrate responsibly,\u2019 Capt. Pedigo said. “Whether you\u2019re hosting friends, attending a watch party, or cheering from home, plan ahead, look out for one another, and make smart choices \u2014 especially when it comes to alcohol consumption. Go Hoosiers.\u2019”<\/p>\n

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Indiana fans cheer as the Hoosiers punched their ticket to the CFP National Championship.<\/p>\n

(Photo by Jeremy Hogan\/SOPA Images\/LightRocket via Getty Images)<\/p>\n

If the Hoosiers pull this off and take down Miami to claim their first-ever college football national championship, Bloomington will erupt. And no one’s going to care how cold it is outside.\u00a0<\/p>\n

BPD can probably forget about those “smart choices” regarding alcohol consumption, too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Students began lining up several hours before the Hoosiers kick off against the Miami Hurricanes in the CFP…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":417066,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[399,398,396,397,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-417065","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-football","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-ncaa","10":"tag-ncaa-football","11":"tag-ncaafootball","12":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417065","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=417065"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417065\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/417066"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=417065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=417065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=417065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}