Extreme times call for extreme measures, and the fine civic workers of Philadelphia are planning ahead no matter who wins the NFC Championship game between the Vikings and Eagles.

Good morning from Philly where crews from the city are greasing the light poles with Crisco to prevent #Eagles fans from climbing after the #NFCChampionshipGame tonight. #Vikings pregame coverage starts at 3 on FOX9. They call themselves the #CriscoCops pic.twitter.com/w1ZkYWZhYG — FOX 9 Sports (@Fox9Sports) January 21, 2018

Sports fans climb lamp posts in celebration, they climb them in anger — making this just solid planning on the city’s part. Emotions are going to be high and Eagles fans have been waiting for another shot at the Super Bowl for a long time. Part of me hopes any would-be lamp post climber doesn’t hear about this, just in case they go after the game to scale one and we have Wile E. Coyote-esque scenes on the streets of Philly.

Shout out to the city workers who are up early on a Sunday in near-freezing conditions greasing lamp posts with commercial-sized vats of Crisco. Y’all the real MVPs.