In a day full of great photos, quotes and soundbites, the Columbus Zoo is your champion of the countdown to the National Championship.

First, this came this magnificent tweet of staffers striking an O-H-I-O pose with a FREAKING TIGER:

Followed shortly by a giraffe getting in on the O-H-I-O action:

And then Colo was all like:

Koala's all Buckeye, too, you know:

#GoBucks