The notoriously boot-strapped Ohio State University recently drained Mirror Lake while the university studied ways to reduce the costs in maintaining the spot of one of college sports' grandest traditions.

One way to reduce the cost of maintenance would be to fill the lake and turn it into a patch of grass. Is this what Ohio State is planning? Because it sure looks like it.

So gravel is being poured into Mirror Lake right now pic.twitter.com/iK9cRC3yev — Kristen Mitchell (@Kristenreports) May 6, 2014

I don't know about you guys, but I don't think there's enough alcohol in the world that could entice me into jumping into a "lake" filled with gravel. Somebody get me Chilliam Wallace on the horn, ASAP!!!!

UPDATE (12:26 PM):

Talked to one of the guys working this job. They're apparently evening the lake with 700 tons of gravel — Kristen Mitchell (@Kristenreports) May 6, 2014

Now they're going to suck out all the nasty rain water that has collected pic.twitter.com/7Iyvv4tAdX — Kristen Mitchell (@Kristenreports) May 6, 2014

This is going to take a while pic.twitter.com/TUrKqJoJxN — Kristen Mitchell (@Kristenreports) May 6, 2014



UPDATE (1:14 PM): Our national nightmare is over. Chilliam Wallace, your services are no longer needed. Please tell your bannermen to stand down.