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Little Caesars gave away free pizza after UMBC’s upset of Virginia and it was bananas

People were Hot n’ Ready for this free pizza action.

James Dator
James Dator has been covering a wide range of sports for SB Nation for over a decade, with a special focus on the NFL.

It’s a magical day for basketball fans and lovers of free food alike.

Free food does amazing things to stores — and as you’d expect Little Caesars is getting CRUSHED due to the promise of free food. Just like UMBC crushed Virginia when nobody was expecting it.

I’m not going to criticize anyone who is willing to wait for free food. If you’re good with waiting two hours to get Little Caesars, then darn it, you enjoy your free pizza. That said, it’s still impressive to see the breadth of people around America waiting for their free lunch.

This was a “while supplies last” type thing, and there was a line in the promotion’s conditions that I bet a lot of people missed.

TO QUALIFY, YOU MUST PLACE YOUR ORDER NO LATER THAN 1:00 P.M. (LOCAL TIME). IF YOU PLACE YOUR ORDER AFTERWARDS, EVEN IF YOU WERE IN LINE AT 1:00 P.M. (LOCAL TIME), THE OFFER WILL HAVE EXPIRED AND WILL NOT BE FULFILLED

Related: People DEFINITELY are not reading the fine print on this one.

There is going to be pizza anarchy very soon. It will be like The Purge but with pepperoni.

Be careful out there, pizza lovers.

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