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The game of the day on Saturday was the Deep South’s Oldest Rivalry between Georgia and Auburn. The Bulldogs clinched a berth in the SEC Championship Game with their 21-14 victory. Tigers fans were left to ponder what’s next (Surrender Cobra pose optional):
#sadSECfans #UGAvsAUB #SurrenderCobra pic.twitter.com/VntTWkIyVA
— sadSECfans (@sadSECfans) November 17, 2019
Everyone at Auburn is probably hungry for Cupcake Week, and next up is Samford, right on cue:
Me too, girl. @sadSECfans pic.twitter.com/xEdk4m79H8
— Aubrey Stevenson (@AubreyNicole22) November 17, 2019
Auburn had opportunities but could not capitalize:
UGA is gonna hang on #sadSECfans #UGAvsAUB pic.twitter.com/vlcFKbfNTn
— sadSECfans (@sadSECfans) November 17, 2019
Yep, it was a day of agony on The Plains:
#sadSECfans #UGAvsAUB pic.twitter.com/6Zwhx4EftX
— sadSECfans (@sadSECfans) November 17, 2019
It was tense enough to make you eat a pom-pom (guys, honestly, it’s almost Cupcake Week, we promise):
U know what it is the –#SurrenderCobra #UGA #SECEastChampion pic.twitter.com/KmLAfIJqz2
— Slump God USMC ?? (@donmega1833) November 17, 2019
Sometimes there were no words:
Bo Nix fumbles #sadSECfans #UGAvsAUB pic.twitter.com/BtpwmFW8OK
— sadSECfans (@sadSECfans) November 16, 2019
— CBS Sports (@CBSSports) November 17, 2019
There were tense moments for Georgia fans, too:
Auburn fighting back #sadSECfans #UGAvsAUB pic.twitter.com/XVYLhOxhWG
— sadSECfans (@sadSECfans) November 17, 2019
Meanwhile, South Carolina — the team that beat Georgia, which seems more unreal every week — was pasted at Texas A&M as Gamecocks fans saw their bowl hopes end:
Can we start an emotional support thread for Gamecock Football fans?
I’ll start: Hi, I’m Bryan. I’m a Gamecock Football fan, and I’m sad. pic.twitter.com/Ng5ETIvUU4
— Bryan H., Esq. (@X_BryanH) November 17, 2019
Outside of the SEC, Baylor took a huge lead on Oklahoma in a Big 12 battle, leading to both a Surrender Cobra and a recitation of a two-word millennial complaint:
OK Boomer! #SurrenderCobra pic.twitter.com/WFDEfPPlEV
— Surrender Cobra (@SurrenderCobra) November 17, 2019
But Baylor wound up squandering a 28-3 lead as #SurrenderCobra struck again:
Baylor got some cobras in the house tonight #SurrenderCobra? https://t.co/ERxW6EhkGX
— Ian Hendrix (@kallmeianro) November 17, 2019
Leading some to remember a certain other team which blew a 28-3 lead in a big game:
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??????????????????????— RedditCFB (@RedditCFB) November 17, 2019
So now that Dabo Swinney killed the word “Clemsoning” out of the English language once and for all, is this specific blown 28-3 lead now called Falconing? Wait, we are not alone in this?
28-3 leads just aren't safe with Matt R.
— RedditCFB (@RedditCFB) November 17, 2019
Florida State fired coach Willie Taggart a few weeks ago but is still going bowling after improving to 6-5 with a win over Alabama State (Cupcake Week came a week early in Tallahassee). We are guessing that HeckinCrazy is being sarcastic here — but if you’re excited for real, Heckin, please know that it is spelled “Shreveport” before you book your airplane ticket:
#Noles fans excited at the prospect of bowl season in the Paris of Ark-La-Tex: pic.twitter.com/gwoy69US0t
— RedditCFB (@RedditCFB) November 16, 2019
Finally, we need to put aside our usual snark and wish Alabama quarterback Tua Tagovailoa a full and speedy recovery after his hip injury against Mississippi State:
https://twitter.com/john_calamita/status/1195824268241756163?s=20
We could not have said it better ourselves, John.
Longtime newspaper veteran Jim Tomlin is a copy editor and writer with SaturdayDownSouth.com.
