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Alabama and Auburn are eternal rivals in their state. But on Saturday, the fans of both teams could share a common emotion: Disappointment.
Can we just skip the part where we make videos about the entire state of Alabama being sad this week?
SEC Shorts – How Auburn and Alabama fans cope with losing on the same day https://t.co/dSFzpGFI9F via @YouTube
(Just kidding don’t skip it ???)
— Basketball School Fan (@auburncoaster) October 10, 2021
First for the Crimson Tide: They lost their spot at the top of the polls with a stunning upset at Texas A&M.
nothing quite like seeing an alabama fan sad
— Taylor (@tayyyrowe01) October 10, 2021
Up next for Bama is Mississippi State, whose fans seem to know a bad week might be coming:
Someone must PAY for this loss, and that someone is in… <checks notes> STARKVILLE… #RollTide pic.twitter.com/ddBxBMxeZ4
— RedditCFB (@RedditCFB) October 10, 2021
Now for the Tigers. Auburn lost the latest edition of the Deep South’s Oldest Rivalry against Georgia. Auburn led 3-0 early, but that was false hope:
Tough first half for Auburn #sadSECfans pic.twitter.com/ZzIhhl2c4Z
— sadSECfans (@sadSECfans) October 9, 2021
The glow from the previous week’s win at LSU faded fast:
Tough afternoon for Auburn fans #sadSECfans pic.twitter.com/pK1ZRlQkrM
— sadSECfans (@sadSECfans) October 9, 2021
Good execution was hard to come by all around for Auburn:
1/2 of a #SurrenderCobra pic.twitter.com/Tl27HSKCzv
— Mike Tucker (@mtuck210) October 9, 2021
Also, the thriller in Oxford between Ole Miss and Arkansas was bound to leave one set of fans drained:
Ole Miss!!! #sadSECfans pic.twitter.com/DgaVqMjh6B
— sadSECfans (@sadSECfans) October 9, 2021
The Hogs made things interesting for their fired-up fans:
Arkansas fans not happy #sadSECfans pic.twitter.com/LVIrP8aVtP
— sadSECfans (@sadSECfans) October 9, 2021
Right down to the last-second TD and the fateful decision to go for 2:
1 second left…. #sadSECfans pic.twitter.com/0xhuFKLPIC
— sadSECfans (@sadSECfans) October 9, 2021
All this excitement was bound to lead to a legit #SurrenderCobra moment.
#SurrenderCobra pic.twitter.com/Aq7GLX9KOH
— Surrender Cobra (@SurrenderCobra) October 9, 2021
Proceedings were not nearly as exciting for South Carolina fans in a loss to Tennessee:
Tennessee whoopin South Carolina early #sadSECfans pic.twitter.com/8ijKV7GKiD
— sadSECfans (@sadSECfans) October 9, 2021
In a rivalry that will be a part of the SEC fabric in a few years, Oklahoma and Texas renewed things in Dallas at the Texas State Fair:
#sadSECfans? #OUvsTEX pic.twitter.com/3Gm7gy4dTJ
— sadSECfans (@sadSECfans) October 9, 2021
The Longhorns looked good early but put their fans through a lot in the second half:
#SurrenderCobra pic.twitter.com/qVsofzEc2A
— Surrender Cobra (@SurrenderCobra) October 9, 2021
The winning touchdown came in the final seconds, and OU couldn’t help but notice what that did to Texas fans:
Nothing like a Texas #SurrenderCobra! #BeatTexas #HornsDown #BoomerSooner pic.twitter.com/5naTwIfOs1
— OU Nation (@OUnation) October 9, 2021
Yep, it was a painful moment of surrender for the folks clad in burnt orange:
#SurrenderCobra pic.twitter.com/hAStW58unK
— Surrender Cobra (@SurrenderCobra) October 9, 2021
This wound up being a bit premature:
This is the earliest I’ve ever seen #SurrenderCobra in a football game. Oklahoma looks defeated.
— Well-meaning Nate (@utefan99) October 9, 2021
Finally, on the West Coast, there is the USC type of sadness with a home loss to Utah, and you realize that firing a coach midseason (again) really didn’t help:
— no context college football (@nocontextcfb) October 10, 2021
And there is a completely different pain in Tuscon, where Arizona fell to UCLA for its 17th consecutive defeat:
Let’s check in on Arizona fans pic.twitter.com/sg1BFXLNNv
— RedditCFB (@RedditCFB) October 10, 2021
If only for a week, Alabama fans can relate. Only for a week, though.
Longtime newspaper veteran Jim Tomlin is a copy editor and writer with SaturdayDownSouth.com.
