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Tennessee really is making this too easy.
Last week, the Volunteers had an inexcusable loss to Georgia State. On Saturday, the Vols endured an inexplicable defeat against BYU.
Both were at Neyland Stadium.
You know what that means: It’s time to cue up a load of sad Tennessee fans.
https://twitter.com/kscommenter/status/1170527962652905472?s=20
Tennessee was one of four SEC teams to lose on Saturday. Arkansas lost at Ole Miss in a game where, obviously, one SEC team had to lose. Vanderbilt lost to Purdue in a battle of two meh teams in West Lafayette. Texas A&M lost at Clemson, which should not hurt the Aggies’ resume one bit.
That leaves us with even more Tennessee:
https://twitter.com/sadSECfans/status/1170528609532088320?s=20
#sadSECfans pic.twitter.com/41cjC8AIFE
— sadSECfans (@sadSECfans) September 8, 2019
BYU strikes first in overtime #sadSECfans #TENNvsBYU pic.twitter.com/GzKEzkTZTY
— sadSECfans (@sadSECfans) September 8, 2019
#UT look like they've hit Rocky Bottom. WOOO! Rocky Bottom, #Tennesee #BYUvsUT #BYU #Cougars #Volunteers #vols pic.twitter.com/V7SCrrJGx4
— saaadurday (@saaadurday) September 8, 2019
#TENNvsBYU #TennesseeVols #sadfan pic.twitter.com/uauXRzVG8y
— Witknee (@WitkneeLawz) September 8, 2019
And how can we let this topic go without a Surrender Cobra? We can’t:
Its happening again…..#sadSECfans #surrendercobra pic.twitter.com/LbjDpbi06C
— sadSECfans (@sadSECfans) September 8, 2019
Just to rub salt in the wound, Georgia State struggled with FCS program Furman early:
For the Vols fans, and early update from Atlanta: Furman 6, Georgia State 0.
— Pat Forde (@ByPatForde) September 7, 2019
GSU pulled it out 48-42, which means that Tennessee’s strength of schedule … oh, forget it.
LSU-Texas was a major matchup with national implications in Austin, and there was some star power as usual on the Longhorns’ sideline:
All wrong, all wrong, all wrong… #LSUvsTexas #hookem #GeauxTigers #tigers #longhorns #UT #LSU pic.twitter.com/yDyUEMR8ZZ
— saaadurday (@saaadurday) September 8, 2019
Pregame, it seems someone found a topic about which folks on social media complained even more than they did about the BCS a few years ago:
Lies, his version could’ve only been better. #GameDaySigns pic.twitter.com/jDqFTuPXeC
— RedditCFB (@RedditCFB) September 7, 2019
Razorbacks fans feel a bit trapped, it seems:
Arkansas fans watching other teams having fun and winning games….. pic.twitter.com/C9t86ldNnF
— That's Gotta Be Kane! (@LongLiveDKing) September 8, 2019
It will be a long road for Arkansas:
Arkansas fans looking at the rubble of the Razorbacks’ offense pic.twitter.com/LHbFgSCpc5
— David Lippman (@david_lippman) September 8, 2019
A pretty good portion of the country was rooting for Army on Saturday — well, we all root for the U.S. Army, but you know what we mean. The gridiron Black Knights played a great game against Michigan in Ann Arbor and, just like last year against Oklahoma in Norman, took a traditional powerhouse to overtime on the road.
The Army never surrenders! #SurrenderCobra pic.twitter.com/XopFsTR60j
— Surrender Cobra (@SurrenderCobra) September 7, 2019
Just like that 2018 game, fans of that powerhouse had a lot of nervous moments against Army before pulling out the victory.
ARMY!!!!!! I was hoping for another classic #surrendercobra from Michigan. Here comes OT pic.twitter.com/iKNy7xwg3J
— Monte (@iammonte) September 7, 2019
Syracuse was ranked No. 21 going into Saturday but got smoked at Maryland:
We’re one week late, but Orange you glad saaadurday is back? @TerpsFootball putting the hurt on @CuseFootball #sadfan #cfb @RedditCFB pic.twitter.com/q9nNLxPEGY
— saaadurday (@saaadurday) September 7, 2019
Not a fun day to wear orange — unless you’re at Clemson, obviously.
Longtime newspaper veteran Jim Tomlin is a copy editor and writer with SaturdayDownSouth.com.
