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Alabama and Georgia put on a display on Saturday, proving why they are the top two teams in the SEC. The Dawgs lost, but Georgia fans can take solace in two things: One, everyone in the East has at least one loss, so everything that UGA wants to achieve is still on the table. Two, the Dawgs are unlikely to take much damage in the rankings or, more important, in the eyes of the College Football Playoff committee.
Or, maybe UGA fans won’t find these thoughts that comforting:
Current state. #UGAvsALA pic.twitter.com/JeQ0HnyfPj
— 50Peach (@50peach) October 18, 2020
How it started vs How it’s going #UGAvsALA #UGA #Georgia #BAMAvsUGA #Bama #Alabama pic.twitter.com/O7DEuLg2wZ
— Bucky Bolen (@buckybolen) October 18, 2020
But Tennessee and Auburn fans have no such thoughts to comfort themselves.
Tennessee and Auburn went into Saturday’s SEC play ranked, but neither looked the part. They have to be the two saddest fanbases in the SEC this weekend after the Vols got blown out at home by Kentucky and the Tigers were upset by South Carolina.
Tennessee can't get out of their own way. Another turnover #sadSECfans #PickSix #TennvsUK pic.twitter.com/xvtVqfPL7v
— sadSECfans (@sadSECfans) October 17, 2020
Some were prepared to see Vols fans experience ennui even before the game started:
Today is a great day to make Tennessee fans sad again. pic.twitter.com/orX0WJS9RE
— Nick Roush (@RoushKSR) October 17, 2020
Kentucky’s defense gave its fans plenty of reasons to enjoy UT’s sadness:
Kentucky vs Tennessee had everything.
~ Interceptions
~ Cricket references
~ “Extracurricular activities”
~ UK’s first win in Knoxville in 36 years
~ Sad UT fans pic.twitter.com/DGPdd9l6Yu— Ian Johnson (@MemphisGinger) October 17, 2020
Auburn saw its ranking punctured by the loss to the Gamecocks.
Auburn picks off South Carolina #sadSECfans #SurrenderCobra #AUBvsSCAR pic.twitter.com/49vWKXkfKw
— sadSECfans (@sadSECfans) October 17, 2020
And as if all of this weren’t enough, a pretty fair-sized chunk of the fanbases throughout the SEC were also dealing with the Braves losing on Saturday as the Dodgers forced Game 7 in the National League Championship Series:
https://twitter.com/mom_morty/status/1317569947049070592?s=20
Arkansas (well, somebody running its social media account) enjoyed taking down Ole Miss and wrecking the Lane Train:
Oh dear pic.twitter.com/KISwt1qzCv
— Arkansas Razorbacks ? (@ArkRazorbacks) October 17, 2020
Elsewhere around the country, No. 5 North Carolina fell from the ranks of the unbeaten by losing at unranked Florida State:
https://t.co/j5D0BeWyN1 pic.twitter.com/k8VnaC4Iol
— no context college football (@nocontextcfb) October 18, 2020
Yep, it was Surrender Cobra time for the Tar Heels:
Is this bad? #surrendercobra pic.twitter.com/n1YnmhZgnL
— NativeSon (@tugboatMatt) October 18, 2020
Speaking of this mighty pose — with the Big Ten finally getting underway next week, it’s time to look back five years this week at a great moment in #SurrenderCobra history:
Also, five years ago on this day. pic.twitter.com/mslFUgw0sF
— The Only Colors (@TheOnlyColors) October 17, 2020
And finally, in a crazy year in which college football has faced delays all over and some conferences still haven’t started, all hail Dickinson State in Dickinson, S.D., the only 6-0 college football team in the country on any level:
After week 7, one team will stand alone as the only 6-0 football team at any level of college or professional football. pic.twitter.com/S52ApCHlFE
— RedditCFB (@RedditCFB) October 17, 2020
How about those Blue Hawks?
Longtime newspaper veteran Jim Tomlin is a copy editor and writer with SaturdayDownSouth.com.
