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Sad fans are sad, Week 6: Is sadness just starting on The Plains?
By Jim Tomlin
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Florida’s victory over Auburn on Saturday in The Swamp was the big talkng point both in the SEC and around the nation on Saturday.
The Tigers’ defense had looked excellent all season, and a good percentage of pundits predicted an Auburn victory over the Gators.
The result left Auburn fans searching for answers — and perhaps dreading the future, with top-5 teams LSU, Georgia and Alabama still ahead on the schedule.
Has the sadness just begun on The Plains?
One thing is for sure: Auburn-Florida produced a fair bit of emotional upheaval.
https://twitter.com/sadSECfans/status/1180610087657848833?s=20
When Bo Nix threw a critical interception into the end zone to kill a promising Auburn drive, coach Gus Malzahn probably summed up the feelings of Tigers fans everywhere:
#surrendercobra HOF https://t.co/WSma2Kk12I
— David E. Ward (@warddavide) October 5, 2019
Florida fans certainly had their tense moments as well:
After a ridiculous fake punt attempt by Florida, Auburn strikes immediately #sadSECfans #AUBvsUF #SurrenderCobra pic.twitter.com/NX1EV5sBhh
— sadSECfans (@sadSECfans) October 5, 2019
Evidently, one sitting at home contemplated what else was on TV. We do not in any way endorse switching channels when your favorite college football team is on for any reason (though the first two seasons of “Homeland” were pretty great, FWIW):
https://twitter.com/omithhasan8/status/1180585763483734018?s=20
But at the end, Auburn fans were left with an empty, nobody-to-block feeling:
This seems like a not ideal start for the Tigers #AUBvsFLA pic.twitter.com/Y8eI1rLxeQ
— RedditCFB (@RedditCFB) October 5, 2019
Me watching the last few minutes of this game… good on ya Gators. Auburn is bigger than football. If I don’t answer it’s cause I’m being a sad fan the rest of the weekend #AuburnFamily pic.twitter.com/YkHcdr9UYh
— Aaron Martin (@AAronTurfFL) October 5, 2019
This tweet took a poke a Florida’s schedule. UF did beat two FCS foes before Auburn, but that does not mean this tweet aged well:
Auburn is the only Power 5 team in college football with (2) wins over Top 25 opponents in their first five games, while Florida is the only Power 5 program with (2) wins over FCS opponents in their first five games #WarDamnEagle pic.twitter.com/zN5ie23RmG
— Power of Dixieland (@PwrofDixieland) October 4, 2019
Meanwhile, Tennessee hung with Georgia for a while before losing 43-14. Reality set in quickly for Vols fans:
UGA doesn't waste any time, and we get our first sad Vol fan of the evening #sadSECfans #UGAvsTENN pic.twitter.com/v2YYci1LD1
— sadSECfans (@sadSECfans) October 5, 2019
And one Vols fan might have had his mind elsewhere:
This guy thinking about NLDS game 3 tomorrow #sadSECfans #UGAvsTENN #ScoopNScore pic.twitter.com/qByOwVJwjE
— sadSECfans (@sadSECfans) October 6, 2019
Tennessee did lead for a bit:
Tennessee starts beating a ranked team and time literally stops pic.twitter.com/GVRJhtiVbM
— RedditCFB (@RedditCFB) October 6, 2019
One thing unites all SEC fans together: Their mutual glee at any exchange like this among Big Ten fans:
Big Ten Fourth Quarter Football: #IOWAvsMICH pic.twitter.com/rNud9j0YVR
— RedditCFB (@RedditCFB) October 5, 2019
For instance, Iowa held host Michigan to 10 points — and still lost:
— Black Heart Gold Pain (@BHGP) October 5, 2019
And for a game that produced a completely expected result, Penn State routing Purdue made some fans of both teams feel a certain way:
It could've gone better, but it also could've gone much worse… #PURvsPSU pic.twitter.com/7t98Q3G1FY
— RedditCFB (@RedditCFB) October 5, 2019
Yes, that’s right, sometimes sadness can be in the eye of the beholder.
Longtime newspaper veteran Jim Tomlin is a copy editor and writer with SaturdayDownSouth.com.
