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Tennessee was so close to making Saturday’s rivalry game at Alabama interesting.
Then Jarrett Guarantano fumbled, the Crimson Tide ran it back 100 yards to make it 35-13, and Vols fans were left with a sad feeling against the Crimson Tide for the 13th consecutive year:
Oh no Tennessee #ScoopNScore #sadSECfans #BAMAvsTENN pic.twitter.com/rn5DNGdqBR
— sadSECfans (@sadSECfans) October 20, 2019
Mississippi State fans hoped their Bulldogs would copy their 2017 performance against LSU. Not so much:
https://twitter.com/TheOneBarrelRum/status/1185671402076200961?s=19
https://twitter.com/sadSECfans/status/1185675937230282753?s=20
We always love a good #SurrenderCobra sighting, such as this one on the sideline at the Ole Miss-Texas A&M game:
Anyone else spot the #SurrenderCobra after a great Texas A&M punt? #sadSECfans pic.twitter.com/TzexQvaRbl
— sadSECfans (@sadSECfans) October 20, 2019
And Arkansas just kept on being Arkansas on its way to a 15th consecutive SEC loss:
https://twitter.com/Ark_Windbreaker/status/1185600592946847744?s=20
A little Ivan Drago goes a long way:
https://twitter.com/Ark_Windbreaker/status/1185622092798185474?s=20
Arkansas can’t see a way out of the basement from here, noting Vandy’s upset win over Mizzou as well:
Even Vandy wins an occasional SEC game ?# sad Arkansas fan
— mhollisus (@swtsu82) October 19, 2019
South Carolina got the blues a bit after losing to Florida, but Gamecocks fans can take heart from last week’s win over Georgia and the fact that they led the Gators for a pretty decent chunk of Saturday’s game. Or turn to a cute kid for solace, at least:
https://twitter.com/kristen_laurren/status/1185632953751261184?s=20
But there was little consolation for Kentucky fans in a shutout loss to Georgia:
Georgia starting to open it up. Kentucky fans give the TD 2 thumbs down #sadSECfans pic.twitter.com/ALPYcqIDg5
— sadSECfans (@sadSECfans) October 20, 2019
As for Miami, fans who thought they had a rising top-10 program just a couple of years ago were not dealing well with losing at home to a bad Georgia Tech team (Warning — NSFW language):
When Miami fans found out that they lost to a 2-5 Georgia Tech 28-21 in OT at home pic.twitter.com/FSvJjFHpMl
— Lee Harvey (@AyeThatsLee) October 19, 2019
Perhaps the biggest shock of the college football season came in Champaign, Ill., where the Fighting Illini knocked off previously unbeaten Wisconsin with a last-second field goal. Illinois then pulled off what the kids call a “troll job” by playing House of Pain’s Jump Around, the signature song during games at Wisconsin’s Camp Randall Stadium:
Illinois playing “Jump Around” after beating Wisconsin, ?pic.twitter.com/Y6XIYfKO86
— Trey Wallace (@TreyWallace_) October 19, 2019
For those watching at one establishment, the Illinois win was a moment of joy — except for one Badgers fan who struck a classic #SurrenderCobra pose:
IT'S A GREAT DAY TO BE AN ILLINI pic.twitter.com/9y9N7IQYCa
— Illinois Athletics (@IlliniAthletics) October 19, 2019
And another Cobra struck in Louisville against Clemson:
This #SurrenderCobra is a thing of beauty @RedditCFB pic.twitter.com/JFOUn9fNSr
— Ted Goldberg (@TedGoldbergTV) October 19, 2019
In a bottom-dweller battle in Conference USA, Rice and Texas-San Antonio were drawing very little love (UTSA prevailed 31-27 to keep Rice winless, by the way):
#TrashTalk isn't just for those flashy teams at the top, no it can be found everywhere; also Rice is now favored by 4.5 pic.twitter.com/uWFyXeeLe9
— RedditCFB (@RedditCFB) October 18, 2019
And remember kids, no matter how much of a bummer your weekend might have been, cheer yourselves up with this thought: It could be worse. You could be the Pac-12:
UCLA beat Stanford and Oregon State beat Cal this weekend. What's the worst team in the Pac-12?
— RedditCFB (@RedditCFB) October 19, 2019
All better?
Longtime newspaper veteran Jim Tomlin is a copy editor and writer with SaturdayDownSouth.com.
