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LSU fans, welcome to 2020.
The SEC football season finally kicked off at noon ET on Saturday. Several hours later, we had the first big SEC upset of the season — and probably the first group of upset fans.
The Tigers lost at home to unranked Mississippi State and got torched for an SEC record in single-game passing yards in the process.
LSU fans got used to the whole “never losing” thing last season, and who can blame them? But MSU helped remind them how sad it feels:
Been a while since we had this much sadness from Baton Rouge #sadSECfans pic.twitter.com/5PWg0oRDv1
— sadSECfans (@sadSECfans) September 26, 2020
The forlorn feeling …
— no context college football (@nocontextcfb) September 26, 2020
And the stunning realization …
Miss St extends the lead!!!! #sadSECfans #cowbell pic.twitter.com/KDrAK27ZiW
— sadSECfans (@sadSECfans) September 26, 2020
South Carolina had a legit chance to beat Tennessee, tying the score early in the fourth quarter. But the Gamecocks fell short and their fans had feelings about it:
See no Gamecock, hear no Gamecock, speak no Gamecock pic.twitter.com/mTFeVWE659
— RedditCFB (@RedditCFB) September 27, 2020
The feeling is expressed by — you guessed it — one of the first Surrender Cobra sightings of the young SEC football season:
#sadSECfans #SurrenderCobra #TENNvsSCAR pic.twitter.com/dwuHXiZXTj
— sadSECfans (@sadSECfans) September 27, 2020
A nicely timed double Cobra struck Ole Miss fans during the loss to Florida:
Hey @SurrenderCobra ? – #DoubleCobrz at the @OleMissFB v @GatorsFB game. Glad to have you back @ESPNCFB! pic.twitter.com/K4HfLwElmP
— Cal Bowers (@63bigcal) September 26, 2020
Not even sad, just amusing that a familiar meme pops up to encapsulate the oddity of two SEC games having an unusual 7-5 score at halftime:
#ItJustMeansMore pic.twitter.com/yt84y89sAr
— RedditCFB (@RedditCFB) September 27, 2020
Outside of the SEC, Texas Tech fans had a familiar sinking feeling after their team blew a lead and lost to Texas in overtime:
https://twitter.com/JimMWeber/status/1310005449253621762?s=20
Meanwhile, in the ACC, Florida State’s implosion continued with a thrashing at the hands of rival Miami:
— no context college football (@nocontextcfb) September 27, 2020
The loss was bad enough for players to share in the misery felt by Seminoles rooters:
Same. pic.twitter.com/UEPKoYB9Ur
— Brandon Marcello (@bmarcello) September 27, 2020
Finally, a very clever Surrender Cobra reference snakes its way into our view regarding Oklahoma’s shocking loss to Kansas State:
A surrender Rattler pic.twitter.com/mkiYqQujZ7
— Bryan Fischer (@BryanDFischer) September 26, 2020
That play on Spencer Rattler’s name might just win the internet this week.
What kinds of sadness will we see in Week 2 of SEC football 2020? Stay tuned.
Longtime newspaper veteran Jim Tomlin is a copy editor and writer with SaturdayDownSouth.com.
