One of the best things about college football is the passion fans have for their team, their university, and their players. Of course, being so passionate about something also means that from time to time you get your heart broken.
On gameday, Twitter is an amazing way to follow the ups and downs of college football, and with that, we bring you the five fan bases that had the most to be sad about this past weekend:
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No. 1: Auburn Tigers
The Tigers had been bowling people over so far this season. They were coming off a 34-point waxing of LSU. On Saturday, at Mississippi State, instead of being the bowling ball… they were the pin. The Bulldogs jumped all over the Tigers by scoring 21 points in the first quarter, and from there it was an uphill climb, a hill over which Gus Malzahn couldn’t quite drive the “Gus Bus.”
Auburn student sitting next to me watching this: “I’m going to cry.”
— Morgan Moriarty (@Morgan_Moriarty) October 11, 2014
My mom is an auburn fan and my dad is a miss state fan….the picture says the rest pic.twitter.com/rB8IkvQmJo
— Elizabeth Farrar (@Lizard_1115) October 12, 2014
Auburn fan is experiencing anxiety, considers eating pearls. http://t.co/3CZr1qO2bT
— SB Nation GIF (@SBNationGIF) October 11, 2014
No. 2: Florida Gators
The Gators have accepted the need to win ugly during the Will Muschamp era, and that’s exactly what they did last week against Tennessee. A new quarterback rescued the team and there seemed to be a light at the end of the tunnel. This week, that new quarterback was suspended and the game was turned back to Jeff Driskel. The Gators lost a heartbreaker to LSU at home.
I feel you sad Florida fan #sec #lsu pic.twitter.com/FvER5XFnQy
— Orange Bias (@OrangeBias) October 12, 2014
It makes me sad that I wait 7-8 months for college football, only to be let down again & again. I miss consistency in the program. #Gators
— Lesley Green (@LesleyB85) October 12, 2014
So sick of the Gators ripping my heart out of my chest. Sad part is I saw it coming but fooled myself with a false hope it wouldnt happen
— Shane wiggins (@wiggins_14) October 12, 2014
No. 3: Arizona Wildcats
Arizona beat Oregon last week in a shocker that put the Wildcats on top of the world. This week it all came crashing down. Trailing 28-13 early in the fourth quarter, Arizona rallied furiously at the end of the game but came up short because of a missed 36-yard field goal from the center of the field that would have won the contest. Arizona has never won an outright Pac-12 title. This result prevented the Wildcats from being the clear midseason leader in the Pac-12 South. It was anything but “just another loss.”
#ArizonaFGKicking — AZ Desert Swarm (@azdesertswarm) October 12, 2014
Oh #ArizonaWildcats … #sad #CollegeGameday
— Brett Maline (@breezy__f__baby) October 12, 2014
No. 4: BYU Cougars
The season seemed so promising for the Cougars. They started off 4-0 with wins over UConn, Texas, Houston and Virginia. Then their star quarterback, Taysom Hill, got hurt. The wheels promptly came off against Utah State. To add salt to their wounds they lost this past week in overtime against UCF in a game that ended on a controversial no-call that went against BYU.
It is more enjoyable to watch games after BYU has been eliminated from the national conversation actually no it just makes me sad again. — Zach Bloxham (@zbloxham) October 11, 2014
Yikes. I wasn’t gonna say anything at first but that was a hold. Sad to see it end that way. #BYU
— Sam Yoshida (@SamYoshida) October 10, 2014
Showing live tweets from Taysom Hill while BYU plays a football game is just the saddest of sad. 🙁 — Zach Bloxham (@zbloxham) October 10, 2014
No. 5: Texas Longhorns
The Longhorns haven’t had a lot to be excited about this year: They went into their rivalry game against Oklahoma with a 2-3 record. Down 31-13 in the fourth quarter, the Longhorns came back to cut the deficit to five late in the game but couldn’t get over the final hurdle. Texas has now started the season 2-4 overall, 1-2 in the Big 12.
Oklahoma’s touchdown was overturned. But it gave us SAD BOWTIE TEXAS FAN: http://t.co/57Rg9aofK2 pic.twitter.com/E5gb01iHca
— SB Nation (@SBNation) October 11, 2014
Sad cuz longhorns lost
