It might have been one of the worst opening college football weekends for the SEC in a long time, starting with Tennessee’s near-upset against Appalachian State and ending with Ole Miss' gut-wrenching collapse against Florida State. Here’s a look at how the weekend unfolded on Twitter across the league.
.@Vol_Football i mean the good news is when this happened to Michigan, they went on to beat Florida
— Ryan Nanni (@celebrityhottub) September 1, 2016
FIRST SURRENDER COBRA OF THE 2016 SEASON pic.twitter.com/aVBt0BeBfC
— ESPN CollegeFootball (@ESPNCFB) September 2, 2016
"Five penalties, two drops and a fumble," Rod Gilmore says of the Gamecocks.
— Brandon Larrabee (@BecomingBrandon) September 2, 2016
Nine minutes in
If I'm Tennessee I'm eying that offensive coordinator at Alabama, he's done some good things in Nick Saban's system
— jason (@JasonKirkSBN) September 2, 2016
Response in VU press box to my question of why is Wade Freebeck in instead of Lyle Shurmur pic.twitter.com/2ZTgIIeRF9
— Chris Harris (@ChrisHarrisWSMV) September 2, 2016
South Carolina has a heck of a punter. His leg may fall off this year but he's good.
— Ryan Brown (@RyanBrownWJOX) September 2, 2016
Relax Tennessee fans. There are only 152 days until National Signing Day
— Derek (@DerekAggie06) September 2, 2016
Please let this be the year of....whatever this is!! pic.twitter.com/xDF4cgzM2D
— Andrew HammondAP (@ahammsportsgeek) September 2, 2016
Vanderbilt misses the kick. This game is still tied. CHANGE IT TO —
— Brandon Larrabee (@BecomingBrandon) September 2, 2016
No, actually, you don’t want to watch this if you don’t have to
Derek Mason becomes the first coach to lose to two different Will Muschamp teams.
— Stewart Mandel (@slmandel) September 2, 2016
Weird upset alert: South Alabama is only down 20-14 to Mississippi State in the fourth quarter.
— Jeremy Adcock (@cfoutpost) September 3, 2016
On behalf of South Carolina and Vanderbilt, I want to thank Mizzou and MSU for their spirited efforts to look like the worst team in the SEC
— Brandon Larrabee (@BecomingBrandon) September 3, 2016
(Joke about Mississppi being below the USA average in everything goes here.)
— VineyardDawg (@vineyarddawg) September 3, 2016
Well this was quick RT @Big12Conference We’d like to congratulate @UofSouthAlabama on advancing to the next round of Big 12 Expansion!
— Justin Kaspar (@Ranger222) September 3, 2016
still in the running for SEC champs technically
— FWtCT (@mstatesports) September 3, 2016
/weeps in despair
.@NCAA, please look into South Alabama recruiting. CC @ScoutSteveR
— Bunkie Perkins (@BunkiePerkins) September 3, 2016
Look on the bright side, Mississppi State fans: You set a new world record for simultaneous Surrender Cobras:
— Jim Weber (@JimMWeber) September 3, 2016
https://t.co/1S6DRvvFYc
Can you imagine the amount of alcohol consumed in Green Bay this weekend between LSU and Wisconites?
— CornNation (@CornNation) September 3, 2016
I think I speak for all of us over at @teamspeedkills when I say that South Alabama is our new No. 1
— Chris Dougherty (@CFBIndex) September 3, 2016
Hearing Uncle Verne say "Soso Jamabo" might be one of the top 10 moments of my life.
— Wes Rucker (@wesrucker247) September 3, 2016
I wish Utah had scheduled an SEC team .... hearing Verne try to pronounce the Samoan names would be epic. https://t.co/2gEoDSfm1B
— Lisa Horne (@LisaHorne) September 3, 2016
Marvin Zanders on the 3rd & 7 when he ran a keeper - it was a called pass, was supposed to have 3 WRs to his left but they weren't there.
— Dave Matter (@Dave_Matter) September 3, 2016
#Wisconsin just hit the 100-yard mark for total offense. #LSU has 7.
— Ross Dellenger (@RossDellenger) September 3, 2016
No *YOU* picked LSU to win the national title
— Matt Brown (@MattBrownCFB) September 3, 2016
Long Season.... Only Up From Here #BelieveDat #Mizzou
— Chris Black (@cb1_Mizzou) September 3, 2016
Wisconsin has had the ball for over 21 minutes. LSU has had the ball for 4 minutes.
— Jake Nazar (@ATVS_JakeNazar) September 3, 2016
The score is 3-0 Wisconsin
Apparently, NCAA really didn’t need to worry about any LSU or UW players doing the Lambeau Leap after all
— Brett McMurphy (@McMurphyESPN) September 3, 2016
LSU is your best friend who shows up drunk, makes a complete mess out of your party, steals your girl and watches the sun rise with her
— Jake Nazar (@ATVS_JakeNazar) September 3, 2016
A&M is basically the team-wide version of the September Heisman.
— Matt Hinton (@MattRHinton) September 3, 2016
Bulldog fans, I'm truly sorry for letting you down. I will do everything possible to come back stronger from this. Hailstate and God bless.
— Westin Graves (@westin_graves) September 3, 2016
Flagrant personal foul on this hit. #SidelineCam https://t.co/w4I8sGOnaN
— College GameDay (@CollegeGameDay) September 3, 2016
SEC current power rankings: 1-Bama 2-Wisconsin 3-Texas A&M 4-South Alabama 5-Georgia 6-Tennessee 7- App State 8-(tie) Arkansas/La. Tech
— Brett McMurphy (@McMurphyESPN) September 3, 2016
No matter how you lose... Never ... EVER... Take a cheap shot....
— Tyrann Mathieu (@Mathieu_Era) September 3, 2016
Long season but I am
— Marcus Spears (@mspear96) September 3, 2016
Looks like Arkansas is going to survive against Louisiana Tech.
— Brandon Larrabee (@BecomingBrandon) September 3, 2016
Read that sentence again
The word of the day is: Nightmarish
— Team Speed Kills (@TeamSpeedKills) September 3, 2016
Used in a sentence:
"The SEC is having a nightmarish day."
I honestly can't believe that win by Wisconsin. LSU wins ugly for a living; never really hit me until Harris' pick it might not this time.
— Matt Hinton (@MattRHinton) September 3, 2016
TEXAS A&M WINS THE WEEK ONE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP FOR THE THIRD CONSECUTIVE YEAR
— Brandon Larrabee (@BecomingBrandon) September 3, 2016
Lane Kiffin throws a piece of candy to a few #USC fans pic.twitter.com/UixZ4Z9txU
— Emily Van Buskirk (@Emilnem) September 3, 2016
.@ChickfilA why didn’t you call this the Kick-fil-A Game
— Ryan Nanni (@celebrityhottub) September 3, 2016
@TeamSpeedKills, on behalf of all of us at @offtackleempire, I extend our condolences on your horrible weekend. It happens to the best of us
— Thomas Speth (@TSpeth5) September 4, 2016
Kentucky led 35-10 in the second quarter vs. Southern Miss. Late in the third, it now trails, 38-35.
— David Ubben (@davidubben) September 4, 2016
Ready for a bad stat? In Auburn's last 60 minutes of football at Jordan-Hare ('15 Iron Bowl, tonight), they have 2 rushing yards. Two. TWO.
— Nathan Deal (@NattyD13) September 4, 2016
Kentucky football seems about as pointless as trying to instill democracy in the Middle East
— Seth Hughes (@THESethHughes) September 4, 2016
Thought "Man this is a violent episode of 'Game of Thrones'" then realized it was just the USC/Bama game.
— Dawg Sports (@dawgsports) September 4, 2016
If I was Lane Kiffin I'd go to the airport after the game just to wish USC a safe trip home.
— Chris Dufresne (@DufRankman) September 4, 2016
Somewhere, Derek Mason is watching Gus Malzahn swap out QBs pic.twitter.com/NwdgbaTtw1
— Patrick Givens (@rick_givens) September 4, 2016
Kentucky still can't really afford to fire Stoops because they were played like a fiddle by Stoops' agent
— Howie Lindsey (@howielindsey) September 4, 2016
Saban post game: "We need to get more players that can play winning football."
— Cecil Hurt (@CecilHurt) September 4, 2016
So Auburn's leading receiver tonight was their backup kicker last year.
— Mark McClellan (@M_McClellan) September 4, 2016
Auburn has been kept in this game by Kevin Steele's defense and nothing in this sport makes sense anymore
— Brandon Larrabee (@BecomingBrandon) September 4, 2016
2015: SEC lost 10 OOC regular season games total. 2014: 7. 2013: 9. 2012: 8. 2011: 6. 2010: 7. The SEC lost five TODAY.
— Timothy Burke (@bubbaprog) September 4, 2016
Go home, @SportsCenter. You're #drunj pic.twitter.com/J1zmhx3BsT
— Allison Chancy (@amchancy) September 4, 2016
Jumbo Fisher pre-game speeches should be capped at 30 seconds
— GABAttack (@GABAttack) September 6, 2016
2 mins in & he has already started saying how a dictatorship of the proletariat is a necessary part of revolution. https://t.co/lLrsvvRGKV
— Cam (@morrisoncrying) September 6, 2016
I love how Ole Miss’ staff is wearing "no days off" t-shirts, which is an NCAA violation
— Ben Swain (@TheBenSwain) September 6, 2016
First quarter recap: pic.twitter.com/6D0lbt9ljq
— FSU Football (@FSU_Football) September 6, 2016
Never underestimate Chad Kelly’s ability to throw Florida State back into this
— Luke Zimmermann (@lukezim) September 6, 2016
Dr. Chad
— Shutdown Fullcast (@ShutdwnFullback) September 6, 2016
Bold strategy by Hugh Freeze vacating a win before the NCAA forces him to.
— Touchdown AlaBananas (@geauxcrimson) September 6, 2016
Beer bottle through a window call. Officer's out determining the reason why.
— Oxford Police Dept (@OxfordPolice) September 6, 2016
Due to the new record number of "tips" we have determined the cause. Thank you!
— Oxford Police Dept (@OxfordPolice) September 6, 2016
ole miss is the boyfriend you stay with bc maybe things will be different this time
— Alex McDaniel (@AlexMcDaniel) September 6, 2016
Gotta admire High Freeze for compressing an entire Texas A&M season into one game for Ole Miss. The man is a true artisan.
— VineyardDawg (@vineyarddawg) September 6, 2016
Hugh Freeze: "It was definitely a nightmarish 2nd half."
— Jon Solomon (@JonSolomonCBS) September 6, 2016