College Football · Week 5 · Sep 28–Oct 4
#8 Florida
L 17-45 at #25 Missouri · Sat, Oct 3 · 4-1 overall
Misery Index · Despair · ▲ from 4
The Florida is back talk lasted exactly one week, and Missouri collected the interest in Columbia.
The emotional rollercoaster
Florida fans’ misery during the game, every 15 minutes. Up is worse.
What happened
The 4-0 start bought Florida exactly one week of goodwill, and Missouri spent Saturday repossessing it in a 45-17 rout that dropped the Gators to 4-1. The turning point wasn't a play so much as a realization: the offense that got "stifled" by Kentucky and a 1-11 USF team was never fixed, just flattered by the schedule. Misery jumped from 7 to 79. One fan skipped the stages of grief entirely: "I hate you and I hope you lose in a devastating way in every game the rest of the season." Optimism, it turns out, has a one-week warranty.
What fans said
“Buster Faulkner was supposed to be on a jet to his head coaching job any minute now”
u/speed-of-sound▲ 183sarcasm
“Was probably a bad omen at the time that the Florida is back talk only lasted a week before Kentucky and a 1-11 USF team stifled our offense.”
u/NanoBuc▲ 87frustration
“I hate you and I hope you lose in a devastating way in every game the rest of the season.”
u/darthspurrier▲ 60rage
“Personal foul, touching the labia.”
u/jcfan4u▲ 18rage
“Battered Gator fan syndrome. I expected a penalty”
u/bohemian-soul-bakery▲ 17frustration
“Florida choked on their ambition and was subsumed by the power of the dark side, I imagine.”
u/JeffGoldblumsChest▲ 16despair
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