College Football · Week 5 · Sep 28–Oct 4
#16 Mississippi State
L 23-56 vs #7 Alabama · Sat, Oct 3 · 4-1 overall
Misery Index · Miserable · ▲ from 43
Four wins bought nothing: Alabama arrived, and the spirits looked broken well before kickoff.
The emotional rollercoaster
Mississippi State fans’ misery during the game, every 15 minutes. Up is worse.
What happened
Four wins bought Mississippi State a month of optimism and about ninety minutes of credibility. Alabama ended both, 56-23, and the turning point was simply kickoff — the moment the sideline's posture confirmed what one fan already suspected, that "our team goes into these games with broken spirits. Every single one of these looms so large." At 4-1, the record still reads like progress. The misery index, up from 51 to 71, reads like the truth. Bulldog fans know which one the schedule believes.
What fans said
“It really is like our team goes into these games with broken spirits. Every single one of these looms so large”
u/KILL_WITH_KINDNESS▲ 69despair
“Camera crew should be ashamed of themselves zooming in on his parents grieving like that. Absolutely disgusting.”
u/drummerboy31402▲ 25frustration
“Right after making fun of yall for getting your back blown out yeah. Did I stutter?”
u/Fried_Chicki_Sandy▲ 17rage
“Turned this game off and on 6 different times already…”
u/Nem3sis2k17▲ 14frustration
“I hated the hire at the time and I still hate it”
u/Fregla▲ 12frustration
“all the fucking self inflicted wounds are pissing me off”
u/LivingCustomer9729▲ 11rage
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