College Football · Week 7 · Oct 12–18
Texas A&M
W 41-0 vs The Citadel · Sat, Oct 17 · 4-3 overall
Misery Index · Uneasy · ▼ from 98
A 41-0 shutout of The Citadel cured nothing, with the room already sizing up the next team that hits back.
The emotional rollercoaster
Texas A&M fans’ misery during the game, every 15 minutes. Up is worse.
What happened
A 41-0 win over The Citadel moved Texas A&M to 4-3, and the fanbase accepted it the way one accepts a participation trophy. The turning point was the first takeaway, which doubled as proof of concept for the prevailing theory: "We are not going to cross the 50 yard line outside yall turning it over." Misery fell from 98 to 57, less relief than exhaustion. As one fan put it, if the schedule were only Citadels, "we might be a fringe playoff team." It is not.
What fans said
“Not to overreact, be if we are just able to play the Citadel every week till late November we might be a fringe playoff team.”
u/Ok_Requirement_8133▲ 83sarcasm
“Their defense is going to eat this team for breakfast lol”
u/DanFlashesC0up0n▲ 33frustration
“We are not going to cross the 50 yard line outside yall turning it over.”
u/DanFlashesC0up0n▲ 22frustration
“OL keeps doing Hart dirty on the goal line”
u/bwarrior▲ 8frustration
“Players getting beat up by this RB. Embarrassing. Where’s the energy?”
u/bwarrior▲ 7rage
“Strong has to be drunk. He mumbles more than the first half.”
u/AgITGuy▲ 6rage
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