College Football · Week 5 · Sep 28–Oct 4
#17 Tennessee
W 24-14 vs Auburn · Sat, Oct 3 · 4-1 overall
Misery Index · Content · ▼ from 89
A win over Auburn bought calm, not belief, and the room spent it arguing about everyone else.
The emotional rollercoaster
Tennessee fans’ misery during the game, every 15 minutes. Up is worse.
What happened
Tennessee beat Auburn 24-14 and moved to 4-1, which should have been enough. The turning point wasn't on the field so much as in the aftermath: with the win banked, the fanbase pivoted immediately to conference hierarchy anxiety, warning that "Mizzou is really about to fuck up the SEC power rankings after this sub dragged them and glazed UF all week." Misery fell from 84 to 46, a win-shaped improvement. Somewhere in there, a fan snapped "We are, fuck the fans screaming that." Victory, apparently, is just quieter arguing.
What fans said
“The bama fans in this thread are maybe the least funny “people” on earth.”
u/alexpmarty▲ 15frustration
“SEC command center isn’t even watching this game haha”
u/bigwinterblowout▲ 12sarcasm
“Mizzou is really about to fuck up the SEC power rankings after this sub dragged them and glazed UF all week.”
u/StFuzzySlippers▲ 9frustration
“great work Heupel, perfect clock management”
u/kerph32▲ 9sarcasm
“Most teams use the run to open up a passing game. As with all things UT, we gotta do things backward and the hard way”
u/TheBaldvol▲ 9frustration
“What's really cooking my noodle now is how tf did Auburn have a shootout with Florida?”
u/StFuzzySlippers▲ 8frustration
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