Auburn football fans are drinking Alabama Crimson Tide fan tears like the blood of Christ at mass following cries that the referees during Saturday’s 52-49 Third Saturday in October loss to Tennessee — the first such loss since 2006 when the iPhone was still not yet released — were colluding against them.
Never mind the 17 accepted penalties, which was an Alabama program record, and 37 minutes of possession time for a Nick Saban offense that remarkably matched the firepower of Heisman hopeful Hendon Hooker’s Vols scoring machine.
No, it was the referees that caused Alabama kicker Will Reichard to miss a potential game-winning field goal tied 49-49 in the fourth quarter and Tennessee kicker Chase McGrath to nail his 40-yard game-sealing kick.
Touchdown Alabama believes that Tennessee benefitted from the referees because of a supposed celebration for the Volunteers’ third touchdown in the first quarter:
Did the head referee during the Alabama/Tennessee game celebrate a Tennessee touchdown?
— Touchdown Alabama (@TDAlabamaMag) October 18, 2022
You be the judge 👀 pic.twitter.com/YDQcddV8uH
This prompted some Tide fans to back up that rhetoric…
I think he said go vols
— Danny G Foley (@DGardendale) October 18, 2022
sure looks it!
— presrofiki🏈🐘❤️ (@presrofiki1) October 18, 2022
😒😒😒😒
— 9One 🪬 (@SteelGates91) October 18, 2022
Absolutely
— Bama Willy (@willhall79) October 18, 2022
Auburn football fans reveled in Tide fans’ ref complaints after their Tennessee loss
Auburn football fans predictably had a blast reacting to the excuses rolled out by the Crimson Tide fanbase and Touchdown Alabama. Here were some of the best reactions from Tiger fans — who of course need something to enjoy during a malaise of another losing season on the Plains:
I love this stuff keep it coming
— Kyle (@AllAubarn) October 18, 2022
Alabama fans don’t know how to lose. Like we have 4 we can share if they want to😂
— Tanner🥶 (@SissonTanner) October 18, 2022
There’s down bad, and then there’s this
— BARNey 🦚😈 (@BARNey_Burner) October 18, 2022
Y’all are pathetic lol
— ₵ØⱠ₮Ø₦ 👻 (@ColtanZoltan) October 18, 2022
— nAthUn (@pitchfrk_n_trch) October 18, 2022
Shoutout to this Tennessee fan for sharing one of the greatest memes ever produced on the internet:
15 years in a row and we win ONCE and they lose their minds. It’s glorious. GBO! pic.twitter.com/rBl875JQgF
— Kory Hill (@koryhill4real) October 18, 2022
There are few things more interesting than the fallout to an Alabama loss.