If you are a football fan in the state of Alabama, then you’ve heard the saying: “Auburn fans love Auburn. Alabama fans love Alabama football.” Auburn football fans have gone through a roller coaster of a year during the chaotic Bryan Harsin era, but everything changed when Cadillac Williams was named interim head coach.
Finally, an Auburn man is in charge of Auburn football, and as the players rallied around their interim head coach and their reshuffled staff, the fans once again got excited about Auburn football. It wasn’t really about winning or losing anymore, but rather about being apart of something bigger–the Auburn family.
It sounds cheesy to anyone who isn’t part of it, but the energy and support showed as clear as day when fans packed into a sold-out Jordan-Hare Stadium to support their 3-win Auburn Tigers. How can anyone blame fans for finding something to be excited about after such a depressing season?
Well, this former Alabama football player found a way. How can it mean anything if your team isn’t playing for a national championship, right?
I just don’t understand all the Auburn tears of joy the past few weeks. Consider me fully creeped out by the “family”s celebration of a disastrous and complete failure of a season. What am I missing? https://t.co/tzZQfubSOL
— Will Lowery (@jwlowery29) November 21, 2022
Despite everything that happened on the Plains this season, the players never gave up, and they have fought until the very end of the season, and Auburn football fans were quick to defend their team:
Bama Karen here would like to speak to Auburn's manager about fans celebrating.
— My burner account 🦚 (@AubElvis) November 21, 2022
This isn’t hard to understand, ya dope. This team got a raw deal b/c of a bad hire. He’s gone and the kids coulda given up, but they have pride and are continuing to fight hard despite knowing reality. And the fans are getting behind a coach who loves the school/team.
— Toomer (@MagnoliaToomer) November 21, 2022
This isn’t for you. Carry on.
— Auburn MC Project (@MCAubie) November 21, 2022
It’s been a down year for sure, and it’s been a chaotic year for the Tigers, but it’s my hope that the fans will always find a way to rally around the student-athletes that never give up on the field no matter what their record.