For maybe the first time ever, college football saw Cal fans on social medai trolling Florida State fans about their Week 4 matchup before Cal had even played its Week 3 game against San Diego State.
These are strange times in the ACC, to be sure, but this new conference rivalry may be hard to top. What else would you honestly expect from an undefeated Cal team visiting a winless FSU program?
Sadly, we cannot technically count that as one of pettiest Week 3 moments. Fortunately, we have more than enough trolling of Florida State to hold us over until those powerhouses(!?) kick off in Tallahassee.
Kirk Herbstreit: Defender of Florida State’s integrity
Florida State fans did NOT like ESPN’s Kirk Herbstreit before this season and they probably won’t like him anymore after his tongue-in-cheek dig on College GameDay last week.
Herbstreit became the face of FSU’s contempt after the team was snubbed from the College Football Playoff following a season-ending injury to quarterback Jordan Travis.
Well, with their season on the ropes before losing to Memphis last Saturday, Herbstreit mocked the “disrespect” coming from the rest of the GameDay panel who picked against Florida State. It was well played, you gotta admit.
"I can't believe all the disrespect towards Florida State. I apologize for that." – Kirk Herbstreit 🏈📺🎙️😂 pic.twitter.com/l9r4R3OvmX
— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) September 14, 2024
Memphis Tigers: Destroyers of Florida State’s integrity
There was trolling before the game. And there was even more trolling after FSU lost to Memphis.
Now, the Tigers could’ve chosen any number of ways to mock the 0-3 start by the program that poached their last coach, but they chose to focus on the very strange tactic of using water guns at practice.
This is an excellent troll because it not only shows they are paying attention to all the messiness in Tallahassee, but understood just how much FSU fans lost it when they saw the water gun videos.
No water guns needed 😉 @FSUFootball #ALLIN | #GoTigersGo pic.twitter.com/nKa7crknNx
— Memphis Football (@MemphisFB) September 14, 2024
Chopped 'Em 🪓#ALLIN | #GoTigersGo pic.twitter.com/5vSm0sL4C9
— Memphis Football (@MemphisFB) September 14, 2024
Pitt never forgets
Anyone remember when West Virginia was ranked No. 2 in the BCS poll back in 2007 only to get upset on its home field by unranked Pitt, which was a four-touchdown underdog before the game.
The final score was 13-9.
As former WVU fullback Owen Schmitt said, “We blew it against the [expletive] [expletive] team in the [expletive] world.”
In case you did forget, Pitt had a helpful reminder before hosting (and beating) WVU again on Saturday.
Scoreboard showing the score of the 2007 Brawl because even in an empty stadium you shouldn’t miss a chance to taunt your rival. pic.twitter.com/6WK3xQlrvq
— 💫🅰️♈️🆔 (@ADavidHaleJoint) September 14, 2024
It, uh, also seems Pitt is leading the Big 12 — despite playing in the ACC.
https://twitter.com/Pitt_ATHLETICS/status/1836050020623147263
Alabama jumps all around Madison
Alabama players got in on the Jump Around action in Madison 🤣 pic.twitter.com/YoEEZvNcJd
— FOX College Football (@CFBONFOX) September 14, 2024
The Crimson Tide hadn’t played in Madison since 1928, a full 64 years before House of Pain released “Jump Around”. So you can’t blame Alabama for embracing the tradition at Wisconsin games on Saturday as they beat the Badgers, 42-10. Especially since it appeared plenty of fans had already left the stadium before the end of the fourth quarter.
Washington State’s Apple Cup victory puts Cougars on the map
Big Win. https://t.co/SBavQfydGU pic.twitter.com/bMYf3USkW5
— Washington State Football (@WSUCougarFB) September 15, 2024
Yeah, we’ve already gone over this one, but it’s too iconic not to include. Well done, Wazzu. That’s what this sport is all about.
