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These are very strange times in college football.
On Saturday in Week 4, the 3-0 California Golden Bears face 0-3 Florida State in an ACC matchup. That alone is quite a lot to process. But it gets a little bit weirder these days as Cal’s extremely online fan base started sharing memes that poke fun at every stereotype of the students at Berkeley.
You know that final rap battle in 8 Mile where Eminem uses every single diss Captain America has against him to win? It’s a lot like that. But in the last week, the Cal Woke Mob memes have truly taken over college football. It’s utterly ridiculous and unavoidable.
It’s also the SEC’s fault.
Wait, how is the SEC involved?
Well, you can go way back to the SEC kicking off another round of realignment that led to the death of the Pac-12 as we know it. But let’s fast forward to the lead up to last week’s matchup at Auburn.
Tigers fans thought they could get their jokes off at the expense of Cal fans without any pushback before the game.
Then Auburn associate AD Bill Shannon replied to a joke on X/Twitter about Cal fans mistaking Toomer’s Drugs for a marijuana dispensary with a sarcastic remark of his own.
“I have another caution: No military flyover has taken place at a Cal game since the 50’s,” Shannon posted. “Those who do stand for the National Anthem may need something to calm them down. USAF jets incoming.”
Of course, that is claim absolutely false — Cal had an F-15 flyover last October. But it was too late. The damage was done.
Shannon offered a backhanded apology, then deleted his account entirely.
“No offense meant…
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Author : FTW Outdoors
Publish date : 2024-10-05 15:15:37
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