Despite getting blown out last weekend on the road against Mississippi State, Auburn came into Week 7 as 16.5-point favorites over Tennessee. Because of course it was. The Volunteers have been awful this year, engineering a comedy of errors along the way.
Well, on Saturday in front of their home fans, the Tigers absolutely crapped the bed. Jarrett Stidham put together a horrifyingly inept performance, contributing to the 30-24 loss. The team’s defense was awful as well.
The stunning upset marked the first time since 1998 that Tennessee had beaten Auburn at Jordan-Hare Stadium.
Tennessee's last road win over Auburn: Oct. 3, 1998
— Yahoo Sports College Football (@YahooSportsCFB) October 13, 2018
Auburn fans booed the Tigers multiple times throughout the game, and many on social media wondered openly about whether head coach Gus Malzahn might end up getting bought out at some point this season.
Live look at Gus Malzahn cooling his seat off right now. #TENNvsAUB #SEC pic.twitter.com/FPM3Tj6HPL
— Vinny Hardy (@VinnyHardy) October 13, 2018
Auburn fans doing that large sum buyout math pic.twitter.com/5jTCmpxGpY
— Adam Kramer (@KegsnEggs) October 13, 2018
Jordan-Hare is so quiet right now Gus #Malzahn is having to whisper on this call to his agent… #SEC #Auburn #TENNvsAUB #RollTide pic.twitter.com/0x493JhqVO
— Terry Abbott (@TerryAbbott) October 13, 2018
Every Auburn fan realizing that Gus Malzahn has six years and over $40 million left on his contract pic.twitter.com/JvEqeouaGz
— Aaron Torres (@Aaron_Torres) October 13, 2018
Here are some other strong reactions from the stunning upset.
https://twitter.com/JRocc205/status/1051186008824401930
https://twitter.com/AUTrashPanda/status/1051185968609415170
https://twitter.com/DwayneTucker_II/status/1051185890771505158
Watching the @Vol_Football beat up on @AuburnFootball like:#TENNvsAUB pic.twitter.com/E1gbSLEj8L
— wear a damned mask!! (@WearAMask_Dummy) October 13, 2018
Let’s check in on that Auburn game… pic.twitter.com/QL3YiHLgK6
— and y (@_andrewcc) October 13, 2018
Auburn getting smoked by Tennessee at home pic.twitter.com/DPov7PcrAX
— lou (@louie_louiee_) October 13, 2018
Yeah, pretty much.