Former Auburn football HC Gus Malzahn replicates Auburn slogan and gets ripped for it on Twitter
Former Auburn football HC Gus Malzhan gave his own Orlando twist to a slogan popular on the Plains (State of Auburn) and got disastrous results on his personal Twitter account on Wednesday morning.
While Auburn invented memes, this specific slogan was not invented by the Auburn family — having been popularized before from programs like Memphis, fellow AAC contender Cincinnati, and in-state rival Miami in the past.
Malzahn posted the hashtag #StateOfOrlando and got severe pushback from fans of ‘The U’ as well as some Florida fans who may have forgotten the results of this past December’s Gasparilla Bowl. Florida State fans knew to sit this one out.
Here are some of the rival Sunshine State schools’ fans’ reactions, which in truth was mostly angered Miami fans, to Malzahn’s unpopular post:
Oh no https://t.co/KNQHIx6mqF
— Justin Lee (@ByJustinLee) July 6, 2022
Lmfao 🤣 y’all see this goofy ? https://t.co/YXmDcIMmIx
— Bruce🟧🟩 (@TBruce26) July 6, 2022
Stealing Memphis' motto. Shame! https://t.co/7Pf09NtC4c
— Rex Steele (@ThisIsRexSteele) July 6, 2022
The #StateofMiami @coach_cristobal & @CanesFootball are second to none! https://t.co/bhDwbsVicG pic.twitter.com/wfpGOYs5Vw
— Made In Dade (@MadeINDade305_) July 6, 2022
You’ll always eat after us Gus. Always. https://t.co/x2O3D9PSCQ
— KG (@kgdaU) July 6, 2022
A few Auburn football fans chimed in to point out the facts in support of their former head coach:
As a unbiased fan of an SEC school, all Floridians know he ahd the best team in their state last year right?
— Ole Sambo 🥶🦚 (@BigShmule007) July 6, 2022
The comments are wild 😂. They must not realize he had the best team in Florida last season…. https://t.co/YX3cavRJte
— The Auburn Takeover Podcast (@auburn_takeover) July 6, 2022
Former Auburn football HC Gus Malzahn runs the best CFB program in Florida
Even if you choose not to recognize UCF’s 2017 National Championship, won by knocking off Auburn football in the 2018 Peach Bowl, it’s undeniable that the Knights are the best program in Florida at the moment. Neither Miami and Florida State have won more than eight games since the 2017 season, while Florida finds itself in a similarly precarious recruiting position to Auburn at the moment given Billy Napier’s struggles transitioning to the SEC.
When it comes to stability and future prospects, Malzahn and co. have everyone else in their state beat. The Big 12 is out here poaching programs from the Pac-12 because UCF (and Cincinnati, BYU, and Houston) are on the way in 2023.
It’s not the #StateOfOrlando yet, but things certainly appear to be heading that way with Malzahn dominating the recruiting trail and adding more 5-stars to the trio he has already brought to Central Florida.