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While, sure, one could see WKU completing a 12-2 season and winning a second straight bowl game as a successful afternoon, you could look at it in another way - the Tops were one of only two college football teams competing on December 21st, and WKU was the institution with the better mascot (which, honestly, could be said on any day of intercollegiate competition).
So, with no "better" (bigger-name) teams or game for competition, the whole world was glued to the Tops vs. the Bulls. And twitter did not disappoint.
CBS Sports' Robby Kalland started the day off on a pretty high bar
Less than 3 hours away. pic.twitter.com/YMmdwrWMW8
— Robby Kalland (@RKalland) December 21, 2015
And, if you can believe it, the quality of the tweets never really decreased.
GATHER ROUND, KIDS. IT'S TIME FOR THE MIAMI BEACH BOWL. pic.twitter.com/wUR7eaBQC2
— Robby Kalland (@RKalland) December 21, 2015
slidin into your dms like... pic.twitter.com/2naiPndrUM
— Robby Kalland (@RKalland) December 21, 2015
Doughty sacked... pic.twitter.com/yTEel1hEBA
— Robby Kalland (@RKalland) December 21, 2015
USF forced to punt on its first possession pic.twitter.com/C9Xhx2U7Au
— Robby Kalland (@RKalland) December 21, 2015
TD USF. Big Red is going to eat his feelings now and NO, STOP THAT pic.twitter.com/uLKvZjyksA
— Robby Kalland (@RKalland) December 21, 2015
Doughty pick pic.twitter.com/4zmP00pInJ
— Robby Kalland (@RKalland) December 21, 2015
FLEA FLICKER pic.twitter.com/M7zqiOCGnC
— Robby Kalland (@RKalland) December 21, 2015
IT'S MISTA STEAL YO GIIIIRRRRRLLLLLLLL pic.twitter.com/mLLoU2yp99
— Robby Kalland (@RKalland) December 21, 2015
"How does a team get 4th and goal from the 38 and have to punt?" pic.twitter.com/Xry32JK74K
— Robby Kalland (@RKalland) December 21, 2015
Well done, Robby. But, he wasn't done, and towards the end of the first half/beginning of the second, folks followed.
Miami Beach Bowl is about to get ugly. pic.twitter.com/5Vpo6e0DRg
— Ben Muth (@FO_wordofmuth) December 21, 2015
During halftime, ESPN ran a "come to WKU!" academic promo commercial, which shows Big Red eating one of the talking heads. SBNation's Rodger Sherman saw it, and joined in on the fun.
WKU's ad features Big Red eating a student. That's part of the advertisement for why you should go to WKU. You might get eaten by Big Red
— Rodger Sherman (@rodger_sherman) December 21, 2015
When will Big Red's unending appetite for human flesh finally be satiated pic.twitter.com/W12ksQy2Sr
— Rodger Sherman (@rodger_sherman) December 21, 2015
He has eaten humans He has eaten puppies He has eaten basketballs He has even eaten himself He must be stopped pic.twitter.com/qRQ767gn75
— Rodger Sherman (@rodger_sherman) December 21, 2015
TFW you go 12-2, win your conference, and win a bowl game pic.twitter.com/UjUUDyVNOD
— Rodger Sherman (@rodger_sherman) December 21, 2015
That play was...picture perfect pic.twitter.com/1dlDfjZBGd
— Robby Kalland (@RKalland) December 21, 2015
MIAMI BEACH BOWL GOIN HAM pic.twitter.com/cMvhrfImmk
— Robby Kalland (@RKalland) December 21, 2015
OH YEAH I didn't even mention the official @SBNationCFB account, who did a heckuva job on their own.
tfw you score the big touchdown pic.twitter.com/WlTBjQIAyk
— SB✯Nation CFB (@SBNationCFB) December 21, 2015
WKU 31, USF 21 pic.twitter.com/pfF3UlsvEv
— SB✯Nation CFB (@SBNationCFB) December 21, 2015
Me reading your tweets about USF scoring pic.twitter.com/tN5IuOzS1w
— SB✯Nation CFB (@SBNationCFB) December 21, 2015
Yes I'd like to order some more defense pls pic.twitter.com/MjV88vtL0r
— SB✯Nation CFB (@SBNationCFB) December 21, 2015
WKU's Brandon Doughty now the 11th player to ever record a 5,000-yard passing season pic.twitter.com/v6dF1Gaao0
— SB✯Nation CFB (@SBNationCFB) December 21, 2015
USF missed pic.twitter.com/AZJXsxDe0O
— SB✯Nation CFB (@SBNationCFB) December 21, 2015
WKU 45, USF 35 pic.twitter.com/8wylpYvScb
— SB✯Nation CFB (@SBNationCFB) December 21, 2015
Feel like I done won me a trophyyy pic.twitter.com/yrZvHkIk8t
— SB✯Nation CFB (@SBNationCFB) December 21, 2015
CAR AIN'T GOT NO ROOF pic.twitter.com/GbzBDOzMum
— SB✯Nation CFB (@SBNationCFB) December 21, 2015
If u don't know, just Google me pic.twitter.com/Sj7l1CnSVf
— SB✯Nation CFB (@SBNationCFB) December 21, 2015
High fives to everyone for the wonderful work they did. I'm sure I missed a few (possibly hundred) great Big Red tweets from yesterday, so if I did and you want to share, put it in a comment. Spread the omnomnomnomnom love.
Except for this. Please never let this see the light of day again. If Big Red starred in The Human Centipede
Booty got me like pic.twitter.com/fhinfCTn2A
— R2-DTRUUU (@JasonKirkSBN) December 21, 2015