Skip to main content
Come Fan with UsFriday, July 3, 2026

Photo Of The Day: Reliving Auburn And Clemson (Aw, Poor Coke Tiger)

If you buy something from a link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement.

Every day, SBNation.com will celebrate a random photo series from the past or present, making your morning a little more colorful.

It was an eventful weekend in sports, but this was probably my favorite game of the weekend. Just because once Auburn started coming back, you knew Clemson was going to find a way to lose at the last second. And sure enough, an illegal snap penalty forced Clemson to re-kick an overtime field goal, which they missed.

And as Auburn celebrates...

104256357_medium

Well, check the other half of the photo after the jump.

Yep, one photo pretty much encapsulates four hours of gameplay here... Damn, Clemson:

104256401_medium

Not going to lie... Cam Newton, I really like your style. Not here, but just in general.

104256545_medium

And I don’t know enough about him to do it, but someone had better use this photo to make Auburn coach Gene Chizik look like an idiot. Because this guy’s definitely an idiot, right?

104256278_medium

Meanwhile, per usual, Dabo Swinney gets his heart broken...

104256914_medium

Which means that somewhere in a darkened back room, Coke Tiger weeps...

56248247_medium

Or he would weep, but he can’t actually move his face right now. “THEY’RE ALWAYS TRYING TO STEAL WHAT WE EARN FAIR AND SQUARE,” he said, “BUT THAT’S OKAY BECAUSE NEXT WEEK’S A NEW WEEK WHICH MEANS A NEW TAILGATE WHICH MEANS PARRRRTY AND HEY WHO STOLE MY FIREWORKS?” Spencer’s Coke Tiger Memoir is probably one of my favorite things he does. And we couldn’t mention Clemson’s sorrows without a special shoutout to Coke Tiger, who is probably somewhere in Clemson right now, coming down from an epic bender, about to pass out for a solid 36 hours.

Thanks to Kevin C. Cox of Getty Images for today’s photos. And sleep well, Coke Tiger. It was a rough loss on Saturday night. We’re all thinking of you.

See More:

More in General

From SBNationExternal Link
LeBron, Jaylen, and more offseason news and opinion in the NBA Feed!LeBron, Jaylen, and more offseason news and opinion in the NBA Feed!
From SBNationExternal Link
News, analysis, opinions to get ready for this weekend’s British Grand PrixNews, analysis, opinions to get ready for this weekend’s British Grand Prix
GeneralFromPosting and Toasting
An SB Nation New Yorker needs our helpAn SB Nation New Yorker needs our help
GeneralFromPosting and Toasting
General
Sabastian Sawe breaks 2-hour barrier, shatters marathon world recordSabastian Sawe breaks 2-hour barrier, shatters marathon world record
General

The mythical two-hour mark was broken at the London Marathon.

By Bernd Buchmasser
A Huge Dog
THE HISTORY OF CHARGING THE MOUND, EPISODE 1THE HISTORY OF CHARGING THE MOUND, EPISODE 1
Play
General
Super Bowl 60 coin toss resultsSuper Bowl 60 coin toss results
General

The Seahawks and Patriots will open the Super Bowl with the coin toss to determine who starts with the ball. We have the full coin toss results for Super Bowl 60.

By David Fucillo