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Christian McCaffrey enjoyed Yelling Stanford Fan as much as you did

by Jake Whitacre
Updated

Every once in a while, a picture comes along that captures an emotion in a way that just forces people to respond to it. On January 1, 2016 we were blessed with a new image, thanks to this man who would not rest until all of America knew how he felt about Christian McCaffrey’s Rose Bowl:

Now that it’s been a half-year since this happened, we’ve finally got McCaffrey’s reaction to this incredible scene on the record, from the Pac-12’s media days. Here it is:

We’ve all been around those people who just shout everything whether you want to hear them or not, and this picture shows how we see these people, and McCaffrey’s reaction shows how we feel about them. The internet had fun with this:

Of course, this quickly devolved into a way for everyone to make statements about things they feel passionately about, or project how they feel other people feel about things:

And we’ve already reached the point in the meme where we have meme backlash:

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