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A Tennessee player gave the crowd double birds. Let’s rank the reactions!

There’s a lot going on here, so let’s break it down.

The Alabama Crimson Tide defeated the Tennessee Volunteers 45-7 on Saturday in Tuscaloosa, and the Vols’ only touchdown came on a 97-yard pick-six in the third quarter. After the play, Tennessee defensive back Rashaan Gaulden sent a not-so-subtle message to Bama fans in the stands, with a pair of double birds:

The above picture, taken by Athlon Sports, has a lot more than the original image of Gaulden, which didn’t show the crowd’s reaction.

Let’s rank the different fan reactions to being flipped off:

10. A tie between these slightly amused fans:

These two have similar looks of “Haha, he’s really doing that and his team’s losing 28-7” on their faces. OK also, call me crazy, but does this girl look a little bit like Kylie Jenner to you?!

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Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images

There’s some resemblance there, so I’m just gonna go ahead and say they’re third cousins or something.

9. Mr. and Mrs. Expressionless reaction:

Look, I have no idea if the people in this photo are married or not, but I’m just going to go ahead and assume they are:

They both have slight smiles on their face, but overall, the reaction here is pretty neutral, which is fine.

8. Supportive Tennessee fan No. 1:

This dude is one of my favorites because he, sitting surrounded by Alabama fans, is genuinely happy with what Gaulden is doing:

He is 100% letting out a “wooooo!” cheer here; I’m confident about that.

7. Supportive Tennessee fan No. 2:

This bro is the best of the Supportive Tennessee Fans simply because he’s giving Gaulden a big ol’ thumbs up:

Just look at that encouragement he’s giving Gaulden — I think this dude should invest in selling motivational posters of himself to give people encouragement when they need it. Like this, for instance!

10/10 would buy that poster.

Now, onto the outraged Alabama fans.

6: Outraged Bama fan No. 1, who’s a little cut off here, but she still counts:

5. A RESPONSE MIDDLE FINGER!

OK, so this technically isn’t a person with a face we can identify in the picture, but a stray middle finger deserves to be in the rankings here:

4. This lady. You don’t want to mess with her, folks:

This is the lady who is about to call your mother, Gaulden, and tell her and the whole neighborhood what you did.

3. The look of disgust when your jaw drops to the floor:

Look out Gaulden: He’s gonna send some 🔥 tweets all about what you did in like, two seconds.

2. The dude who looks like he’d throw a punch if he could:

You can tell he’s screaming something angry while waving his pom-pom. Don’t make this guy angry — you don’t want to see him when he’s angry.

1. The Night King of Alabama fans:

He is immortal, unbreakable, and your double birds don’t affect him in the slightest. You think double birds are your ally? You merely adopted the double birds. This guy was born by them, molded by them!

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