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- Salty Oklahoma fans are still hung up on Lincoln Riley’s exit.
- After the Sooners beat Riley’s new school, USC, in women’s tennis, they pettily blew up the Trojans’ mentions on Twitter.
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Lincoln Riley and the University of Southern California live rent-free in the heads of Oklahoma fans. After the beat the Trojans in a women’s tennis match on Sunday, fans of of the latter program had a field day on Twitter.
Riley, the former head coach of Oklahoma, left the program at the end of the regular season. Even though he remained adamant that he was not leaving the Sooners, he jumped ship for the same job at USC when the opportunity was presented to him.
Since moving to Los Angeles, Riley has brought a lot of former players and recruits with him. The most notable, of course, is quarterback Caleb Williams.
The people of Norman are not happy with how things went down. They refer to Riley as ‘TBOW,’ which stands for ‘That B**** Out West’ and take every opportunity to speak disparagingly of him online.
Oklahoma’s Governor even took shots at the former OU head coach in his State of the State address.
It has been almost three months since Riley left for L.A., but Sooners fans remain salty about the move. On Sunday, the pettiness reached a new level.
The No. 2-ranked Oklahoma women’s tennis team swept the No. 10-ranked USC and things escalated quickly on Twitter. As is standard, the Trojans posted the final score.
Battled against a tough opponent today but came up short.
#2 OU 4, #10 USC 0 #FightOn | #USCWTennis🎾 pic.twitter.com/sGDXqMzanR
— USC Women's Tennis (@USCWomensTennis) February 20, 2022
In the mentions, Oklahoma fans had a field day.
Very few, if any, of the replies had anything to do with the actual result of the tennis match. They were mostly about Riley or Riley-related.
— Below-average Oklahoma Fan Account (@wheremilkshake) February 20, 2022
— Brent Bowers *NATO flag emoji* (@BrentBowers25) February 21, 2022
We didn’t take the win from USC. We took it from the transfer portal.
— Matthew J. Allen (@OKMallen) February 20, 2022
@LincolnRiley 🐍 ☝🏼
— Tyler Nelson (@tylerjakenelson) February 20, 2022
— Justin Ochoa (@thisOcho) February 20, 2022
— Tony Ford (@titan802) February 20, 2022
— Quinn (@danfreakinpants) February 20, 2022
— Jack Darlington (@jackrdar) February 20, 2022
Why would superior tennis players choose Norman over the beach? Wait a minute, how many of Aunt Becky’s kids are on that team?
— Seth Tyler (@sethtyler514) February 20, 2022
LOLLLLLL
— Lincoln Riley is a Snake (@Guardian_OKC) February 20, 2022
Maybe USC will try to buy a tennis program too
— bing bong (@JEng1ne) February 21, 2022
Damn, maybe try to recruit their coach
— colin coward (@colincowarddd) February 21, 2022
Maybe Lincoln can cheer up the ladies with his famous brisket
— Greeksooner (@justchuy1) February 21, 2022
— Mario Wells (@RoushWells) February 21, 2022
Hows it feel getting beat by the superior athletic program 😂
Enjoy the beaches while we win NATTIES 😂😂😂
— Brewer Sooner (@BrewerSooner) February 20, 2022
This you @LincolnRiley ???? pic.twitter.com/Ob9P7hCriH
— Justin Ochoa (@thisOcho) February 21, 2022
College football is a completely normal sport and don’t let anyone tell you otherwise!