There aren't many givens in a sport as chaotic as college football, but rivalry week coming with a wide array of trolls was probably as assured of a bet as you'd find this week.
Per tradition, the final week of the college football regular season paired a number of local and long-distance rivals alike, with trophies and bragging rights being bestowed to the winner. One additional — if admittedly minor — benefit of claiming a rivalry week victory? The ability to troll your opponent on social media afterward.
Take Iowa for instance.
The Hawkeyes earned a win over their rivals to the west, Nebraska, on Friday, and had a simple but timely jab at the ready. Playing into the Black Friday game-day theme, Iowa posted a photo of a receipt between a Hawkeyes football helmet and the Heroes Trophy, with the text «the trophy's not moving — again» just above Iowa head coach Kirk Ferentz's signature. The Hawkeyes have now won three straight, and 10 of the past 11, in the rivalry on the gridiron.
Iowa also added a post asserting the superiority of Iowa's corn to Nebraska's corn.
Black Friday Special. pic.twitter.com/oMEBna6uJE
Iowa wasn't the only team with jokes this week, though. Here are all the top trolls from around the college football world in Week 14.
Air Force's offense was stellar in the Falcons' dominant rivalry win over Colorado State, posting 420 total yards and scoring at least one touchdown in every quarter to pull away from the Rams. Conference re-alignment played a central role in Air Force's troll of their rivals, which featured a pair of suitcases set to either side of a ram next to a Pac-12 road sign, captioned «Sent them packing.» Colorado State will officially join the Pac-12 in 2026.
Sent them packing.
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