Michigan's 'nutcracker' reference headlines Week 14 of CFB trolls

December 1, 2024 ndowd

Kalan Hooks, ESPNNov 30, 2024, 05:56 PM ET

With the climax of the college football regular season taking place with rivalry week, team social media pages were aggressive with their postgame trolls.

A win in “The Game” seemed like a cakewalk for the No. 2 ranked Ohio State Buckeyes, but the Michigan Wolverines had other plans. Michigan running back Kalel Mullings led the Wolverines with 116 rushing yards on 32 carries, scoring Michigan’s only touchdown.

Failed opportunities would cost the Buckeyes the game, as kicker Jayden Fielding missed two field goal attempts for Ohio State. Conversely, Michigan kicker Dominic Zvada hit a 21-yard field goal with 45 seconds remaining to clinch the Wolverines’ fourth consecutive win over Ohio State, 13-10.

Following the Wolverines’ win, Michigan took to social media with a graphic of a nutcracker dressed in Wolverine blue surrounded by various broken buckeye nuts inside of Ohio Stadium.

‘TIS THE SEASON! 〽️ pic.twitter.com/V0R0iqLP0H

— Michigan Football (@UMichFootball) November 30, 2024

Ohio State has been replacing the letter “M” — in reference to Michigan — with X’s to energize the rivalry. Once the Buckeyes made a final score post on X, Michigan quote tweeted the post with four part alternation emojis, inserting the “M” back into conversation.

〽️〽️〽️〽️ https://t.co/hmA8IauI6B

— Michigan Football (@UMichFootball) November 30, 2024

Here are the best trolls from Week 14 of college football.

South Carolina 17, Clemson 14

What seemed to be the No. 14 Clemson Tigers’ ball game was changed by South Carolina Gamecocks freshman quarterback LaNorris Sellers‘ 20-yard touchdown run with 1:08 to play. The run was enough to give the Gamecocks a late 3-point lead en route to a 17-14 win.

The yearly matchup between the two schools is called The Palmetto Bowl. Ahead of the game, Clemson posted a wooden plate with the name of the Bowl game topped off with their mascot — a tiger. After South Carolina’s triumph, they revamped the wooden plate by replacing the tiger with a gamecock and the caption: “Fixed it for you.”

Fixed it for you 🤙 https://t.co/58K2InmDti pic.twitter.com/0EJEopphfU

— Gamecock Football (@GamecockFB) November 30, 2024

Minutes later, the Gamecocks posted a troll of their in-state rival with a tiny part of Northwestern South Carolina stitched with an “L” and the rest of the state covered in a gamecock vinyl with the caption: “Stay in your corner.”