Viral post on X shows BBN's obsession with John Calipari, Arkansas basketball
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Arkansas basketball lost its best coach in three decades to the USC Trojans. But when you look at USC's social media page, you donโt see Arkansas fans in its mentions. When you search for the Trojans, you donโt see Hog fans constantly talking about Eric Musselman. So why do Kentucky fans care so much about John Calipari and Arkansas basketball?
Here's a fun experiment for any of you to try. After you read this, go to Razorbackers' Facebook page and scroll to any basketball-related post with more than 50 comments. Open them, choose ten people randomly, and check who their favorite teams are. About one-third to a half of the accounts commenting are Kentucky fans. There's only one word for it: obsession.
Yesterday, a Big Blue Nation fan account posted an obviously fake photo of the official Arkansas Men's Basketball account on X (formerly Twitter). The picture shows a post of Arkansas claiming Bam Adebayo, Devin Booker, and Anthony Davis on the USA Olympic Men's Basketball team. Despite the pointed corners of the picture of the players and the practically impossible number of likes it earned in the short time it had supposedly been published, fans around the country fell for it, especially BBN fans.
The fake post itself isn't a problem. It's a joke illustrating that much of Coach Calipari's program has moved to Arkansas with him, and to share those with other college basketball fans is one of the best things about social media. The "Razorcats" memes are everywhere, and they're hilarious. The reaction is where things get weird.
WILD ๐ @RazorbackMBB pic.twitter.com/34JsZUK3fP
โ The Blue Joker (@TheBlue_Joker) July 8, 2024
BBN desperately wanted it to be true. They can't stand watching Arkansas with their former coach. Kentucky has a shiny, brand-new coach in Mark Pope, but they can't get over their EX. You can't even see Pope's name mentioned on social media without it being in the context of beating Cal in something. Unfortunately, it wasn't just Wildcat fans. The post went semi-viral and even made it to an account called RedditCFB with over 347k followers. That post alone had over 1.1 million impressions.
Nah this is crazy. ๐ pic.twitter.com/wcUSVsyDzF
โ RedditCFB (@RedditCFB) July 8, 2024
Here are just some of those reactions:
Nope, just never existed
They deleted it ๐
โ Mark Popeโs Flattop (@GingerMamba) July 8, 2024
Lmfao. They deleted it ๐ https://t.co/HGehR6OaCU
โ Brian H. (@Bri_Hen) July 9, 2024
The amount of embarrassing tweets coming from @RazorbackMBB is starting to become to cringy. Might just want to delete the account and start over.
โ BIG BLUE CREW (@BigBlueCrew0) July 8, 2024
Shoutout @KentuckyBrother for catching that before they deleted it ๐#BBN https://t.co/nVf17Kbl2l
The post apparently made this guy think he was psychic
I called this months ago. https://t.co/ilv1lj1H8Z
โ Russell Brasseale (@Russbuss11) July 8, 2024
You're right, something is sad about that post
Very sad that you would post another schools players and say that your program is going for gold .
โ Brandon22. (@B22Bowling) July 8, 2024
Two out of three ain't bad
Arkansas Razorcats. Took our coaches, our players and attempting to take credit for our history. Waiting to see the petition to change Bud Walton arena to Rupp walton. #BBN https://t.co/aqTyXG8ypn
โ James Hunter Middleton (@JamesHunterMid) July 8, 2024
Put this in the dictionary next to the word "projection".
DelusionalU ๐น๐น๐น https://t.co/xBeoyjlkde
โ Taylor Barton (@taylor_barton13) July 9, 2024
Reactions from other fanbases
Hate the team they actually played for in college, but I even think this is robbery and wrong BBN should be the only ones claiming those guys.
โ UT BIGGS (@JrBigs_) July 8, 2024
Arkansas claiming Kentucky Players by far the funniest thing ๐๐๐ https://t.co/4dUPWqHUqm
โ DeโVonte Barber (@vettecitykennel) July 8, 2024
Why would they post that lmao https://t.co/rSRfp3QrzY
โ Duke Vs Everybody๐ฟ (@DukevsEverybody) July 8, 2024
Arkansas claiming Kentucky players because of Calipari is NASTY work. https://t.co/6y5Y1mS2op
โ Sir Barnsalot (@barnsalot) July 8, 2024
I don't want to sound like I'm defending Kentucky.
โ Fletcher Keel (@FletchTopper) July 8, 2024
But this is truly, legitimately, insane. https://t.co/6lQjoy6Etr
Community Notes coming in clutch
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โ Helpful Community Notes (@HelpfulNotes) July 9, 2024
But kudos to the account that posted it. What a great troll. Even if it was ultimately a self-troll. And to BBN, you're showing too much, but please keep coming back. Laughing at your obsession has been the highlight of the offseason. As Arkansas fans, we'd hate for it to end so quickly.
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