Texas A&M fans crush Josh Rosen after the UCLA QB dissed Kyle Field
While matchups like USC-Alabama, Florida State-Ole Miss and Clemson-Auburn headline the opening weekend of college football, there might not be a game that carries more importance than UCLA's visit to Texas A&M on Saturday afternoon.
Take a coach on the hot seat (Kevin Sumlin) in a must-win game, put him against one of the best quarterbacks in the country (Josh Rosen), in one of the most hostile environments in college football (Kyle Field), and this one has all the ingredients to be an all-timer.
And just when you thought a game with massive hype couldn't get any more, well, Rosen threw some fuel on the fire Tuesday afternoon.
During media availability, Rosen -- the boy-wonder quarterback who many are already projecting as the first pick in the 2018 NFL Draft -- was asked about playing in a hostile environment like Kyle Field. His answer, was, umm, not something A&M fans were expecting to hear.
"After about 50,000 people, it all sounds the same," Rosen told reporters, via the Twitter feed of LA Times reporter Lindsey Thiry.
As you can imagine, Texas A&M fans did not take kindly to Rosen's comments about Kyle Field -- where over 100,000 fans will be in attendance on Saturday -- and flooded Twitter (including poor Lindsey's timeline) with responses.
Here are some of the best ones:
Josh Rosen is that annoying kid in class that pisses everyone off, including teachers. https://t.co/B0CBhXwhIc
— Conner Briley '18 (@c_briley) August 30, 2016
@LindseyThiry That's what Les thought when he wore Brittany Spears' headphones for his first game in Tiger Stadium!. pic.twitter.com/UwMykhDsQ9
— RoyceWall58 (@RoyceWall58) August 30, 2016
@LindseyThiry pic.twitter.com/gM276mk7TB
— Sanders (@AsandersT24) August 30, 2016
@LindseyThiry that's cute
— Daniel (@dan967p) August 30, 2016
Well Josh Rosen, thanks for the bulletin board material! https://t.co/2ZTQlAkwVW
— Ryan Derkowski (@bigderk21) August 30, 2016
And it was at that moment... <Josh Rosen>.. Knew... He [screwed] up.. https://t.co/ztu8QjGOMO
— Gentry Leonard (@GentryLeonard) August 30, 2016
.@josh3rosen bro you are gonna get blown out at Kyle field. Don't even show up
— johnny astro (@cwm9495) August 30, 2016
This boy's gonna learn that Kyle Field is different REAL quick... https://t.co/uM8pTfS0po
— James Vanderburg (@jameslvdb) August 30, 2016
@LindseyThiry That's just dumb. That stadium is LOUD.
— Habitual Linestepper (@FergusFSU) August 30, 2016
He must love his name on bulletin boards.
@joe_stroop @LindseyThiry he won't even hear Myles Garrett coming
— Martín (@BABIP_God) August 30, 2016
And then, the memes really started flooding in:
@LindseyThiry pic.twitter.com/zAzUK4iCUU
— zach coia (@ZCoia) August 30, 2016
@LindseyThiry pic.twitter.com/pjUpMj9cMf
— Joe (@joeaggie09) August 30, 2016
@LindseyThiry pic.twitter.com/xwuHfu2LSg
— JT (@TrevinoJake) August 30, 2016
@LindseyThiry
— Luke Wuthrich (@lukewuthrichwu) August 30, 2016
Oh Really... pic.twitter.com/7BBvPAFrqg
@LindseyThiry When the #12thMan heard that comment. pic.twitter.com/jmCEtrMVnG
— Aggie's Revenge (@AggiesRevenge) August 30, 2016
@LindseyThiry pic.twitter.com/WF5p9ssvra
— Capt. America (@Robert_White14) August 30, 2016
@LindseyThiry @RedditCFB ... @SEC about to give this kid and his ears a rude awakening. pic.twitter.com/kJem9FS44U
— David Williams (@BulldogDW) August 30, 2016
However, maybe the best message came from All-SEC safety Armani Watts:
Saturday cannot get here soon enough!