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Angry Alabama Fan Created Awkward Moment on ESPN Broadcast With One Rude Gesture

Andy Nesbitt

This Alabama fan wasn't happy in the final minute of his team's loss to Florida State.
This Alabama fan wasn't happy in the final minute of his team's loss to Florida State. / @ESP
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No. 8 Alabama kicked off it's 2025 season in brutal fashion on Saturday with a stunning 31-17 loss on the road to Florida State.

The Crimson Tide came out flat and never really made a game of it against the Seminoles. Nothing told the story of their loss better than what a fan was seen doing in the final minutes of the fourth quarter.

ESPN's cameras closed in on a sad looking Crimson Tide fan with 2:20 left in the game. The fan then noticed the cameras were on him and he decided to flip the script on ESPN and flipped the bird. The camera quickly panned away from him and the announcers tried their best to ignore it.

Here's that moment:

You have to think every Alabama felt the way that young man did after watching their team play so poorly in their season opener.

College football is so back.

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ANDY NESBITT

Andy Nesbitt is the assistant managing editor of audience engagement at Sports Illustrated. He works closely with the Breaking and Trending News team to shape SI’s daily coverage across all sports. A 20-year veteran of the sports media business, he has worked for Fox Sports, For the Win, The Boston Globe and NBC Sports, having joined SI in February 2023. Nesbitt is a golf fanatic who desperately wants to see the Super Bowl played on a Saturday night.

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