Tennessee football fans troll Furman social media post, comments on fire

To say Tennessee football fans are eager for the 2026 season to start is an understatement.

The No. 18 Vols open the season against Furman (1-0) at Neyland Stadium on Sept. 5 (3:30 p.m. ET, SEC Network+), but fans on social media are chomping at the bit for kickoff against the Paladins. When Furman posted a countdown to game day graphic, a very common post for teams ahead of matchups, Tennessee fans flooded the comments.

“See you soon, Knoxville,” the post on X said with a purple devil emoji, and the graphic had a photo of Furman safety AK Burrell holding his finger over his lips to shush a hypothetical crowd. The post also included Furman’s signature hashtag “#FUAllTheTime” as a play on Furman University’s abbreviation being FU. The hashtag is used across Furman’s official accounts, but some fans seemed to take exception to it.

See you soon, Knoxville. 😈#EliteIsTheStandard | #FUAllTheTimepic.twitter.com/nKGQMcXHnN

— Furman Football (@PaladinFootball) September 2, 2026

The post from Sept. 2 had 123 replies and more than 75,000 views on X by the next morning.

Tennessee is a 48.5-point favorite in the matchup. Nonetheless, Vols fans spent their evening making sure Furman knew it was going to lose and trash-talking an official team account that didn’t reply.

Cora Hall is the University of Tennessee women’s athletics reporter for Knox News. Email: cora.hall@knoxnews.com; X: @corahalll; Bluesky: @corahall.bsky.social‬. Support strong local journalism and unlock premium perks:knoxnews.com/subscribe

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