Frustrated Florida State Dad

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About

Frustrated Florida State Dad and FSU Dad are nicknames given to a solemn-looking man who was recorded during a football game between the Florida State Seminoles and the Ole Miss Rebels in early September 2016, leading Twitter users to post humorous captions musing about the cause of his disappointed facial expression.

Origin

During ESPN's broadcast of a Seminoles vs. Ole Miss footbal game held on September 5th, 2016, an unknown FSU Seminoles fan was recorded in the audience appearing forlorn over his team's performance (shown below, left). Immediately after he was filmed, Twitter user @MarkEnnis^[2] posted a screen capture of the man with the caption "FSU dad is not mad, he's just disappointed," gathering upwards of 400 likes and 290 retweets in 24 hours (shown below, right).

Spread

Shortly after, Twitter user @UncleChaps^[1] posted a screen capture of the FSU fan with the caption “When you see Colin Kaepernick sitting during the anthem“ (shown below). Within 24 hours, the tweet gained over 530 likes and 180 retweets.

That evening, many other Twitter users tweeted the image along with various humorous captions describing disappointing or frustrating scenarios (shown below). In the coming days, several news sites published articles about the meme, including, Fox Sports,^[3] USA Today,^[4] Larry Brown Sports,^[5] Fansided^[6] and UpRoxx.^[7]