On Friday, the SEC’s official Twitter page posted a video of Walker Hayes’ new single, Y’all Life, with the not so subtle statement…
“Just might be the song of football season right here… wanna collab?”
Sounds like something is in the works, which wouldn’t be a surprise considering the fact that the SEC used Luke Combs “South On Ya” last season for some promotional materials.
Hayes enthusiastically accepted the notion of collaborating with the SEC, but both parties didn’t consider one very important detail… the dedicated SEC fans absolutely HATED the idea.
Okay this is just cruel, the SEC RT’d Walker Hayes saying he’d love to collab with them, as a QT to their tweet they’ve now deleted. pic.twitter.com/uf5UUIAIxq
— RedditCFB (@RedditCFB) July 15, 2022
And their answer was made resoundingly clear in the hundreds of replies to the original tweet before the SEC finally removed it from their timeline altogether.
It seems that after a long 2021 season of hearing “Fancy Like,” Hayes’ previous hit, in every stadium and on countless Applebee’s commercials 25 times a game, fans are over it… full stop.
A few fan responses included ranking “Y’all Life” as an equal insult to putting Missouri in the East and didn’t even stop when a fan said the selection of song was embarrassing to Jesus.
The community outburst serves as a staunch reminder to the SEC that they are also representing the home states of country music, and their selection could use more than one millisecond of consideration before making anything official.
Check out some of the conversation from Twitter below…
Here is the horrendous song clip posted and since deleted by the @SEC. In its entirety. Worst thing to happen to the SEC since allowing Missouri into the conference.
The audacity to post it with “Just might be the song of football season right here!” 😂😂😂 #ItJustMeansMore pic.twitter.com/VBqALRzPar
— Pablo Escobarner (blue check) (@PabloEscoburner) July 15, 2022
This is the worst idea you’ve had since you came up with putting Missouri in the east
— Prancing Rooster (@eazyrooster) July 15, 2022
all 14 SEC fan bases came together to dunk on that walker hayes song. it was the united front mike slive always dreamed of. i’m proud of us
— BANJO CFB (@BANJO_cfb) July 15, 2022
BREAKING: Alabama, Georgia, Texas A&M, and Florida all announce plans to leave the SEC after the conference drops the Walker Hayes collaboration pic.twitter.com/Pj6HWVfbrp
— Jacob Mauren (@jacob_mauren) July 15, 2022
the @SEC deleting the Walker Hayes post because of the backlash is top tier comedy.
— Barstool Bama (@BarstoolAlabama) July 15, 2022
SEC Twitter just cyberbullied the conference to back out of using Walker Hayes for the song of the conference this year 💀💀💀
— DYLAN🏴☠️ (@dbauburnfan) July 15, 2022
I wouldn’t have believed Walker Hayes could come out with a worse song than Fancy like and yet, here is one! It’s an absurdity that people think he is good. It’s an even bigger absurdity that the SEC tried to claim this song as this fall’s college football anthem. https://t.co/qCgp9x0LCb
— Danny Rucker (@kcurd1717) July 15, 2022
OOF… brutal.
If you haven’t heard the new song yet, listen at your own risk:
