Norfolk State Beats Missouri: Twitter Reacts to Shocking Upset

Long live the madness of March and the zany upsets that it continues to produce. No. 15 Norfolk State shocked the world by taking down No. 2 Missouri, and here is what Twitter had to say about it. 

The sound you here is thousands of crumpled brackets being thrown into the garbage. They very well could be accompanied by a myriad of screams. 

This was one for the record books as a favorite Final Four pick goes down after just one game. 

Let's get it started with this fan that has the simplest and most hilarious of the bunch:

"

NORFOLKING WAY

— thejonlee (@thejonlee) March 16, 2012"

I am in no way like Aaron Rodgers, except for the fact that my brackets are as useless as his now:

"

Norfolk St= why I love march madness, and have no success filling out a bracket

— Aaron Rodgers (@AaronRodgers12) March 16, 2012"

Here is some Spartan smack talk that is simply lovely:

"

Shoutout to everyone who had the Tigers beating our Spartans.They couldn't even beat these Spartans!#SpartyOn

— Kayla Roney (@kaylavaughn1) March 16, 2012"

ESPN's Dan Graziano manages to make me lose my appetite as well as hit the nail on the head:

"

Norfolk State has a big pile of guts. Nothing fluky about that win at all. Took it to em.

— Dan Graziano (@espn_nfceast) March 16, 2012"

As long as we are lauding Norfolk State, we might as well go all the way. Here is Timothy Burke. Perhaps the Spartans should quit now:

"

The Norfolk St. Spartans now hold the best NCAA Tournament winning percentage in history with 1.000. bit.ly/FOehZW

— Timothy Burke (@bubbaprog) March 16, 2012"

Alex Ovechkin may be nuts or a genius. After seeing this game, I will accept both answers. Via Deadspin:

"

Alex Ovechkin picked Norfolk State (and so did a hairless cat) deadspin.com/5894100/

— Deadspin (@Deadspin) March 16, 2012"

It doesn't pay to play Missouri basketball. No, seriously—according to Timothy Burke, the numbers don't add up:

"

Norfolk State's basketball budget of just over $800,000 is just 15% that of Missouri's $5.3 million.

— Timothy Burke (@bubbaprog) March 16, 2012"

Fake Bill Walton is always good for a chuckle. He also gives us the hot new saying of the weekend:

"

All Norfolk State does is O'Quinn O'Quinn O'Quinn.

— The Bill Walton Trip (@NotBillWalton) March 16, 2012"

Ain't that the truth, Scott Van Pelt:

"

You root for the "One shining moment"...until you are on the other end of it.

— Scott Van Pelt (@notthefakeSVP) March 16, 2012"

Barry Petchesky brings us up to speed that not everybody in the arena was jovial after this epic upset:

"

Best part of this upset is how many media folks are Mizzou grads. Just look for the butthurt.

— Barry Petchesky (@barryap1) March 16, 2012"

Dan Rubenstein reports there was indeed someone who called this shot:

"

Only one person in the @SBNStudios pool had Norfolk St, and that'd be Regina, intern. She assumed the 15 meant points spotted. Of course.

— Dan Rubenstein (@Dan_Rubenstein) March 16, 2012"

TNT's David Aldridge is loving this:

"

That locker room scene with the Norfolk State kids chanting "win-win! Win-win! Win!" gave me chills.

— David Aldridge (@daldridgetnt) March 16, 2012"

We conclude with the cold hard facts. You never want to be the first to do what ESPN says Missouri has done:

"

Missouri: 1st team in tourney historyt to make 10 3-pointers, shoot at least 50 percent from the field, commit less than 10 turnovers+ lose

— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) March 16, 2012"

There you have it: the biggest upset of the weekend, all wrapped up with a nice Twitter bow on it for you. 

Norfolk State is now the new hottness. I won't hate on the Spartans, even though they ruined a perfectly good bracket. 

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