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The best memes from Florida State's hilarious power outage against SMU

ByNicholas Rome
Sep 7, 2026; Tallahassee, Florida, USA;  Florida State Seminoles head coach Mike Norvell enters the field before the game against the Southern Methodist Mustangs at Doak S. Campbell Stadium.  Mandatory Credit: Melina Myers-Imagn Images
Sep 7, 2026; Tallahassee, Florida, USA; Florida State Seminoles head coach Mike Norvell enters the field before the game against the Southern Methodist Mustangs at Doak S. Campbell Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Melina Myers-Imagn Images | IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect

Over the past few seasons, as Florida State has struggled to find anything to be excited about, the fans have been dreading watching the Seminoles in action. On Monday Night, Florida State may have found the perfect solution as there was a major power outage at Doak Campbell Stadium leading to a delay to the game.

According to ESPN's Taylor McGregor, Florida State hopes to kick off the game at 9:15 PM Eastern, nearly 2 hours after the game was expected to start. The power outage will cut off coach to player communication, the PA announcer, the scoreboards, and there will be no tablets for the game due to the outage.

While the fans in attendance likely feel like they're going crazy, everyone sitting at home gets to laugh at the situation. Given the way Florida State's program has fared in recent years, everyone used the outage as the perfect chance to make fun of the Seminoles.

The best memes from Florida State's power outage

One Twitter user checked and saw that one customer in the Tallahassee area is impacted by a power outage, but its probably the most important customer.

The PAC-12 is back this season so we have PAC-12 after dark again, but we almost saw ACC in the dark.

We've all seen the crying Michael Jordan meme put on the Seminoles logo, but Monday Night gave us the broken lightbulb logo.

One fan joked that Florida State's power transformer was just the latest Seminole to enter the Transfer Portal.

One fan jokingly tweeted a black screen, showing what it may look like inside Doak Campbell Stadium.

The famous IT meme goes viral any time there's a tech issue, and the Florida State Seminoles are just the latest to be made fun of.

The Miami Hurricanes found a way to get in on the fun, showing that the lights are working at Hard Rock Stadium.

As everyone kept hearing that Florida State was trying anything to get the lights to work, many thought of Clark Griswold.

After not paying Mike Norvell's massive buyout in recent years, many joked that the Seminoles just couldn't afford their power bill.

Others joked that Mike Norvell was the one who did it as you can't lose if the game isn't played.

Many also made the joke that Doak Campbell Stadium was now Broke Campbell Stadium or Dark Campbell Stadium as a result of the outage.

No lights? No problem. Florida State and SMU could just play with the old school Nerf glow in the dark football that made everyone feel like they could throw 100 yards.

After the chaos that ensued over the game clock in Ann Arbor this weekend, Michigan fans were probably happy to see another clock doesn't work.

As it took nearly two hours to get the power that the Seminoles were able to restore, some joked they should try the old tip every dad would give when an electronic wasn't working.

The famous Florida State fan who turned to reading in the middle of the 52-3 blowout against Clemson went viral all over again.

The famous scene from The Office was brought up in a joke about Florida State trying to get the power back on.

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