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.
No. 19 SMU vs. Florida State will kick off at 9:15 PM ET 🚨
— ESPN (@espn) September 8, 2026
Due to the power outage, there will be:
▪️No coach-to-player communication
▪️No iPads
▪️No PA announcer
▪️No scoreboard pic.twitter.com/jCRtLKZRpT
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.
Estimated customers without power: 1
— Marc Caputo (@MarcACaputo) September 8, 2026
But man, what a customer
ht @LenCollins … https://t.co/7SFutQxj6p pic.twitter.com/zsVD0ERuvD
The PAC-12 is back this season so we have PAC-12 after dark again, but we almost saw ACC in the dark.
Tired: PAC-12 after dark
— Grayson Mann (@gray_mann21) September 8, 2026
Wired: 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.
They just revealed FSU's new logo pic.twitter.com/xtWdjDi3YW
— Dr. Doomsday (@DocRobandino820) September 8, 2026
One fan joked that Florida State's power transformer was just the latest Seminole to enter the Transfer Portal.
Man, everybody leaving Florida state pic.twitter.com/GBGQzG1qaP
— 229 Dawg 🏆 🏆 (@229_Dawg) September 8, 2026
One fan jokingly tweeted a black screen, showing what it may look like inside Doak Campbell Stadium.
TOUCHDOWN FLORIDA STATE pic.twitter.com/IFdafZmMHO
— Dillon Riera (@13d_riera) September 8, 2026
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.
Florida State has called in the experts. pic.twitter.com/utmcJnbH2k
— Geo Milian (@GeoMilian) September 8, 2026
The Miami Hurricanes found a way to get in on the fun, showing that the lights are working at Hard Rock Stadium.
The lights are ON at our house 😉
— Miami Hurricanes (@MiamiHurricanes) September 8, 2026
See YOU at Hard Rock on Thursday 🙌 pic.twitter.com/DRElnDpKWU
As everyone kept hearing that Florida State was trying anything to get the lights to work, many thought of Clark Griswold.
Florida State trying to get the lights to work pic.twitter.com/SjXTR9SRTA
— Shooter McGavin (@ShooterMcGavin) September 8, 2026
After not paying Mike Norvell's massive buyout in recent years, many joked that the Seminoles just couldn't afford their power bill.
Florida State is so poverty, that they couldn’t afford the power bill 💀 pic.twitter.com/buFOBTLUSY
— Florida Gators 🐊🔥 (@gatorsszn) September 7, 2026
Others joked that Mike Norvell was the one who did it as you can't lose if the game isn't played.
The guy who turned off the lights at the Florida State Stadium.
— Chad Fisher DNP (@ChadFisher) September 7, 2026
“Can’t lose if you don’t play!” pic.twitter.com/6sv2qfOyWK
Meanwhile in Tally @FSUFootball @Warchant pic.twitter.com/W8NTdpkViz
— Jacoby (@Jacoby3k_) September 7, 2026
Many also made the joke that Doak Campbell Stadium was now Broke Campbell Stadium or Dark Campbell Stadium as a result of the outage.
Broke Campbell Stadium
— Brewer Carter (@TheBrewersBest) September 7, 2026
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.
Power outage in Tallahassee? Someone make a Walmart run and let’s get this game started pic.twitter.com/eBVQp63891
— Jeff Sunday (@TheDegenWeekly) September 7, 2026
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.
Michigan seeing that FSU’s clock doesn’t work pic.twitter.com/10ouJ5Ixa6
— Jake “JBOY” Crain (@JakeCrain_) September 8, 2026
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.
Have they tried unplugging it, then plugging it back?
— Jimmy Stein (@JimmyStein_LOB) September 8, 2026
The famous Florida State fan who turned to reading in the middle of the 52-3 blowout against Clemson went viral all over again.
Do you think he brought a reading light? pic.twitter.com/GhwXBm4Gpk
— Sickos Committee (@SickosCommittee) September 8, 2026
The famous scene from The Office was brought up in a joke about Florida State trying to get the power back on.
FSU trying to get the power back on. pic.twitter.com/VUawTcR6Fd
— Ben Stevens (@BenScottStevens) September 8, 2026
