Or maybe: 'I’ll just look like a slob,'" he said, "and I’m like, nope—then you become the sad Affleck meme spilling the coffee." Ironic, no? But, he added, he does find the memes funny.

At that moment, after McNeese made a 3-pointer to reach that lead, the cameraman for the game’s broadcast on truTV cut to the Clemson mascot and, well, a viral meme ensued. He caught the mascot ...

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