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FSU’s Willie Taggart depicted in lynching meme. The state attorney is investigating.

After Florida State’s bowl streak of 36 consecutive seasons was snapped with a home loss to the University of Florida, a Seminoles fan went to the extreme on social media in his anger toward head coach Willie Taggart.

Under the user name Tom Shand in an FSU football fan group on Facebook, a meme of a person getting lynched had its face replaced by Taggart’s, according to the Orlando Sentinel.

The post has since been deleted, but not before screenshots and outrage circulated on Facebook and Twitter.

The meme had a caption of, “Believe in something.