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Auburn Football teased that something orange could be coming to College Station this weekend for the Tigers’ SEC-opening matchup against the Texas A&M Aggies Saturday afternoon.

When the post first came out, Auburn fans were quick to let their opinions fly.

Some hoped it might mean the Tigers would wear orange jerseys against the Aggies. Others hated that idea.

Many believed it meant Auburn would come out with orange facemasks — a look that mirrors the helmets the Tigers wore from 1979 to 1983 under head coaches Doug Barfield and Pat Dye. Dye later nixed the orange facemasks and replaced them with navy ones in 1984.

Auburn first brought back the orange facemasks for its game against Ole Miss in 2021. The orange facemasks returned later that year in the Iron Bowl again in 2022 against Penn State.

And the folks who went with the more conservative guess — predicting that Auburn would come out in orange facemasks against Texas A&M — were proven right as Auburn Football announced on social media the the Tigers would be wearing white jerseys, white pants and their traditional white helmets but with the orange facemasks.

According to Auburn uniform enthusiast Clint Richardson of AuburnUniforms.com, Saturday’s uniform pairing will be the first time Auburn has worn white facemasks with white jerseys since 1983, when Auburn knocked of fourth-ranked Georgia in a 13-7 affair.

Once Auburn put the rumors of anything beyond orange facemasks to bed, the fanbase simmered down.

But boy, was it fun to watch panic ensue there for a little while.

The initial reactions to the cryptic post were all over the place.

“I’m not letting you hurt me again,” one X user wrote.

“Better not mess with the jerseys. Orange face masks though >>>,” another user chimed in.

“Stop it. Quit setting me up for disappointment,” a third Auburn fan posted.

To outsiders, the responses might seem a bit dramatic. But the Auburn fanbase has been strong in its “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” stance on uniforms. While other football programs around the country have gotten creative with their uniforms, Auburn — for the most part — has stuck to tradition.

And though Auburn’s helmets might look a little different as they won’t feature their typical white or blue facemask, the switch to an orange facemask has proven to be a safe and subtle change that Auburn’s fanbase doesn’t mind.