Twitter reacts to 'Uncle Verne' stepping down as SEC on CBS announcer

“Oh my!”

Although many don’t care for Verne Lundquist, he’s engrained in the culture of SEC football. Most of us have grown up with Lundquist calling SEC games on Saturdays, and we’re all tuning in every week to see which game he will call the following Saturday.

And, sadly, he’s now stepping down from calling “SEC on CBS” games after the 2016 season, and it was announced that Brad Nessler will succeed Lundquist in 2017.

People took to Twitter, as both “Uncle Verne” and “Verne Lundquist” were both trending on the social media platform. Mostly, folks were sad that Lundquist is stepping down as the play-by-play announcer:

? Sad day. Uncle Verne is the standard. https://t.co/kGU04ltgwQ

— Neil Martyn (@Knee_Mart) May 31, 2016

Uncle Verne is going to have an awesome final run. It will be a bitter sweet fall

— Tulliñho (@DaRealMikeTooly) May 31, 2016

First Brent & now No more Uncle Verne? https://t.co/e3lH1oE7ei

— Joshua Campbell (@CampbellJD) May 31, 2016

Man I'm gonna miss Verne Lundquist. America's drunk uncle

— Haisten Willis (@HaistenWillis) May 31, 2016

Saw Verne Lundquist trending. Got scared. Read he's leaving the booth. Fear turned to relief turned to sadness. Love me some Uncle Verne.

— Scott Stewart (@TheMindofScott) May 31, 2016

Well I knew it was coming soon but it still sucks. One last season of Uncle Verne behind the mic. https://t.co/oBeeGem8kr

— Jake Patterson (@RealPatterson50) May 31, 2016

Saturdays without Uncle Verne will be a little less fun. https://t.co/mND2TU18Yf

— Parker Ramsdell (@pramsdell8) May 31, 2016

Will miss you, Uncle Verne. I will not tolerate any slander of that national treasure.

— Ken LaVicka (@KLV1063) May 31, 2016

Ohhh no uncle Verne https://t.co/mwuPOEbAQo

— Jake Gunter (@JPG478) May 31, 2016

Uncle Verne is and always be the sec https://t.co/pSYM9sKj7k

— tyler M (@TDMEL52) May 31, 2016

One of the voices that inspired me to get into broadcasting. Gonna miss Uncle Verne https://t.co/WYAkj60Pgn

— Mike Barkhouse (@mikebarkhouse) May 31, 2016

Noooooooo. Uncle Verne is the GOAT. https://t.co/oykkhTsdtL

— Retire FiftyTu (@RetireFiftyTu) May 31, 2016

Uncle Verne will be missed. Near the top in terms of quintessential college football voices over the years.

— Jack Condon (@JackHCondon) May 31, 2016

My heart is broken, Uncle Verne is leaving us.

— Todd Shomber (@toddUFshomber15) May 31, 2016