The viral reaction that followed the photo below came as a surprise to the Brown family.

If you haven’t seen the photo, Matt picked Auburn and was celebrated, while Emilie picked Alabama, much to her family’s chagrin. The viral photo was meant as a joke and the family claims they never realized the wild reaction that would follow.

“We don’t get it,” Gates Brown said to Mark Heim of AL.com. “We really don’t. I thought some of my friends and family thought it would be funny. We don’t really understand why it spread like it has. I don’t get it all.”

Gates would go on to say Emilie’s decision had nothing to do with football, in case you were wondering.

You can read the full story here over at AL.com.

If you haven’t seen the photo, here it is: