Y’all are awesome.

I asked and you delivered. Before I say anything else about SEC fans going too far, let me just say that y’all went above and beyond to give me what I was looking for.

After my first edition of this new series, I got emails and tweets about some perfect examples of #ItMightMeanTooMuch. If you took time out of your day to do that for me, I really do appreciate it.

And if you haven’t done so yet, hit me up (@cjogara or cogara@saturdaydownsouth.com).

I have some fun little stories to get to from people who reached out to me, but before I do that, I’ve got to start with one of the best #ItMightMeanTooMuch examples I’ve ever seen:

The Alabama/LSU cake that went viral

If you haven’t seen this video yet, you probably haven’t spent a ton of time on the internet the past week (not that that’s a bad thing).

It looks like your typical sweet wedding cake cutting video. In fact, the Alabama fan groom looks plenty excited to cut into his Tide cake.

Well, until he sees that his LSU fan wife had a little purple and gold surprise on the inside:

So. Many. Questions.

First, and most important, did he eat the cake? The groom (Jonathan Campbell) just put his hands in his pockets at the end of the video. If there’s a picture of him taking the first bite of cake, I need to see that, too. I picture it looking like when a baby doesn’t want to open up to eat a spoonful of mashed peas.

Also, as sly of a move as it was by the bride (Bekka), she did still have Alabama on top. Considering the Tide have a 7-game winning streak against LSU, that’s pretty appropriate, I suppose.

If you turn the sound on, clearly this is a pro-LSU crowd that couldn’t wait to see a trash-talking groom have to eat an LSU cake. If you do a little Facebook creeping like I did, you’ll find that Campbell is an Alabama fan living in Louisiana. So yeah, he’s definitely used to defending his team in enemy territory.

The other super important thing I’ve gotta know is what kind of cake was it? I can’t say I’ve ever cut into a cake and seen purple and gold (yes, I know food coloring exists), but I’m curious about what that actually tasted like.

Oh, and one last thing. This didn’t end the marriage, did it? Actually, I can confirm after reaching out to Campbell that the couple is still on their honeymoon, married and happier than ever.

And they’re definitely more famous now than they were before that cake.

A prophetic Georgia balloon

A lot of fans are superstitious (Michael Scott is just a little stitious). Hearing someone wear a lucky t-shirt or pair of underwear is plenty common.

But what about a balloon that determines if a team wins or loses? Ashley Espie’s family convinced itself it had just that.

According to Espie, they had a BB-8 balloon (that’s Star Wars talk, folks) tied to the China cabinet in the dining room from late last July up until the day after the national championship. The Espie family, which roots for Georgia, got the feeling that keeping the balloon up was directly responsible for the Dawgs’ success in 2017.

In addition to their lucky t-shirts, the Espie family decided after the Notre Dame win that nobody was to mess with the balloon.

That was easier said than done.

“As the season went on and the air slowly started to seep out of him, everyone began to walk extra slow by the china cabinet so as not to disturb the balloon and cause him to fall,” Espie wrote in an email. “We jokingly blame the loss to Auburn on someone running into the dining room and causing the balloon to briefly sink to the ground that week.”

But yes, after some healthy debate, the balloon stayed through the Auburn loss until the clock hit zero in the national championship…even when it needed to be taped back to the china cabinet. It didn’t matter that Georgia ultimately lost the title game. A new tradition was born (the kids even asked if there will be a BB-8 balloon for Georgia’s 2018 season).

“Was he the source of our good luck? No,” Espie wrote. “Were we going to risk it by taking him down? No way!”

Yes, that might mean too much.

Fans watching SEC things when they shouldn’t be

One of the staples of #ItMightMeanTooMuch is going to be SEC fans going to extra lengths to make sure that they can watch their team. Those stories are always gold. For me, the more formal the occasion, the better. Fall weddings are asking for some #ItMightMeanTooMuch behavior.

How about showing an Arkansas-Ole Miss game on a projector during a wedding reception?

What I want to know is what year it was. Arkansas obviously has a 4-game winning streak in the series, but 5 of the last 7 matchups were decided by 5 points or less. Chances are, it was still a close game…that inevitably had the attention of 75 percent of the wedding guests.

Going to extra lengths to watch actual games are one thing. What about going above and beyond to watch something that isn’t even a game? No, not practice.

I’m talking about the NFL draft.

Jadeveon Clowney was the obvious No. 1 overall pick in 2014, but apparently seeing it officially happen meant so much to one Gamecock fan that her sister’s college graduation was put on the back burner.

In her defense, South Carolina hadn’t had a top-5 draft pick since George Rogers went No. 1 overall back in 1981. I’m sure her sister totally understood when she dropped that stat.

The ability to stream everything now probably means that we’re going to have people watching the Iron Bowl at a funeral. Maybe we’ll have husbands watching the end of the Egg Bowl instead of being in the delivery room with their wives.

But hey, I’m not here to condemn you or anyone for doing that. Just make sure you tweet it out.

Oh, and hashtag #ItMightMeanTooMuch.