It all started with a barrage of unglam photos that Austin White, a shot putter for the Oregon Ducks, sent to his Snapchat friends starring his teammate, Ryan Hunter-Simms.
White fired the first shot last January when he discovered an old photo of Hunter-Simms sporting a milk mustache in a selfie captioned “#gotmilk?”
White proceeded to display his wit as he re-captioned the photo, “When your mom asks who ate all the milk and cookies…”
Hunter-Simms decided it was time to get back at him.
Since then, the two have taken turns sneaking shots of each other and uploading the photos to either Twitter or Snapchat, where they often receive positive feedback from their friends and followers. Even though the nature of the memes is often made at the other’s expense, Hunter-Simms and White share a close bond that allows them to do just that.
“None of these memes are made out of hostility,” White said. “It’s all out of love cause we care about each other.”
Sometimes, both of them pause their rivalry to collaborate on memes featuring their coaching staff. Their most recent work includes head coach Robert Johnson, who has become so accustomed to the throwers’ antics that he sometimes indulges them.
“I know what they’re up to,” Johnson said. “Ryan, he’s infamous for that. Whenever he comes around, I either make a face or hide — just depends on what I’m feeling.”
When ya boys try to tell you she's outta your league but you know you got hella game… pic.twitter.com/Xc7FtsZU73
— Ryan Hunter-Simms (@RJHS8) March 30, 2017
Johnson wasn’t the first of the coaches to be targeted. Hunter-Simms was undeterred by strength and conditioning coach Jim Radcliffe’s intimidating demeanor as he proceeded to caption a photo of him relating to Pokemon Go, the top-trending app last summer.
The tweet gained traction as the Pac-12 Networks account retweeted it, which proceeded to become one of Hunter-Simms’ most liked tweets and is still pinned at the top of his profile almost a year later.
If there's a Pokemon in the weightroom, Do you think Coach Rad is gonna let you catch it? Yes or no?#WWCRD #GoDucks