College Football · Week 2 · Sep 7–13
#25 Virginia
W 59-3 vs Norfolk State · Fri, Sep 11 · 2-0 overall
Misery Index · Uneasy
Up 59-3 on Norfolk State, and the loudest conversation was Bettridge's record, which tells you how sold they are.
Limited dataabout 117 Virginia fan comments in the r/CFB game thread.
What happened
Virginia beat Norfolk State 59-3 and moved to 2-0, which ought to feel like something and mostly didn't. The turning point was the moment the scoreboard stopped mattering, somewhere in the avalanche, and the fanbase turned its attention to record books instead. The loudest reaction of the week was a backhanded salute to the new career scoring leader: "Congrats to our new leading scorer, Will Bettridge," with a note that it took 4.2 years to do what Connor Hughes did in three. Even the milestones arrive with an asterisk here.
What fans said
“Congrats to our new leading scorer, Will Bettridge. (who only took 4.2 years to do what Connor Hughes did in 3)”
u/Dingareth▲ 98frustration
“Aw still hurt about last year? 💔”
u/voiceOfThePoople▲ 8despair
“He ain't Sparks anymore. After that punt I'm calling him Flames.”
u/the-real-macs▲ 7sarcasm
“Are we sure NSU doesn't have any soccer players that can play kicker? what was that lol”
u/kalifornia_kid▲ 6gallows humor
“How do you not go for that. This kicker is buns LOL”
u/umbchoos▲ 4frustration
“As long as we keep the momentum up I can't believe they gave us only a 4% chance of winning the ACC. I'd put it around 25-30% but that's early season me”
u/xkill3d▲ 4frustration
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