College Football · Week 1 · Aug 31–Sep 6
Virginia Tech
W 73-3 vs VMI · Sat, Sep 5 · 1-0 overall
Misery Index · Euphoric
Seventy-three on VMI won't prove anything, but Hokies fans will take the serotonin where they can get it.
The emotional rollercoaster
Virginia Tech fans’ misery during the game, every 15 minutes. Up is worse.
What happened
Virginia Tech opened the season by dismantling VMI 73-3, and the Hokie fanbase, starved for a reason to smile, took the win exactly as offered. The turning point came early, when the margin got silly enough that the message boards stopped bracing for disaster and started enjoying themselves. One fan called it "the best game I've ever seen," which says less about VMI than about the recent past. Another shrugged: "felt good, don't care if it was basically a d2 team lol." At 1-0, nobody's asking follow-up questions yet.
What fans said
“this is the best game I’ve ever seen”
u/hwy41_▲ 207joy
“felt good, don't care if it was basically a d2 team lol”
u/stillbornfox▲ 134joy
“Same. Danny Coale caught that ball!”
u/Golden_Kumquat▲ 53joy
“Good, that felt good. Don’t care how bad VMI really is.”
u/Select1220▲ 41joy
“73-3 Franklin is gonna light this team's ass up this week for giving up 3 and those penalties. I love it”
u/wildturk3y▲ 38joy
“the largest margin of victory since 1919 when VT beat VMI 99-0”
u/rsdman97▲ 35pride
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