College Football · Week 7 · Oct 12–18
Virginia Tech
W 34-24 vs Georgia Tech · Sat, Oct 17 · 5-2 overall
Misery Index · Uneasy · ▼ from 95
Beat Georgia Tech and still bracing for Miami, because the second halves keep arriving like a school bus.
The emotional rollercoaster
Virginia Tech fans’ misery during the game, every 15 minutes. Up is worse.
What happened
Virginia Tech beat Georgia Tech 34-24 on Saturday and moved to 5-2, which in most places would qualify as a nice afternoon. Here it registered as a 64 on the misery scale, down from last week's 95, which is less relief than a shallower grave. The turning point came at halftime, where this team always turns: fans watched a group that "start every game looking like football gods, then come out in the second half looking like a middle school football team." Next up, someone already did the math: "Miami's going to put up about 800 yards through the air on us." Winning has rarely felt so much like waiting.
What fans said
“Football games should be 30 minutes long.”
u/VTHomeless▲ 116sarcasm
“We start every game looking like football gods, then come out in the second half looking like a middle school football team.”
u/Hail_Zeus▲ 44frustration
“Miami’s going to put up about 800 yards through the air on us.”
u/SCHokie2011▲ 32despair
“We got shat on constantly by their fans on Twitter.”
u/dankestmaymayonearth▲ 22frustration
“Pry *did* beat them, then the refs overturned it with literally 0 evidence.”
u/jdubea▲ 14frustration
“Our secondary is so bad holy shit”
u/Internal__▲ 7rage
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