O – VER – RATED! O – VER – RATED! O – VER – RATED!
And if it’s one thing Pitt fans know about this year, it’s being overrated.
We’re hoping our man in Morgantown will be able to give us a report on the local scene, the day after. That is assuming the city is still standing. Apparently, there’s been a little bit of rambuctuousness in the streets.
In less than an hour after the game, officials reported numerous furniture fires and other items burning in the city’s Sunnyside section, home to thousands of WVU students.
“We’re dealing with multiple rubbish fires right now,” said Dave Flanigan, Monongalia County’s public information officer.
Before midnight, fires began to pop up in other areas of the city, as the street celebrations spread. “It’s worse than last year already,” Flanigan said.
There were more than 30 fires set in Morgantown after the Mountaineers defeated Virginia Tech in Blacksburg last year. WVU and city officials had hoped to keep damage to a minimum this year.
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After WVU’s 22-20 loss to second-ranked Miami in Florida on Oct. 2, a parked car was destroyed in one of several Sunnyside blazes.
This, despite a concerted effort by Morgantown authorities to collect couches from people’s front porches.
The important thing, though, is that the goalposts were saved, thanks to quick work by the police and pepper spray. Lots of pepper spray.
Police inside the stadium tried to disperse rowdy fans with pepper spray, which also blew into the stands and caused discomfort to bystanders.
Brad Anderson of Chester said he was hit by the pepper spray when he ran down onto the field.
“We can’t breathe. We’re hacking up our lungs, but it was worth it,” Anderson said. “It was a hell of a win.”
Fans retaliated by throwing debris at the workers. Some fans tried to use the sideline benches in an attempt to get to the goal posts before another round of pepper spray sent fans running.
As for the game itself, a stunning kick in the teeth for Virginia Tech. They were absolutely humiliated 28-7. There is much celebrating this loss throughout the remnants of the Big East.
Once again, the supposedly well coached and talented Hokies imploded in the face of adversity. Don’t get me wrong, Frank Beamer is a great coach and recruiter, but over the last 3 years I’ve seen his team seem to lose it collectively when they get outplayed — not beaten, but outplayed — plenty of penalties, emotional outbursts, the collective behavior of a petulant, spoiled 4 year-old who isn’t getting what he feels entitled to. It happened the previous two years against Pitt.
Kind of diminishes that big VA Tech-Miami showdown, huh?
