When the Virginia Tech Hokies pulled off an early upset against the North Carolina Tar Heels, Mack Brown and Sam Howell got the meme treatment.
The first official Saturday of college football hadn’t even arrived when the first big upset of the season crushed No. 10 North Carolina.
Virginia Tech returned to Lane Stadium with an amped up crowd and a team not cowed by the Tar Heels’ ranking or Heisman candidate quarterback.
Thanks to a crushing interception by Sam Howell in the final minute, the Hokies pulled off the 17-10 victory.
It was college football at its best, so college football Twitter was in fine form as well.
Mack Brown looked tired on the UNC sideline
Head coach Mack Brown delivered some early meme-able reactions late in the game.
He might be so rundown because he took a beating on social media.
The Sam Howell Heisman campaign is done
It didn’t take long at all for Sam Howell’s Heisman campaign to fall off a cliff. His performance in Week 1 left a lot to be desired.
Not that Howell had much help up front.
Then again, even if you’re running for your life, you can’t throw that interception in the end.
What does this mean for UNC? Who the hell knows, they play in the Coastal division.
The Tar Heels were rightly tarred and feathered for their performance, but credit should also go to Braxton Burmeister and the Hokies. The quarterback threw one TD and ran for another while keeping the UNC defense guessing.
Virginia Tech’s defense pulled their weight as well. Facing one of the top quarterbacks in the country, they came out with a furious pass rush and three interceptions.
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