Not just fans who get the overreaction highlight this week
Mad Online, But Rightfully So
So the Notre Dame Fighting Irish played their Senior Day game against the Virginia Cavaliers on Saturday afternoon. In a 3-score win, the game had some pretty weird moments. A good and needed win, but sort of a strange day at times. We had some happenings on and off the field that made this game ripe with some heat-of-the-moment overreactions.
ND vs. UVA – Best of the Overreactions (and not all online this week)
This is currently not a playoff caliber offense. This has to be cleaned up and fast!
— Bruce Straughan (@bruce_straughan) November 16, 2024
This sentiment I might’ve shared early on in the game, but maybe not this extreme. The offense was struggling early in the first half, nearly stalling for a few drives after a gift of a fumble early on led to a drive that began deep in UVA territory. The offense calmed down and remembered who they were playing, though. Some methodical drives happened with Love showing his great bursts of speed for some scores. The playoff-caliber offense is there, but it was admittedly slow-going early on against a bad team. So, I will give it this that the offense needs to start firing better early on.
I love Freeman yelling and screaming at the Refs and pointing to the video board just like us fans were in the stadium and at home. Even to the point where you are willing to almost get ejected for your players. That’s a Notre Dame man☘️
— Ryan Fravel (@Fravel_Ryan) November 16, 2024
These next couple that I’m featuring are online reactions to overreactions. This one needs to be put here for the ACC refs ruining a cool play on that fumblerooski fake punt TD the Irish had. The deliberation taking FOREVER on the call was the most infuriating part of it for me. They took away a play on a technicality which wasn’t even necessarily correct anyway. I don’t care if the players’ numbers rule is “by the book” here, that was LAME
Tony Muskett chirping at the crowd in Notre Dame Stadium as he scores a TD to pull Virginia within 35-7: pic.twitter.com/3Caf7zQNBL
— College Football Watcher (@CFBWatcher) November 16, 2024
This on-the-field overreaction set me off. Tony Muskett, the backup QB for UVA, scored on a QB run and started stunting and flexing toward the crowd, which was the ND student section end of the stadium. That was simultaneously hilarious and asinine. I mean, act like you’ve been there before and/or have some self-awareness. That was wild and truly cemented that in talent, team demeanor, and coaching, UVA was inferior to Notre Dame in every facet.