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Opinion: For UVA football, close losses shouldn't cut it

Saturday's loss to Pitt wasn't bad. But that sure as heck isn't a reason to be happy.

If you took a survey of the Twitter accounts of Virginia football fans last Saturday, you would have seen a range of emotions: anger, apathy, cynicism, and resignation. Social media, after all, is great at bringing out the spiciest of hot takes, and Virginia's loss to Pitt provided plenty of ammunition. There was anger and frustration over Virginia’s inexcusable slow start. There was cynicism about early defensive gaffes, the "power rushing attack," and special teams miscues. Finally, there was resignation over another close loss.