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Chris Long offers his perspective to Virginia players

Heading into the “biggest 60 minutes of football” in the past thirty years, watch what Chris Long has to say.

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I bet Chris Long has a mean “I’m not mad, I’m disappointed” game.
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“Do not expect a fairy tale ending. In fact, no one owes you shit.”

Former Virginia Cavaliers defensive end Chris Long had that to say to a team heading into its biggest game of the season as a 14.5-point underdog against the Florida Gators. His sentiment? Anyone who walks into this game expecting something or feeling entitled to something is going to end up bitter and empty-handed.

“Football, like life, can be beautiful, and it can be indiscriminately ugly.”

There’s no such thing as stopping and smelling the oranges. It’s going to be the “biggest 60 minutes of football that Virginia has played in 30 years...there’s nothing you can do to slow it down.”

Give it a watch and a listen to hear Long’s perspective on the game...then tag @UVAFootball and tell them we need Chris Long to narrate every hype video everything from now until the end of eternity.

After watching that, I’m ready to suit up and get out there onto the field myself!*

*I would immediately die.