After a significant rivalry victory, Virginia turned on the sprinklers because Virginia Tech wanted to take an on-field picture.No one ever said rivalries end when the game is over.

On a day that saw No. 3 Michigan outlast No. 2 Ohio State, No. 8 Alabama stun Auburn and No. 4 Washington survive against Washington State, Virginia delivered possibly the pettiest moment in the aftermath of a 55-17 blowout loss to in-state rival Virginia Tech.

The Hokies’ win capped an up-and-down second season for head coach Brent Pry, who decided to celebrate by having his team take a group photo on the field at Scott Stadium. So, of course, Virginia decided that was a perfect time to turn the sprinklers on.

Rivalries are amazing!

Coach Pry brought his team back on the field to take a picture following the 55-17 win over UVA.

Virginia turned the sprinklers on the Scott Stadium field.

Beautiful! pic.twitter.com/KzfgrBIsYB

— Bill Roth (@BillRoth2020) November 26, 2023

To be clear, we do not know for sure if there was some Virginia groundskeeper looking for the smallest kind of payback. This could very well be some very funny automatic sprinkler timing.

Either way, Virginia Tech didn’t let a little water interrupt their fun:

Can’t put out the fire #Hokies pic.twitter.com/thqa5cLRe4

— Kolby Crawford (@kolby_crawford) November 26, 2023

A happy (and rainy) celebration. #Hokies

📸: @ivanmorozov pic.twitter.com/hJc5imLLzt

— Tech Sideline (@TechSideline) November 26, 2023

“They can do that. We’ll take the Dub and they can take the L,” Virginia Tech wide receiver Stephen Gosnell said after the festivities, per Tech Sideline’s Andy Bitter.

It was a runaway win from start to finish for Virginia Tech, which ran for 252 yards (6.8 yards per rush) and three touchdowns, while quarterback Kyron Drones threw for 244 yards and three touchdowns on 10-of-22 passing. The Hokies outgained the Cavaliers 8.3 to 3.8 on a per-play basis.

That continues a rivalry that really hasn’t been much of a rivalry over the past 20 or so years. Virginia Tech currently holds a three-game winning streak, with 18 wins in their last 19 matchups. The last time Virginia won the game in consecutive years was 1997 and 1998.

Virginia Tech wanted to take an on-field photo after a big rivalry win, so Virginia turned the sprinklers on them

The college football regular season is in the books and rivalry week did not disappoint.

Week 13 delivered plenty of contentious and bitter moments, and it got started early in the day with “The Game.” No. 3 Michigan held on to beat No. 2 Ohio State in a Big Ten thriller to advance to the conference title game.

Not to be outdone, the Iron Bowl played out in typical Iron Bowl fashion — absolutely off-the-wall action throughout a game that culminated in a late heave to the end zone on a fourth-and-31. This time, it was Alabama that came out with the dramatic 27-24 victory over its rivals from Auburn.

Later on, Washington survived a scare in the latest rendition of the Apple Cup. The Huskies had a clutch fourth-down conversion in their own territory with just over a minute left and drove the length of the field to beat Washington State with a last-second field goal.

There was spitting. There was fighting. It got plenty ugly in the last week of the regular season.