Published on: 4th November, 2009
Polls in college football are often dissected and analyzed at a ridiculous level. After all, determining who's the best team and who's the 14th-best team is not an exact science. In fact, it can be downright boggling. While the NFL has rather clearly defined teams at both the top and the bottom ...Published on: 28th October, 2009
To dream the impossible dream. Two ACC programs are on the verge of improbable, unbelievable endings to this season and these dreams come to a clash this Saturday. On one hand you have the Duke Blue Devils. The Duke football program has been a running joke for quite some time. The Blue Devils have ...Published on: 17th October, 2009
Steal (verb): To take without right or permission. Now I usually do not condone stealing, but it is a reality in our day and age. In sports, stealing happens more often than we would like to admit. For example, look no further than the swampy conditions of College Park as the Virginia ...Published on: 12th October, 2009
Dear Coach Groh, How are you? Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Ben, a loyal Wahoo. Both my father and grandfather went to UVA and I became a third-generation Cavalier while you were coach of the Virginia Cavaliers from 2003-2007. I shook hands with you once in 2004 at Alumni Hall ...Published on: 10th October, 2009
Heath Miller is a scary sight. At 6-5 and 256 pounds, the Pittsburgh Steeler tight end is truly a larger than life figure. Of course, that is nothing new for the Virginia native. Miller may be a soft spoken guy but his actions on the gridiron have made him one of the top ...Published on: 4th October, 2009
Football is often about numbers. For most of Al Groh's career, the numbers have been stacked against him. The nine-year head coach of the Virginia Cavaliers is 57-47 overall, 35-30 in the ACC. Those numbers are mediocre at best; underachieving to many outside observers. The most unforgivable statistic though is that Groh is ...Published on: 30th September, 2009
They always say you can't go home again, but it happens all the time in football. Coaches return to their alma maters and some end up brilliantly, while others just plain end. Al Groh, a Virginia alum and current head coach, is certainly part of the latter category. Groh has had a front ...Published on: 27th September, 2009
"Daryll Clark had his worst performance of the year against Iowa last season, it won't happen again." These were the words of the ESPN College Gameday crew amidst the fanfare of Happy Valley. It seemed that everyone thought old JoePa was going to avenge last year's BCS crippling loss for the Nittany ...Published on: 26th September, 2009
Revenge is a dish best served cold. For North Carolina, the memories of an overtime loss last season to the Virginia Cavaliers have hardly faded. The Tar Heels saw their ACC Coastal dreams turn into a nightmare on a Saturday afternoon in Charlottesville as the Cavaliers continued their unexpected dominance over ...Published on: 23rd September, 2009
The good news for Virginia football fans is that their team will avoid an eighth straight loss this upcoming weekend. Why? They won't be playing. The bye week has come like a proverbial "mercy rule" for the Cavaliers as they lick their wounds, both physically and mentally, after the worst start in ...