Virginia Game Thread

[fgbrault]

The competition hasn't been stellar but they have moved the ball with an awful offensive line.

The defense is so bad... wait until they play someone decent. A good offense could run up 800 yards on them.

Maybe, maybe not. Things could get better, as they learn this defense and become more confident. Hopefully, it will become decent this year and get better and better over the next couple years, through recruiting the type of players needed for this defense.

 

[Marbles90]

2 games man. 2 games! We have personnel issues that don't magically disappear in 8 months.

I am just taking about what I've seen so far. I am not saying things cannot get better (it can't get much worse). But to those who are stretching to see a silver lining or who think this team can get to a bowl this year are fooling themselves. I am not saying the staff cannot turn this around. I am hopeful they will. I am a realist. So far the team has taken a step backwards. As for a bowl game this year, look at UConn's opponents today: Memphis beats a ranked team, ECU and SMU are winning against ranked teams. BC is beating ND. I am not saying those games are wins for those teams but the opponents are competing agianst better teams. It's not looking good for 2017. That's all.

 

[whaler11]

Maybe, maybe not. Things could get better, as they learn this defense and become more confident. Hopefully, it will become decent this year and get better and better over the next couple years, through recruiting the type of players needed for this defense.

Over the next couple of years sure.

This season they ain't gonna stop no one.

 

[superjohn]

Over the next couple of years sure.

This season they ain't gonna stop no one.

Probably not next year either. We need an entire overhaul of players, Diaco was recruiting sloths.

 

[Palatine]

Sherriffs had a typical Sherriffs game. Had a favorite receiver. Didn't move through his progression. Threw a pick, had a fumble. Ran well on occasion. If the past is prologue, he will get beat up and that will impact his effectiveness as a runner. BTW, according to Edsall, if Sherriff had lofted the ball, they wouldn't have been a pick. It wasn't all Hergy's fault.

But this debacle was NOT the fault of anyone on the offense.

 

[Hamms30]

if we kick our two field goals and 3 PAT's that's 27-38. Certainly a more respectable and competitive score. There are never any guarantees when you look at those 2 turnovers in the redzone so I won't chalk up touchdowns.. but at worst it would have been 33-38. If we punt instead of go for it on fourth and nine at the fifty.. maybe VA doesn't score a TD on that drive. Maybe they do.. no telling and quite possible given how they moved the ball on us. Just so many head scratching decisions that snowballed into one another and let to the scoring gap. We could have been right in there in a shootout. All things considered, the Offense moved the ball today. Just two very costly turnovers in the red zone.

 

[ScottVib]

Going for it on 4th down was a function of score and momentum on the road (and potentially and injury to the long-snapper). Even end up with FGs instead of turnovers the first two red-zone drives and it's 7-6 (or 10-6 if you want to give UVA the score off the second turnover). At that point you see a FG attempt instead of going for it on the fourth drive. (Assuming the long-snapper injury mentioned in the broadcast wasn't the reason for all the fourth down attempts)

I'm not worried about those decisions.

 

[BugsyCT]

You have to consider game situation at the time. Can't just add the lost points up later and say they should have kicked those FGs/PATs. Like Edsall said in the presser, we weren't going to win that game with FGs.

I would have tried maybe one of the FGs just for the psychological aspect of getting the goose egg off the scoreboard but that's not Edsall's style. Didn't have a problem with the other non-kicking decisions considering the game situations.

 

[gtcam]

AD Dave sez keep the faith:

Geeez - I don't remember any of this last year!!!!!!!!!!