2010 ACC Football Preview - Coastal Division
Wednesday, September 01 2010 by Tim - 0 comments
Overview In the preseason AP media poll, there are 5 ACC teams included in the top 25. Four of those are Coastal Division teams. Virginia Tech, Georgia Tech, Miami and North Carolina could all win the division, or just as easily finish 4 th . At the bottom of the division is Virginia and Duke, who have, understandably, been given no shot of winning the division. Miami It seems almost retro to pick Miami and FSU to face each other in the ACC Championship game. One argument for the expansion of the ACC was that a Miami-FSU championship game would generate a lot of attention (read: money) for the...
Virginia Women Post Solid Weekend
Wednesday, September 01 2010 by Tim - 0 comments
The first two weekends of athletics at Virginia have been dominated by the women’s sports. Two weekends ago, on Friday, August 20th, the Virginia Women’s Soccer team defeated Liberty 4-0 at Klöckner Stadium. Two days later they posted another shutout, blasting Colgate 6-0, also at Klöckner. This past weekend continued a successful start for the women’s programs, as the Women’s Soccer, Field Hockey and Volleyball teams combined for a 6-0-1 record on the weekend. Let’s take a look: The Women’s Soccer team traveled to Penn State to compete in the Penn State Invitational. On Friday, they played to...
2010 ACC Football Preview - Atlantic Division
Wednesday, September 01 2010 by Tim - 0 comments
Overview The Atlantic division champion has lost the ACC Championship game the past 3 years, after winning the first 2. It seems that, once again, there is more talent in the Coastal than in the Atlantic. That said, the Atlantic division, while a bit top-heavy, is not lacking for talent. Florida State In a lot of ways, this FSU team looks vastly different from the one that we are used to seeing over the past few decades. There is the obvious difference of Bobby Bowden being gone, and new head coach Jimbo Fisher taking the reins. Furthermore, longtime defensive coordinator Mickey Andrews also stepped...
2010 Football Schedule Analysis - The Second Half
Monday, August 30 2010 by Tim - 0 comments
Overview By the midway point of the season, the Cavaliers will have faced three non-conference opponents and three conference opponents. We predicted Virginia would hold a 3-3 record at that point, though only two of those wins would count for bowl eligibility. The second half of the season begins with the final non-conference game, as Eastern Michigan comes to town. After that, it’s five consecutive ACC games – including three on the road - to close out the season. Let’s take a look: vs. Eastern Michigan (October 23th) Tiki – There are 120 teams in Division I-A, and I would wager that I can name...
2010 Football Schedule Analysis - The First Half
Wednesday, August 25 2010 by Tim - 0 comments
Overview At 6pm on September 4th, the Mike London era officially begins at Virginia. In a nice ironic twist, the Cavaliers will take on Richmond, London’s most recent coaching assignment and the place where he won an FCS National Championship (not to mention his alma mater). That game is the first of two games against FCS opponents (only one of which will count towards bowl eligibility) – VMI comes to town on September 25th. Sandwiched between those two games is a decidedly not-FCS caliber opponent in Southern Cal. With three of the four non-conference games out of the way, the Cavs head into a...
W Soccer Posts Second Shutout Win
Sunday, August 22 2010 by Tim - 0 comments
There’s not a lot to say about this game other than that it was complete and utter domination. So I’ll just quote something from the VirginiaSports.com article that sums it up: The No. 7 Virginia women's soccer team continued its strong start to the 2010 season, cruising to a 6-0 victory over Colgate Sunday afternoon at Klöckner Stadium. The Cavaliers outshot the Raiders 30-0 in the contest, as they improved to 2-0-0 on the season. Uh. Wow. So that means we’ve outshot our opponents 46-1 in the first two games and outscored them 10-0. I think we’ll all take that! The ladies head off to the Penn...
U.Va. Opens ‘10-‘11 Sports Season with W Soccer Win
Friday, August 20 2010 by Tim - 0 comments
The Virginia Women’s Soccer team took to Klockner Field tonight at 7pm to start their season. But it wasn’t just their season they were kicking off – it was the entire sports season for U.Va. that was beginning. We can only hope that the outcome of the game is a good omen for the outcome of all of our sports. The ladies pummeled visiting Liberty 4-0, with an even two goals per half. Senior Meghan Lenczyk tallied two goals - including the first goal of the young season. Junior Lauren Alwine – who assisted on Lenczyk’s second goal – also tallied a goal, while Freshman Gloria Douglas scored...
2010 Football Preview - The Defense
Thursday, August 19 2010 by Tim - 0 comments
On Tuesday, we talked about the Offense for the 2010 edition of the Cavaliers and what it will mean to the potential success of this season. One could probably sum up that preview with a bunch of question marks, because there is little certainty about how any of the offensive units will perform. What about the defense? Let's find out. The (Much-Maligned) 3-4 Much has been written about the Wahoo’s change from a 3-4 defense to a 4-3 defense. While there is certainly some merit to much of the writing, the truth is that the base scheme is significantly less important than how it is implemented...
2010 Football Preview - The Offense
Tuesday, August 17 2010 by Tim - 2 comments
With fall football camp in full swing and the open practices behind us, it’s time to continue our pre-season look at the 2010 Virginia Football team. We begin today with a look at the offense. We’ll start off with an admittedly painful look at the recent history of the Virginia offense before we dive into a look at what we can expect from this year’s squad. The Past After a couple of decades of pro-style offenses based on a cadre of great running backs (names like Terry Kirby , Tiki Barber , Thomas Jones , and Wali Lundy ), the previous Wahoo coaching staff decided to join the spread offense revolution...
Football Meet the Team Day
Sunday, August 15 2010 by Tim - 2 comments
I stopped by Scott Stadium today to take part in the festivities of meet the team day. First, a couple takeaways from my experience: There were a lot of people there. Lots of kids, lots of adults. Seems like the planners got the events right as the lines for concessions, apparel, moon bounce, etc seemed to be about right – they were all in use, but there were no long lines. There were however REALLY long lines for autographs from some of the players. The players were lined up in numerical order starting from the west gate side and wrapping around the colonnade to the east gate side. The first couple...