Not getting much love in the pre-season polls although we did eke out 27 votes in the Coach’s Poll to land in the 31st spot. Not a vote in the AP so they have us somewhere south of 55.

Would not have guessed this. The Maryland train wreck didn’t help.

On Episode 583 of the CavsCorner Podcast ("You Don't Plan For That"), we talk about UVa's loss to Louisville and preview Saturday afternoon's matchup down in Death Valley.

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Just back from the game. First, when you have a future Sunday punter why would you suddenly try to turn him into a rugby kicker rather than having him punt it high (like the 64 yarder out of his own end zone!) and get your coverage down field??? That is like trying turn thoroughbred into a farm horse! Stupid - and it cost us dearly. Second, why do you pass up a first half field goal when your play caller does not know how to call plays in the red zone much less inside the 5? Stupid! You just don't chase points early and it would have put us in position for a winning FG instead of gaming to drive 75 yards in less than 2. Third, they have a kid in X Brown that can motor and make them miss in the open field, See the 46 yarder for a TD. He reminds me of the great Gale Sayers who would give the defender a leg and then take it away - watch the replay of his TD catch and run - he did exactly that! Why does he never get thrown to, or seldom does. When Pace is in there how does he help on the darn bench? Why not put him in the slot and throw to HIM? He is better than any receiver we have either than Fields. Stupid. The coaching decisions cost us this gam,e. As to the idiotic punting decision, that was like a Mike London set of thinking, too cute to work.

Number 12 ranked Caden Martin will join the Virginia team. She is ranked #2 in her class in the 50 free and #4 in the 100 free.

UVa will host the Tarheels at Noon on 10/26. The game will be broadcast on the CW.

https://theacc.com/news/2024/10/14/...imes-and-tv-networks-for-week-9-contests.aspx

Greetings from Scott Stadium where the Cards and Cavaliers will kick things off in about 40 minutes. I'll have notes and updates rolling here.

As always, have at it folks...

After watching the first half and as in many games this year, Washington secondary leave wide receivers wide open, and I mean wide open on 3rd and long. It's infuriating to see opponents that wide open down field with guys on defense standing around in bunches and leaving WRs that much area to roam and have easy tosses.

St-Juste is a GIANT bust. That river boat bozo coach said he picked this guy so high in the draft cause he was tall and could run pretty good. One problem River boat Ron, he can't cover worth a crap. He comes in every year with the Me Angelo Hall technique of playing hard in preseason to make the cut then jogs around during the season leaving his guy so wide open and grabbing getting unnecessary penalties to keep the chains moving for the other team.

This guy is a GIANT bust and needs to go after this season. He has stole a paycheck long enough and thanks to river boat Ron, we have numerous players he picked in the 1st and 2nd RDS that were a complete wash or bust. Forbes and Davis were and are first round bust.

LB Wagner checked off the TE Andrews but the free Safety was caught pedestrian watching instead of sliding over toward the TE running in the End Zone and then he was standing mouth breathing like Fuller used to do when he got burned.

The kicker has been pretty good this year but that 52 yard attempt was ugly; beyond ugly. It looked like he was kicking a dog turd out of a sand box. How are you a kicker and look that awful on a clean kick? I can see it being short but to be a line drive dud means you need to be out kicking more in practice and not on X box.

Side note:

I think Washington's Achille's heel will by UVA's Achille's heel going forward is the secondary can't cover if the QB has throwing time.

That said, I had a dream (literally) that he transferred to Ohio State (or Texas, it morphed) and won the Heisman. Sigh.

I last saw him about twelve years ago when he was a pitcher on the Godwin High team. I remember him because my grandson got the game winning hit against him.

Thought this posted earlier but was able to confirm that Rivals250 DE Rodney Dunham is on campus this afternoon for UVA's showdown vs Louisville.


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Which 4 year players on the FB team have another year of eligibility in 2025 due to redshirt or...?

Good or bad

Really wish he would have transferred to UVa instead of JMU. Not sure if we pursued but he is electric

I watched the last 5 minutes and the OT of the WNBA game between the Liberty and the Lynx after it became apparent that JMU would easily defeat Coastal Carolina. These teams are supposed to be playing for the WNBA championship, but what I saw closely resembled a pick-up game at the local YMCA. If the rumors are true that Clark is leaving the WNBA to play in Europe, next year the WNBA will revert to half full arenas and diminished television viewership. They will have to hope that Paige Bueckers has half the drawing power of Clark. She is very talented, but the WNBA has not indicated that management or ESPN has any idea how to take advantage of her skills.
If anyone cares, the Lynx won the game.

Molly Workman is ranked #17 in her class, Her best events have been the free sprints.

I’ll get the video up shortly, but some quick injury notes:

Clary and Tyree will be out this week.
Harris is still day to day.

Also, Malcolm Greene is redshirting and will re-enter the transfer portal.

Virginia had 30 shots with 13 on goal and held State to 5 shots with just 1 on goal.

Greetings from Scott Stadium where it is an absolutely gorgeous day, not a cloud in the sky and hovering around 70 degrees. Guys are out on the field starting to get loose. I'll be back with notes and updates shortly.

As always, have at it folks...