Hello fellow Wahoos. I have been a member here for 20+ years. I moved with my family to Norway in 2008, and thanks to GDPR legislation in Europe and Rivals unwillingness to comply with that legislation (gotta wonder why because it relates to customer privacy), my connection to this site disappeared a few years ago. I tried to get back on, but was geo-blocked. I have finally found a workaround and can see this site again for the first time in years. In these "dark" years, I have continued to pay for my subscription to CavsCorner because I appreciate the work that Brad, Justin, Dave and crew put together to bring UVA information into the hearts of fans.

What has happened since I last posted? Well, my oldest son graduated with a degree in systems engineering from UVA while winning a national championship in rowing for the Hoos. Son number two, for those who remember, is a guitarist enjoying the international stage. Child number three, my daughter, travels the world playing Team Handball for Team USA. My youngest son and 4th child chose Stanford over UVA, and then conference realignment created a very unexpected Civil War in our family. My wife and I are both UVA graduates, and all four kids grew up Wahoos. Long story short, I am happy to be back.

FWIW, I am very concerned about the state of our football program. I had no expectation that we would beat Tennessee, but with the exception of Maryland, all other games should have been wins. We find ways to lose and boneheaded penalties do not make it easier. We should have been no worse then 3-2 at this point, but we stand 0-5. Can Tony Elliott turn this around? Maybe, but will players, fans, recruits and Carla Williams give him enough leash? I am not sure. For an AD, this is an especially tough decision when this coach was "your guy" and someone who has clearly handled the 1-15-41 tragedy as well as could be hoped. I hope Elliott and the team can dig deep and turn things around, but there is too much stupidity happening on the field, and that is an indictment on the coaching. My salvation right now is that an underrated basketball team will tip off its season in two months.

Regardless, it is good to be back. Brad, you may now credit me for several years of membership dues without access. Kidding, of course! Seriously! Thank you for all you have done and will continue to do for UVA!

I just got through with the game and I must say we don't have an o lineman that should be playing at any FBS team. It is the worst line I have ever seen.

Things will kick off in Chestnut Hill in about a half hour as the Hoos look to get their first win of the year. I'll have updates in a bit in this thread.

As always, have at it folks...

It pains me to say it, but the contrast between our program and Duke’s could not be more stark. They are a better coached team, across the board. I can’t explain the how or why, but they do most of the little things well, unlike Virginia. Solid defense and a balanced offense. Just took a one point lead over ND in the fourth quarter. I refuse to believe they should be able to recruit better than us, but the eyes don’t lie. Tough to stomach.

Looking at the scores in the TE era it’s crazy to think he is 2-6 in one score games. I know I’m not the biggest TE fan but I do like how he learned from his mistake at Maryland took a chance before half and turned it into 7 points today so he did learn from a mistake. If he could find a way somehow to win these one score games he could possibly even start building momentum for the program.

It is amazing how poorly the US golfers play in the Ryder Cup when it is hosted by Europe. Absolutely embarrassing.

When will this be announced

The women got their first ACC win tonight with a four set win over Syracuse. First time they've beat them in two decades.

Definitely as excited about the start of this year's bball season for both Men and Women as I've been in a long time with the potential both teams have as well as the number of new impact players (not to mention already being emotionally done with the football season given the 0-4 start). Hard to believe it's just six weeks until the season begins.

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In a physical game, UVA had 16 shots, and three different Hoos scored goals.

Obviously it is impossible to determine how well our first years, transfers, and second years who had limited playing time will adjust, but we have enough quality returning players to make some projections. It has already been announced that Anderson will move from first base to catcher. O'Ferrall will return to play shortstop again. Didawick will move to centerfield from left field, and Saucke will return in right field. Stephan played left field this summer and will likely play there next spring. A transfer, Whalen, and a first year, Benjamin will be reserves. Perotta, a first year, will likely replace Anderson at first base. Second and third base will probably be manned by returning second years, Godbout and Hanson, and be backed up by newcomers, Ford and Becker.
Pitching is a bit more difficult to project because of the players that left after graduation and/or loss of eligibility. Woolfolk is moving from the bullpen to a starting slot. He could be joined by returning pitchers O'Connor and McKay and/or transfers, Savino and Florenze. Weekend starters and relievers will likely come from third year, Hungate, second years, Blanco, Jaxel, and Dobias, and by Teel, who redshirted last year because of injury. Teel has been hitting well this fall and could see some time as a reserve outfielder as well as a relief pitcher.
We will know a lot more after the blue-white games and the fall exhibition games against Maryland and East Carolina.

Preview: UVa heads up to Boston College tomorrow in dire need of a victory. @BigGriff breaks down the matchup with the Eagles and what the Hoos need to do to come back from Chestnut Hill with a victory (2 p.m., CW Network).

For those of you who have coached or know football beyond being a rabid fan, what do you think of Colander's arm strength? As a long time football fan, it looks good to me. He isn't big of course, hence the question, as I am a bit surprised by the arm talent I see. Especially his ability to sling it on the run. Thoughts?

On Episode 530 of the CavsCorner Podcast (“Issues in the Calculus”), we talk about UVa’s loss to NC State, the QB situation, and how we see things playing out in Chestnut Hill this Saturday afternoon.

Site: https://virginia.rivals.com/news/cavscorner-podcast-episode-530

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We should be hearing from Coach Elliott at the top of the hour, and I'll have updates here.

The 3-2-1: Coming out of UVa’s presser yesterday, @justin ferber breaks down a few takeaways, poses a couple of questions, and makes one prediction as BC game week rolls on.

Annor scored the only goal with about 24 minutes left. Virginia had a couple more opportunities including a shot off the post in the final minute.

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Notre Dame had only ten men on the field last night on the game winning TD run by OSU. This board would be apoplectic if our coach and staff did that. Goes to show you even the anointed ones make mistakes.

Take Two: @justin ferber takes a look back at another disappointing UVa outcome, breaking down the various units and grading the Hoos following the 24-21 loss to NC State.

In their last 11 games against Power 5 teams, the cHokies are 1-10. In that same time frame, only Northwestern (1-11) and UVA (1-9) have been as bad.

Column: Through four games, UVa has given both the optimists and pessimists plenty of things on which to hang their hats. There’s no debate, though, that the first third of the season has been a tough road for the Wahoos.

Happy Sunday everyone. I was putting together my game grades and found a few trends I thought were worth posting here. Mostly bad, of course. But certainly helps explain why UVa is 0-4.

SCHEDULE: UVa's 0-4 record has come against teams with a combined 14-2 mark (losses to ND and Florida). The rest of the schedule doesn't look great, either. UVa has BC and William & Mary before the bye. But after the bye, four of their six remaining opponents are 4-0 (UNC, Miami, Louisville, Duke) and three of those games are on the road. UVa plays two opponents currently with losing records: BC and VT, both 1-3. Right now, UVa's 12 opponents are a combined 38-10 (79.2% win percentage).

CLOSING GAMES: UVa has been outscored in the fourth quarter 50-11 this year, with their late TD vs NC State their first 4th-quarter TD of the season. Opponents are averaging 3.7 points per drive in the 4th quarter, when removing kneel-down situations. UVa also has 6 of their 7 turnovers lost in the 4th quarter, and all 7 have been in the second half. UVa has been charged with 108 penalty yards in the 4th quarter, 53% of their penalty yards for the season. 60 of those yards directly contributed to the game-winning score by the opponent in the final minute.

RED ZONE DEFENSE: UVa's defense has faced 19 red-zone drives from opponents this season. On those, the opponent has scored a TD on 16 of them. The three non-TD drives: NC State's game-winning field goal after the penalty moved it up, JMU FG made from the 20 yard line (counts as a RZ drive but they hadn't been in the RZ until getting to the 20 on 3rd down), and JMU taking a knee at the UVa 15 to end the game. So you could say that if an opponent has made the red zone this year with the intention of scoring a touchdown, they've done so 100% of the time. Last year UVa's defense was 7th nationally in Red Zone TD rate allowed (44.1). So far this year, 127th nationally (84.2%).

PASSING GAME IMPROVEMENT: Anthony Colandrea already has many 250+ yard passing performances (3) as Brennan Armstrong did last year in 10 starts (3). Colandrea is completing 61.8% of his passes this season vs 54.6% for Armstrong, while throwing for 9 yards per attempt vs 6.5 for Brennan in 2022. Malik Washington already has more receiving TDs (3) than anyone on the team had last year. His 459 receiving yards through 4 games would have been 2nd on the team last year (KT had 579).