Wow, what a dismal weekend of football for me.
My two favorite teams - the Dallas Cowboys and, of course, the Cavaliers - lost by a combined five points. Nothing is worse than a gut-wrenching loss in which one play could have changed the outcome - except suffering two gut-wrenching losses. Sometimes, I feel worse after close losses than I do after blowouts.
The way the Wahoos lost was especially disappointing because I thought they were finally turning the corner and starting to play competitive football. Having been a Virginia fan for a while now, though, I have learned that the Hoos can be a big flirt. They will often blow big halftime leads and leave you heartbroken after the game.
Still, the Cavaliers made strides. At the beginning of the year, there were many differing opinions about how well this team would play. Fittingly, most experts had Virginia tallying a record of around 6-6. I get the sense that after Saturday's narrow defeat to Southern Miss, there are once again optimists, pessimists and realists among the Wahoo faithful.
So, I'm here to present four different predictions about how the team will play the rest of the season, based on differing viewpoints among Virginia football circles.
Prediction 1: The hopeless pessimist
If you fall into this category, you think this season has already come to an end, we should fire coach Al Groh now and look to rebuild for next year. You might think Virginia's better play at Southern Miss was an aberration. You figure that the players are devastated because they played better and harder and still lost.
Final record prediction: 0-12, possibly 1-11.
Prediction 2: The level-headed realist
If you can relate to the level-headed realist, then you see some life in the team and the possibility that the season is not a total bust. If you're a fourth-year student like me, you anticipate that there could be a few special moments this season for your final games as a student-fan. You think that Virginia could definitely win games against Indiana, Maryland and Duke. You hope that Virginia could potentially pull off an upset or two. You believe that Groh has probably worn out his welcome and expect he will be "forced to resign" at the end of the season. You consider the thought of an upset against Virginia Tech to be mostly ridiculous, but concede that it could happen
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