Underachieving Cavalier football
By Jed Williams | November 14, 2000I've heard many a hypothesis as to how a football program ranked as high as sixth can so precipitously plummet in just two short seasons - how a team borderline elite and perennially powerful only 24 months ago can morph into mediocrity, or even worse, outright abomination. There's always the "superstar" theory, which informs Virginia fans that without Shawn Moore dissecting opposing defenses and Chris Slade destroying anyone in his radar, the Cavaliers simply cannot compete.