Like last year, losing to Duke no setback
By Jason Wise | January 19, 200463-52. The final score does not do justice to the second close game in University Hall yesterday in which the Cavaliers tied or swapped leads with No.
63-52. The final score does not do justice to the second close game in University Hall yesterday in which the Cavaliers tied or swapped leads with No.
RALEIGH, N.C. --- In what Al Groh called "one of the best games in the history" of the ACC, fans on both sides saw exactly what they expected to see.All the hype leading up to the game was "Schaub vs.
Anticlimactic is the best single word I can come up with to describe Saturday's game. Of course there is both good and bad news about this -- namely that since fans didn't need to stay at Scott Stadium for the second half, they got a good two-hour head start on Saturday night's partying -- or homework.
Looking over the sea of orange that was the student section in Saturday's loss to Florida State before a record-breaking crowd in attendance for a game shown on ESPN, one couldn't help but try to evaluate where our football program is in coach Groh's third year. There is no doubt about it: Virginia is a football school now.
The ACC's leading Heisman candidate will be competing Saturday when NC State takes on in-state rival North Carolina.
Virginia is on its way to becom-ing a major football force in an up-and-coming major football conference.
At the start of the season, one of the biggest games on the ACC schedule was the matchup between NC State and Ohio State.
Last season Virginia's offense was one of the most exciting in the nation. With second half comeback victories and trick plays thrown into the mix, the Cavaliers were both unpredictable and exciting.
After sweeping ACC championships last weekend to secure their fourth consecutive ACC title, the Virginia rowing team has two more chances to lift its standings.
Virginia's track and field team may not get the attention of higher profile sports such as men's basketball, but they have quietly turned in a stellar season. At the ACC championships this past weekend in Raleigh, N.C., six Cavaliers won their events -- four women and two men.