As Sam Shapiro said in another thread, no one saw this coming. It was a gorgeous day in Charlottesville yesterday, just a little teeny nip in the air at gametime. UVA pretty much dominated both sides of the ball for the entire game. In 25 years of UVA football, I don't remember a more dominating performance against a quality team. Everything went right for UVA, while everything went wrong for Maryland.
Al Groh remains on my list of folks to find other work. But his post-game interview was pretty straightforward. This is the QB's second game, there was lots of turmoil with the team that he thinks is settling down, and some hurt people are coming back. He seems to think things are on the right track.
Great time with Tom C, Rob G, brother Tom and a fellow from his Stepford Gated Community--Chris, a guy known here on the blog as Hampton Park Fan.
I've been to some awesome games in my life. Penn State over Alabama, Oklahoma (Nation Championship) over Penn State, Notre Dame (close) over Navy...many fine games but the best times I ever had was watching a game at UVA. Loads of fun. I'm glad you got to see a victory.
ReplyDeleteIt is still fun...but maybe a little less so than when we were just discovering that we could be good. They got rid of the quirky little Pep Band in favor of the big marching band, no more leaving the stadium at half-time to "restock" as it were in the parking lot...but all in all, a great outing still.
ReplyDeleteLet's not get carried away with injuries and QB's. The real reason for for the huge victory was that signs were allowed back in the stadium!
ReplyDeleteI have to chalk it up to the fact that the UVA Athletic Department no longer allows "Hoos Your Daddy?" posters.
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