DURHAM, N.C.
For those of you who neglected to listen to your beloved Cavaliers on the radio Saturday, you were probably quite pleased when you saw the 37-16 final score. Don't be.
In what was the most unimpressive 21-point win I have ever seen, Virginia struggled for most of the game, pulling away from hapless Duke late to make the contest look much less competitive than it actually was.
The ground attack was dominant against an undersized Devil defense, but the normally accurate Marques Hagans was not himself. He claimed not to be bothered by the hip injury that took him out of the Florida State game, but his throwing game looked awful. After practicing only once this week, he badly missed receivers and did not complete a pass where he threw the ball more than nine yards downfield.
"Right from the start, obviously our quarterback didn't have his fastball today. He was significantly hindered by his injury from last week," Virginia coach Al Groh said. "He didn't just miss them. They were ground balls."
He actually didn't have any pitch. It was like watching a football version of "Space Jam" -
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