The 2007 season was a banner year for Virginia football. The Cavs finish the regular season with a 9-3 record and earn a trip to the Gator Bowl; Chris Long wins the Ted Hendricks Defensive End of the Year Award; Al Groh is crowned ACC Coach of the Year.
Of course, an NCAA-record five of those nine wins were by 2 points or less. An altered field goal here, a bad snap there, a slipup on a patch of wet grass elsewhere, and 9-3 turns into 6-6, and the only bowl the Cavs enjoy come January is with their cereal in the morning. Al Groh goes from Coach of the Year to the chopping block, and Chris Long joins Sean Singletary as another great player on a mediocre team.
The burning question for any group that ekes out the close ones like Virginia did in 2007 is, lucky or good? Team chemistry or good fortuity? Fourth-quarter brilliance or statistical variance?
Then again, 9-3 is 9-3 right? Isn't it always possible
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