Remembering shining Virginia sports moments
Enough with the romanticization, myth-making and heartless criticism. Let me tell you how I really feel.
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Enough with the romanticization, myth-making and heartless criticism. Let me tell you how I really feel.
Ever since Tom Brady received his Super Bowl MVP trophy in January, football fans have been waiting for this coming weekend. On Saturday and Sunday, 261 aspiring professional athletes will be one step closer to realizing their dream when they are selected in the 2002 NFL draft. Teams that just missed last year will reload and try again, hoping to find that one player that will put them over the top. Of course, football fans can watch it all live on ESPN and hear analysts endlessly discuss bench presses, 40-yard dash times and the potential for greatness regarding players who will likely play in anonymity for the next few years. But that won't stop fans from speculating that Patrick Ramsey will be the next Dan Marino or Julius Peppers the next Lawrence Taylor. The only thing for certain is that few, if any, seniors on the Virginia football team will hear his name called this weekend.
Quick. Somebody pinch Pete Gillen. Make sure he knows this isn't just a bad dream.
To most university students, the University registrars are a nameless, faceless bunch that e-mail class schedules and distribute grades from time to time. How exciting could someone who devotes his or her life to collecting, archiving and maintaining students' permanent records possibly be? That's what I thought until Carol Stanley, a university registrar, told me that she was in the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY.
This weekend, baseball fans will make pilgrimages to the hallowed grounds of Wrigley, Shea and even the stadium formerly known as Enron to watch the boys of summer start their regular season. Despite an ugly offseason filled with talk of contraction and a possible strike in 2002, March 31 will be a day where fans can enjoy and celebrate their national pastime without worrying about anything else besides the score.
For the past four seasons, world-class attackmen have routinely walked the hallowed halls of the Virginia men's lacrosse program. When 1999 national player of the year Tucker Radenbaugh graduated, 2000 national player of the year Drew McKnight stepped in to fill his shoes. After McKnight graduated, Conor Gill kept the tradition alive by leading active Division I players in assists and standing fifth in goals scored. But Gill will graduate at the end of this season, and no current Cavalier attackman has shown that he will be the next great one. There are plenty of potential candidates: freshman John Christmas, for example, but no one has the combined experience and skill that Gill possessed to lead the Cavaliers.
While the rest of us bake in the warm beachfront sun, enjoy European vacations and relax in familiar household surroundings, the men's basketball team will be fighting to extend their season deep into March, well after our Spring Break has ended. Although the Cavaliers pulled a stunning upset over No. 3 Duke on Feb. 28, Virginia still is perched precariously on the NCAA tournament bubble. Virginia will need a solid showing in this weekend's ACC tournament to solidify its status as a championship contender rather than a first-round pretender.
As the Virginia men's basketball team headed into last night's game against No. 3 Duke, everyone knew that the writing was on the wall. The team's three-game losing streak seemed destined to become four. There would be no partying on senior night for Jason Dowling, Adam Hall and Chris Williams.
By now, everyone knows that the Dukies are riding into town to close out a trying home season for the Virginia men's basketball team tonight.
Oil up those gloves, lace up those cleats, it's time for some baseball!
I love the Winter Olympics.
I learned two very important lessons last week:
As I look back at the NFL season, I can't help but wonder: How did we end up with St. Louis vs. New England? Wasn't the mobile quarterback supposed to lead his team to the Super Bowl? Didn't the Eagles finally sign enough wide receivers to justify why Donovan McNabb throws the football in between runs? Instead, we may be treated to the lead-footed Kurt Warner against the only quarterback he can beat in a footrace - the statuesque Drew Bledsoe. Weren't Brad Johnson and Elvis Grbac supposed to be the missing pieces of the offensive puzzle for the Buccaneers and Ravens? But even Johnson and Johnson could not stop the Bucs' bleeding while the Grbac-led Ravens proved that the Dilfer Theory is not merely a myth. Everyone knew the Rams blew up their often-blown-out defense in the offseason; no one expected the final product to be of Super Bowl caliber, right?
After experiencing a season of highs and lows, Virginia seniors John Duckett and Antwoine Womack made sure their college football careers ended on a positive note.
The Virginia women's cross country team capped a dream season yesterday by finishing ninth in the NCAA championship meet at Furman University in Greenville, S.C. The Cavaliers competed in their first championship since 1993 when they placed 17th, and enjoyed their highest finish since winning the title in 1984.
Following Saturday's 31-17 loss to Virginia Tech, one has to wonder why the Virginia football team's offensive unit even takes the field in the first half of play. For the second consecutive game, the Cavaliers bumbled, stumbled and fumbled their way to a sizeable first-half deficit, which proved insurmountable this time around.
After barely missing out on a bid to last season's NCAA championship meet, the No. 14 Virginia women's cross country team decided it would never again be left sitting at home instead of hitting the trails come mid-November. Virginia accomplished its goal Saturday with a third-place finish in the NCAA Southeast Regional meet in Greenville, S.C. The squad earned an at-large bid for Monday's NCAA championship meet, its first national championship meet appearance since 1993. The championship meet will be held at the Furman University Golf Course in Greenville, S.C.
The Virginia crew team closed out its fall season optimistic with the progress it has made in a little over a month of competition.
On Saturday, the Virginia football team needed a hook and a ladder to raise itself from the hole it dug in the first half against No. 20 Georgia Tech.
One's first reaction may be to blame the Virginia defense for losing Saturday's 43-7 blowout against No. 22 Florida State. After all, the Cavaliers did surrender 205 yards passing to Florida State redshirt freshman quarterback Chris Rix and allow a Seminoles' running back, sophomore Greg Jones, to gain over 100 yards on the ground for the first time this season.