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(12/01/09 5:44am)
Before all the bureaucratic handshaking and parting of ways, the financial buyout and official announcement of the departure of Virginia football coach Al Groh, there was a moment. In 20 years of playing, watching and following sports, it was a moment that most acutely tapped into my sports psyche.
(11/24/09 5:51am)
During his nine-year tenure as Virginia's head coach, Al Groh has defeated Virginia Tech only once. With "grohing" uncertainty surrounding his job security, Saturday's game at Scott Stadium may be his last chance to beat the Hokies.
(11/23/09 6:18am)
Eight points, seven rebounds, one block and five fouls in 13 minutes. Sophomore center Assane Sene's return to the court from a three-game suspension to start the season was not always pretty, but the 7-footer certainly made his presence felt as Virginia defeated Oral Roberts 76-55 Saturday afternoon, winning its second straight game by more than 20 points.
(11/16/09 6:38am)
There's only so much you can take away from Friday's season opener against Longwood, but game one of the Tony Bennett era certainly presented some of the new coach's principles that will be put to the test against better competition in the near future.
(11/16/09 6:37am)
They say football is a game of inches. They couldn't have been more right Saturday.
(11/09/09 6:36am)
Miami, FL. - At halftime of Saturday's game at Miami, Virginia had accumulated only 92 yards of total offense and four first downs. The Hurricanes, meanwhile, had run up 233 yards and converted 13 first downs. An interception and two blocked punts kept the Cavaliers afloat, however, resulting in 17 points and a manageable seven-point deficit.
(11/09/09 6:34am)
When Virginia's offense trotted out onto the field for the first snap of Saturday's game against Miami, the PA announcer informed the media: "Jameel Sewell is in at quarterback for the Cavaliers ... Correction: Marc Verica."
(11/02/09 6:43am)
With 5:36 remaining and holding a 17-12 lead in Saturday's game against Duke, everything was on the line for Virginia - its slim chance of winning the Coastal Division of the ACC, its bowl prospects and whatever was left of coach Al Groh's job security.
(10/26/09 6:32am)
It was a day of indiscernible plays, fluctuating weather and lots of mud-sliding. If you had difficulty following the path of the ball, you weren't alone.
(10/19/09 6:20am)
College Park, Md. - As the rain poured down in Byrd Stadium Saturday evening, no pass made for an easy catch. But Virginia needed only one reception to capture its third straight win and second ACC road victory.
(10/19/09 6:04am)
When Virginia traveled to College Park Oct. 20 two years ago, the team was riding a six-game win streak that featured three 130-yard rushing performances by then-junior running back Cedric Peerman. Jameel Sewell threw seven touchdown passes to only three interceptions during that span.
(10/12/09 5:57am)
Flash back to Sept. 12. No papers. No midterms. Maybe a fallen horseman here or there, but on the whole, life was good.
(10/08/09 6:23am)
Chapel Hill, N.C. - Sometimes I like to think about what it would have been like to live in a different era. The Cuban Missile Crisis sounds exciting. They tell me gas used to cost $10 a tank. A dime for a movie. And they tell me the Virginia football team once won nine games.
(10/01/09 6:47am)
Wide receiver Tim Smith lost only four games at Oscar Smith High School. What a difference a year makes.
(09/25/09 6:41am)
Thirty-one of college tennis' top singles players will come to Charlottesville this weekend to participate in the U.Va. Ranked Plus One Invitational. It's no mistake that nearly one-third of the players are Cavaliers.
(09/21/09 5:51am)
As a reporter for The Cavalier Daily, it's my responsibility to cover the Virginia football team, including its road games. But for a team whose offense promised some sort of divine fusion of The Beatles and U2 to traverse the ages but has instead delivered something along the lines of the Jonas Brothers' Christmas Special, I figured, why the hell should I bother to do my job?
(09/15/09 4:57am)
Five years ago as a sophomore in high school, Isaac Cain was suited up and ready to take the field for Hampton - in the marching band, that is, playing the trombone. Now, as a junior at Virginia, he assumes a very different role on the football field.
(09/14/09 5:21am)
I've always wondered what goes on at football practice. I learned a lot from Saturday's game against TCU.
(09/08/09 9:41am)
"It takes a lot of really good plays to win a game," Virginia coach Al Groh said. "It doesn't take very many bad plays to lose a game."\nTry seven abysmal plays.\nCollectively, the seven turnovers Virginia committed Saturday against William & Mary probably cost the Cavaliers the game. But there is a story behind each one of the carefully crafted fiascoes, and they are worthy of discussion.\nSituation: Virginia ball on its own 36-yard line, 4:57 remaining in the first quarter. The score is tied at 7-7.\nAfter two consecutive three-and-outs, Groh pulls senior Vic Hall from the game, inserting senior Jameel Sewell in at quarterback. The drive begins with an ominous bad snap, which Sewell fumbles but eventually recovers for a loss of nine yards. Sewell completes his first pass to sophomore wide receiver Kris Burd down the middle for 25 yards, breaking into Tribe territory. After suffering a sack on first down, Sewell drops back to pass and heaves the ball 27 yards downfield, about five too far for Burd to haul in, but just right for William & Mary cornerback B.W. Webb to grab his first of many interceptions in the game. This mistake is relatively understandable, however, considering this is Sewell's first series since 2007. The fact that the Tribe failed to translate the turnover into points further diminishes its significance.\nSituation: Virginia ball on its own 26-yard line, 5:34 remaining in the second quarter. Virginia leads, 14-7.\nIn the previous possession, Sewell orchestrated an 84-yard drive which resulted in a Cavalier touchdown, courtesy of an eight-yard rush by the quarterback himself. Eager to move the ball downfield once again, Sewell attempts two passes. The first is completed to Burd for four yards. The second hits senior tight end Joe Torschia in the chest and bounces into the hands of Webb in Cavalier territory, marking his second interception. One minute and 11 seconds later, William & Mary kicker Brian Pate converts a 40-yard field goal. Clearly, this turnover falls on the shoulders - or hands, rather - of Torschia, who simply dropped a very catchable ball.\nSituation: Virginia ball on its own 32-yard line, 3:21 left in the second quarter. Virginia leads, 14-10.\nGroh pulls Sewell after his second interception and reinserts Hall into the game. The move merely maintains the status quo, resulting in another Virginia turnover of a different variety. On third-and-three, Hall is stripped of the ball and dives forward. He emerges from the fray empty-handed, the memory of his 34-yard touchdown run all but forgotten.\nSituation: Virginia ball on its own 25-yard line, 1:12 remaining in the second quarter. Virginia leads, 14-10.\nGroh stays with Hall at quarterback, hoping to advance the ball quickly downfield before halftime. Junior Mikell Simpson breaks a 20-yard run to midfield, inching the Cavaliers closer to field goal range. Two plays later though, junior center Jack Shields snaps the ball to the ground, practically handing the ball to the Tribe.\n"The ... ball never really got off the ground," Groh said. "How can that happen? It's as befuddling to me as it is to you. I can see - couldn't accept it - but could understand maybe snapping it over the quarterback's head - at least the ball became airborne. It's hard to understand why the ball didn't become airborne."\nAfter a couple completions by quarterback R.J. Archer and a 15-yard unsportsmanlike conduct penalty, William & Mary is primed for another score on the Virginia nine-yard line. Pate converts a 26-yard field goal as time expires in the half, narrowing Virginia's lead to one point.\nQuick interlude: The Cavaliers have committed a turnover on three consecutive possessions.\nSituation: William & Mary ball on its own 46-yard line, lined up to punt on fourth down. 7:51 remains in the third quarter; Virginia still leads, 14-13.
(09/07/09 9:20am)
Sit back, relax and smoke a cigarette - if you're so inclined.\nThink of your darkest hour of desperation - that time in high school you had to shoulder tap that scruffy-looking man to procure your alcohol of choice. Or that time you asked your mom to prom. It's your last resort, your phone-a-friend, if you will.\nNow think about coach Al Groh asking junior Marc Verica to play quarterback with 11:31 left in the 4th quarter with Virginia trailing 16-14 to William & Mary. At least there was a decent chance Santa Claus would deliver on the booze.\nIn Groh's defense, his back was against the wall.\nIf you thought senior Vic Hall's 34-yard touchdown run was a sign of things to come like I did, then you probably feel cheated and lied to; maybe you even feel like the football team stole your heart and soul, or at least a good three hours of your time.\nI'm not going to bring Hall up on honor charges for his supreme act of deception. This fa