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Virginia drops third straight, falls to Louisiana Tech, 44-38

By Daniel Weltz | September 29, 2012

Saturday’s 44-38 loss to Louisiana Tech featured the best and worst of an offense which has been too erratic to give the team’s inexperienced defense a fighting chance. With one of the top offenses in the country visiting Charlottesville in Louisiana Tech—the only team in the nation to score 50 or more points in each of its games—the Cavalier attack needed to be sharp throughout. Instead, the offense alternated between eye-opening stretches of execution and head-scratching periods of futility.

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Defense regroups after blowout loss

By Daniel Weltz | September 19, 2012

The Virginia football team’s defense spent an exhausting week preparing for the intricacies of Georgia Tech’s triple-option offense in the lead up to Saturday’s 56-20 loss in Atlanta.

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NFL stakes claim as television's juiciest drama

By Zack Bartee | September 19, 2012

Like all good television, the NFL has its fair share of action and drama. But after the past two weeks, pencil this season in to sweep the Daytime Emmy Awards for the most dramatic soap opera on television. Yes, we’ve been treated to phenomenal performances in the first two weeks.

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Washington, Yellow Jackets trounce Cavaliers

By Fritz Metzinger | September 15, 2012

Fueled by the dazzling play of Quarterback Tevin Washington and a vaunted triple-option offense, Georgia Tech throttled Virginia 56-20 Saturday to hand the Cavaliers their first defeat of the season. A week after surviving a 17-16 heart-thumping contest against Penn State, Virginia (2-1, 0-1 ACC) sputtered badly in its first game outside the friendly confines of Scott Stadium.

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Cavaliers visit Yellow Jackets

By Chanhong Luu | September 13, 2012

The Virginia football team opens its ACC slate in Atlanta against rival Georgia Tech Saturday hoping for a more complete performance than the shaky 17-16 victory the team scraped last week against Penn State. In their two victories this season, the Cavaliers (2-0, 0-0 ACC) have cruised past coach Mike London’s former team, Richmond, and escaped by the narrowest of margins against Penn State courtesy of a last-second miss by Nittany Lion kicker Sam Ficken.

Virginia rallied to beat Penn State in the final minutes of the last quarter.
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The Ugly, Beautiful Truth

By Fritz Metzinger | September 8, 2012

Nobody got his money’s worth from this highly hyped Penn State showdown. What we got instead is far more valuable: a genuine human drama that reinforced everything we truly love about college football.

McGee originally committed to play for coach Mike London at Richmond, but when London took the job at Virginia, McGee followed.
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Virginia storms back to beat Penn State, 17-16

By Daniel Weltz | September 8, 2012

The Virginia football team needed the perfect storm to overcome a laundry list of mistakes against Penn State Saturday. Two game-changing catches by sophomore tight end Jake McGee and four missed field goals by Nittany Lions sophomore kicker Sam Ficken provided the necessary jolt to lift Virginia to a heart-throbbing albeit far from flawless 17-16 victory.

Sophomore wide receiver Darius Jennings earned plaudits from head coach Mike London after an electrifying performance in Virginia’s first game against Richmond Saturday. Jennings finished with five catches, 84 yards and a touchdown.
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Cavaliers welcome wounded Lions

By Sam Casscells | September 5, 2012

After securing a comfortable 43-19 victory against Richmond, Virginia head coach Mike London and his players are ready for the team’s matchup Saturday with traditional Big Ten powerhouse Penn State at Scott Stadium. Although riddled with minor miscues, the performance of the Cavaliers (1-0, 0-0 ACC) highlighted to the rest of the ACC that London’s physically imposing squad could be priming for more success after an 8-5 campaign in 2011. “Coach London has done an excellent job of putting together his style of team,” Penn State coach Bill O’Brien said.

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Penn State faces uncertain future

By Fritz Metzinger | September 5, 2012

Last Saturday, two unranked teams squared off to begin their 2012 campaigns. In a sport that values high stakes and compelling action, the game offered only lukewarm excitement and held virtually no national championship significance, with the visitor rallying for a 24-14 win. Because it was Penn State’s first game, however, this otherwise unremarkable tilt garnered extensive national media attention.

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Through the Looking Glass

By Sean McGoey | September 5, 2012

The NFL season kicks off again Tuesday as the Dallas Cowboys head to East Rutherford, N.J. to take on the defending Super Bowl champion New York Giants. It’s been seven months to the day, and let me tell you — pro football hasn’t come back a day too soon.

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Around the ACC

By Ashley Robertson | September 3, 2012

In Saturday’s primetime clash between the ACC and SEC, No. 14 Clemson gave its conference a much-needed boost and downed Auburn, 26-19.

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The Gray

By Fritz Metzinger | September 2, 2012

Though the vast majority of the 50,081 fans who flocked to Scott Stadium donned orange for Virginia’s first home football game of the season, the color gray most defined the Cavaliers’ 43-19 win against Richmond Saturday.

Kevin Parks
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Rocco, Cavaliers dismantle Richmond, 43-19

By Daniel Weltz | September 2, 2012

London and junior quarterback Michael Rocco engineered a near-flawless first half to earn a second season-opening win in three years against a first-year Richmond head coach, 43-19. This time, Rocco led the way with 311 yards and a touchdown against his uncle, Richmond coach Danny Rocco, to help London become the first Virginia coach since Rice Warren in 1913 to win his first three season-openers at the University.

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Dissecting the 2012 Cavs

By Fritz Metzinger and Daniel Weltz | August 30, 2012

As we barrel toward opening day of the 2012 season, two countervailing forces shape expectations for the Virginia football team: optimism stemming from the Cavaliers’ first bowl appearance since 2007 and anxiety about the significant roster turnover.

Coach Mike London played linebacker at Richmond and led the Spiders to an FCS National Title in 2008 before joining Virginia.
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Season kicks off against Richmond

By Chanhong Luu | August 30, 2012

Football returns to college campuses across the nation this weekend, and Scott Stadium opens its gates as Virginia hosts Richmond Saturday afternoon. The Cavaliers open the season exactly as they did two years ago with a matchup against in-state rivals Richmond.

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