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Clear eyes, full hearts

By Sean McGoey | October 23, 2012

Like many college students, I often lack time to keep up with TV shows as they air. As a result I have an ever-growing list of shows — “Breaking Bad”, “Mad Men” and “Game of Thrones,” to name a few — building up in my Netflix queue. When I find myself with some TV time, I almost invariably do what my friends jokingly call “The Sean Special”: revisit a show I’ve already seen and blitz through the entire series in about a week. My latest television binge has been to rewatch “Friday Night Lights,” perhaps my second-favorite show of all time.

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On behalf of the defense

By Fritz Metzinger | October 22, 2012

On one characteristically cringe-inducing play in the third quarter of Saturday’s deflating 16-10 loss to Wake Forest, sophomore cornerback Drequan Hoskey whiffed on an open field tackle.

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On Behalf of the Defense

By Fritz Metzinger | October 20, 2012

On one characteristically cringe-inducing play in the third quarter of Saturday’s deflating 16-10 loss to Wake Forest, sophomore cornerback Drequan Hoskey whiffed on an open field tackle.

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Wake Forest downs Virginia, 16-10

By Daniel Weltz | October 20, 2012

The Demon Deacons (4-3, 2-3 ACC) snapped a two-game losing streak by winning for just the second time in their last 13 games in Charlottesville, handing the Cavaliers (2-6, 0-3 ACC) their sixth straight defeat Saturday, 16-10.

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Good job, good effort, bad times

By Fritz Metzinger | October 14, 2012

The Virginia players exited the field in misery after Saturday’s 27-20 Homecomings loss to archrival Maryland that all but sent their bowl chances, like their new indoor practice facility, up in smoke. For all the moralizing rhetoric out there about the indomitable power of teamwork and persistence and a “can do” attitude, they aren’t enough to outweigh the torturous disappointment of coming up short.

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About time for Tebow time

By Zack Bartee | October 10, 2012

Keeping with the theme of quarterback controversy that has filled recent Cavalier Daily sports pages, I couldn’t help but be intrigued by the QB plight of this year’s NFL drama queen, the New York Jets. Hard Knocks or not, Rex Ryan and his team of colorful personalities always seem to find their way into the news somehow.

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Virginia blown away by Duke, 42-17

By Daniel Weltz | October 6, 2012

Duke redshirt sophomore quarterback Anthony Boone completed 18-of-31 passes for 212 yards and four touchdowns with no interceptions as the Blue Devils (5-1, 2-0 ACC) scored 28 unanswered second half points to give Virginia its fourth straight loss, 42-17. Despite outgaining Duke 461 to 395 yards, Virginia (2-4, 0-2 ACC) was defeated by 20 or more points for the third time in four weeks to match the worst start in three seasons under coach Mike London.

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Virginia aims to end three-game skid

By Lindsey Cherpes | October 4, 2012

Virginia travels to Durham Saturday to face Duke in junior quarterback Phillip Sims’ first start of the season. Despite their recent three-game skid, the Cavaliers (2-3, 0-1 ACC) remain optimistic they can start October off on the right foot with a victory against the Blue Devils (4-1, 1-0 ACC). “We keep each other up,” sophomore running back Kevin Parks said.

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Receiving corps establishes identity

By Fritz Metzinger | October 3, 2012

For a team pegged at the outset of the 2012 season to steamroll opponents with a dynamic, versatile running game, Virginia has relied immensely on the aerial attack in the season’s first five contests. Through five games, the Cavaliers have attempted 193 passes while rushing only 165 times, a difference of 28 plays.

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Cavaliers make quarterback change

By Fritz Metzinger | October 2, 2012

The Virginia football team is making a quarterback change. Coach Mike London hinted on his weekly radio show Monday night, the Cavaliers will give sophomore Philip Sims snaps with the first team this week in preparation for his first start Saturday against Duke — provided he recovers from a lower leg injury suffered in last week’s 44-38 loss to Louisiana Tech. The move follows another dicey performance from incumbent starter junior Michael Rocco against the Bulldogs.

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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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