Two aspects of this game really bothered me. No. 1, Virginia never challenged our secondary with the deep pass, yet our defensive backs gave their receivers far too much of a cushion throughout the game, especially on third down.Their quarterback never showed he could beat us deep. As it turned out, sadly, we never forced him to try.
No. 2, we got back in the game by passing the ball. Once the passing game got rolling, Virginia didn't have an answer to counter it. Yet when we got the lead down to 10 in the third quarter, we suddenly started playing as if WE had the lead by going back almost exclusively to the running game, which killed the clock. WE NEEDED THE CLOCK!!!
Hey, run the ball if you're getting chunk plays. But we weren't doing that. I'm sure Virginia was willing to play along with our attempted long drives if they milked the clock away.
Last Edited: 9/15/2018 11:41:12 PM by FlashGary