Virginia isn't as bad as people think

#26
#26
Virginia is exactly as bad as I think and I wouldn't be surprised if they're worse.

Elliott is a bad coach and they're a less talented team than their bad team last year.

What's going to change? Heupel is demonstrating that his teams don't play down like we've had with some of our prior coaches.
 
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ButchPlz said:
Virginia is exactly as bad as I think and I wouldn't be surprised if they're worse.

Elliott is a bad coach and they're a less talented team than their bad team last year.

What's going to change? Heupel is demonstrating that his teams don't play down like we've had with some of our prior coaches.
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It is really tough to make any case for UVA when you look at the way both UT & UVA finished last season. I tried to watch one of their games last year but was bored out of my mind. Hallmark channel had more suspense tbh.
 
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Sports Illustrated thinks they are the worst team in the ACC.
Sporting News has them last in the ACC.
Fox Sports ranks them, wait for it.... LAST in the ACC.

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The biggest thing I'm worried about Saturday is we'll be beating them so badly my buddies insist I change the channel to a competitive game. Go Vols!
 
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knox-townVOL said:
Yes, we should win comfortably, but I think we're all kind of sitting on the idea that this will be an easy blow out, like an Austin Peay type game, and that's not going to be the case. A few things to note:

-On paper they won 3 games last year, but they were likely going to win the last 2 that were cancelled, so they are a 5-7 team basically.

-They lost to UNC by 3, and lost to Miami in OT.

-Those two facts put together mean they were a few breaks away from having a winning record last year.

-A theory proven by Heupel (as well as Saban, and Kirby), the biggest jump is typically made between year 1 and year 2.

Again, it should be a comfortable win, but this isn't an FCS school and they aren't going to play like one. We should all have a fun, nervous excitement for this one.

And surely we learned from South Carolina last year to never underestimate anyone. No matter how piss poor they have been leading up to our game.
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I’m a UVA grad so I probably follow them closer than anyone on this board. They’re bad, really bad. Finishing 3-9 would be considered a good season. 0-12/1-11 isn’t out of the question.
 
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We should beat Virginia, easily. No excuses.

However, their defensive line is pretty good. We should get some intel about how good our OL is Saturday. But even if they suck we should easily win the game.
 
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knox-townVOL said:
Yes, we should win comfortably, but I think we're all kind of sitting on the idea that this will be an easy blow out, like an Austin Peay type game, and that's not going to be the case. A few things to note:

-On paper they won 3 games last year, but they were likely going to win the last 2 that were cancelled, so they are a 5-7 team basically.

-They lost to UNC by 3, and lost to Miami in OT.

-Those two facts put together mean they were a few breaks away from having a winning record last year.

-A theory proven by Heupel (as well as Saban, and Kirby), the biggest jump is typically made between year 1 and year 2.

Again, it should be a comfortable win, but this isn't an FCS school and they aren't going to play like one. We should all have a fun, nervous excitement for this one.

And surely we learned from South Carolina last year to never underestimate anyone. No matter how piss poor they have been leading up to our game.
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Yes they lost close to Syracuse, Miami, and UNC. On the flip side, they could have lost to bad Georgia Tech and Old Dominion teams. They could have easily ended up 1-9 last year. And that was with Brennan Armstrong starting at QB.
 
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Boston Vol said:
I’m a UVA grad so I probably follow them closer than anyone on this board. They’re bad, really bad. Finishing 3-9 would be considered a good season. 0-12/1-11 isn’t out of the question.
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What compelled you to become a Vol fan being a UVA grad? From TN?
 
#39
#39
The most difficult opponent is the one we play next...our players and coaches must be ready to play. We might sleepwalk and still pull out a win against lesser opponents, but I hate those kinds of games. So far Heupel has had our guys pumped and ready so I don't anticipate us coming out flat.
 
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Live in central VA and went to that UVA Miami game last year. Completions were few and far between. Final score was 14-12 in 4 OTs if that tells you anything. They looked BAD bad and Miami finished 5-7 on the year. Biggest snoozefest I’ve ever spent money on.
 
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Joe plays well, we win by 4+ touchdowns, Joe plays avg/below avg it could be tighter. They can't keep up with our scoring, and their D will be tested to the brink.
 
#45
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knox-townVOL said:
Yes, we should win comfortably, but I think we're all kind of sitting on the idea that this will be an easy blow out, like an Austin Peay type game, and that's not going to be the case. A few things to note:

-On paper they won 3 games last year, but they were likely going to win the last 2 that were cancelled, so they are a 5-7 team basically.

-They lost to UNC by 3, and lost to Miami in OT.

-Those two facts put together mean they were a few breaks away from having a winning record last year.

-A theory proven by Heupel (as well as Saban, and Kirby), the biggest jump is typically made between year 1 and year 2.

Again, it should be a comfortable win, but this isn't an FCS school and they aren't going to play like one. We should all have a fun, nervous excitement for this one.

And surely we learned from South Carolina last year to never underestimate anyone. No matter how piss poor they have been leading up to our game.
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They’re no Clemson. We’ll cruise.
 
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ButchPlz said:
Virginia is exactly as bad as I think and I wouldn't be surprised if they're worse.

Elliott is a bad coach and they're a less talented team than their bad team last year.

What's going to change? Heupel is demonstrating that his teams don't play down like we've had with some of our prior coaches.
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As much as I would love to agree with this, not to keep harping on this game, but we should have beaten SC by 4 scores last year. We not only played down to their level, we played way below it.
 
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