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.
Okay after reading this you have absolutely zero knowledge about Virginia football. two likely wins at the end of their schedule?
They were likely to bear Virginia Tech? Who they have beaten once since 2003? Beat Coastal? Coastal has been a double digit win top 25 team for years now. Where have you been?
They would have remained a 3 win team.
Here's where they are WORSE than you think
Tony Elliot took the 21st offense to the 126th somehow while brining back one of the best QB's in UVA history and his top 4 WR's! Armstrong went from 4,400 pass yds, 31 td's 10 int's to 2,100 yds 7 td's 12 int's lolol Now Armstrong is gone, his receivers are gone and they have a guy who was above average at Monmouth who has only played against one FBS team (MTSU) and a crowd no bigger than 15,000 people. Four new o-line starters.
That offense is walking into a sold out all vol 60,000+ Nissan stadium, after having not played a game since mid November, against a defense littered with SEC upperclassmen. Literally every starter is a 4th to 6th year senior.
As for their defense, it was 44th and they lost their two corners and now their best pass rusher is out for the game.
The only way they don't get bludgeoned is if some totally unforseen stuff happens and font think Heup doesn't remind them of the USC jr game everyday.
I think their defense can maybe get some stops early, but offensively unless they can surprise us with some new wrinkles, they can't line up and win any one on one battle.
Has blowout written all over it
