Or not…
OK, so apparently I was just kidding about all that jazz re: a victory over Virginia Tech. UVA was shut out 17-0 at Lane Stadium, which, of course, is horrible. But there are some silver linings here. For one, it wasn’t a complete disaster. I think we all remember the disaster that was 52-14 in Scott Stadium last year. Sure, we were shut out this year, but our defense held their own for much of the game. A key fumble at the end of the first half was most unfortunate, but without that, we were looking at 0-0 heading into the locker room.
Sewell. It’s his first season and he performed much like you’d expect any first-y…freshman to. But, had we stuck with Sewell since day one, this season may have been very different - we should have beaten W. Mich., we should have beaten ECU. We didn’t, but we should have. Those two wins and we’re looking at a bowl-bound 7-5 squad. But alas. In any event, Sewell really needs to work on his accuracy and needs to learn to avoid the sack - whether he can run out of it or whether he needs to sacrifice his pass percentage, that’s up to him (though that didn’t seem to be as big a problem this game). In any event, Sewell’s got his work cut out for him during the off-season, but we should be looking at a strong player next year (next three years, for that matter).
Offense. You can’t win a game if your offense doesn’t score. Sorry, bub. It just does not work that way. We got only five first downs. Five. One of those was off of a roughing-the-kicker call. Combine that with a fumble, an interception, and a 2-13 on third down conversions stat, and your defense is brewing up trouble.
On the plus side, we’ve got a young team. On the plus side, Tech’s special teams didn’t do anything crazy. And on the plus side, BASKETBALL season is here!