Savor this season folks. Looks like weāre about to run the table (or close to it at the very least) while both Tech and UNC stare 2-10/3-9 right in the fucking face. This debacle at UNC rn is genuinely the most stunning and humiliating episode Iāve ever seen a power program go thru. In every facet, not just on-the-field. Itās such an abomination that it makes VTās complete administrative failure as it relates to their program/coaching search look tame in comparison.
Yāall know how much I believe in this staff and their vision/approach for elevating UVA into a contender. I understand for many ppl they still need to prove it more on the field, and they will. Mark my words, they will. But itās rare for these kinds of season (your team excels while you main rivals completely shit the bed) to happen so enjoy it. Read their message boards, tune in to their weekly beatdowns,etc. Itās borderline surreal to see this many things āgo our wayā so to speak but im here for it lol
Dunno. They blitzed Colo State then gave up 59 that is fitty nine against the purple huskies from Seattle. They are at least at top half MWC team in estimation. YMMV.
A poor offensive line and poor run defense is a bad matchup for 25 UVA at its best but that is why they play the games.
I think Kaelin has real potential. Heās only a redshirt freshman so this will be a big spring for him coming up. The staff probably still goes out and gets a starting-quality QB in the portal to battle Kaelin in the spring, Iād guess a rising 5th year again, and Iād bet Kaelin ends up as QB2 again in 2026, though Iād feel decent at that point if injuries forced him to start.
Not sure if Jurgensen or Greer will separate themselves this fall as next yearās QB3. The lack of a spring window makes it dicey for them if they both go into spring and one of them clearly is buried on the depth chart long term, heād probably want to move on. Keep in mind weāre bringing in another QB in the 26 class in Eli Hamrick.
Thatās something I forgot about last night on the pod. The shift in the transfer window for football will certainly have an affect on rosters.
I think itās a safe bet to say UVa will roll into January with Kaelin as the penciled in No.1 and the Hoos will look to the portal to identify another piece. If the staff is confident in Kaelin then they have the luxury of not having to get into a bidding war for a top prospect. But having someone in the QB room with actual playing experience is essential.
I disagree with that notion and donāt think itās fair to categorize athletes in that light. The guys you see highlighted on ESPN and on TV are actually a small fraction of the % of players who make up a roster. Plenty of athletes understand the lane they occupy on a team and what their future holds and the majority of them step foot on a college campus knowing this is it.
Teresa Sullivan died (and was brought back) for this. Most SEC schools have their athletes primarily online and god knows whoās actually taking the classes. Iām not a puritan about this or anything, I donāt really care. Iād just prefer we drop the facade a bit. It probably limits our pool a bit, but its a pro to a different kind of guy as well.
Youāre right that the majority of them know their future isnāt in big time athletics, but how many football and basketball programs are serious about encouraging them to take the education seriously? Unfortunately Iām afraid itās less than youād hope/think. Joe Burrow has that really great line about how he went to school at Ohio State and he played football at LSU that he said in regards to how he basically never interacted with other LSU students while there.
For those that are interested in the ACCCG Tie Breaker Rules:
TIEBREAKER POLICY
The Atlantic Coast Conference Football Champion will be decided by a game between the top two (2) post-season eligible teams. The two teams with the highest percentage of wins during all regular-season Conference competition shall play in the Championship Game. If three (3) or more such teams are tied with the highest percentage of wins or two (2) or more teams are tied with the second highest percentage of wins, the following tiebreaker procedure shall be administered to determine the representative(s) in the Championship Game. The team with the highest win percentage, either outright or after application of the tiebreaker, shall be declared the
home team for the Championship Game.
Two-Team Tie
a. Head-to-head competition between the two tied teams.
b. Win-percentage against all common opponents.
c. Win-percentage against common opponents based upon their order of finish (overall conference win-percentage, with ties broken) and proceeding through other common opponents based upon their order of finish.
d. Combined win-percentage of conference opponents.
e. The tied team with the higher ranking by the Team Rating Score metric provided by SportSource Analytics following the conclusion of regular-season games.
f. The participant shall be chosen by a draw as administered by the Commissioner or Commissionerās designee.
Three (or More) Team Tie
The three (or more) team tiebreaker procedure will be used to either (a) identify one championship game participant, (b) identify both championship game participants, or (c) eliminate team(s) from the tie. If the administration of the three (or more) team tiebreaker results in the elimination of team(s) from the tie, teams remain tied, and both championship game participants have not been determined, the tiebreaker procedure will restart for remaining tied teams.
a. Combined head-to-head win-percentage among the tied teams if all tied teams are common opponents.
b. If all tied teams are not common opponents, the tied team that defeated each of the other tied teams.
i. If all tied teams are not common opponents and no tied team defeated each of the other tied teams, but a tied team lost to each of the other tied teams, such team shall be eliminated and removed from the tie.
c. Win-percentage against all common opponents.
d. Win-percentage against common opponents based upon their order of finish (overall conference win-percentage, with ties broken) and proceeding through other common opponents based upon their order of finish.
e. Combined win-percentage of conference opponents.
f. The tied team with the highest ranking by the Team Rating Score metric provided by SportSource Analytics following the conclusion of regular season games.
g. The participant shall be chosen by a draw as administered by the Commissioner or Commissionerās designee.
Conference games against otherwise post-season ineligible teams will always be counted in the league standings and in application of the tie-breaker procedure.
Ehā¦ lets take care to separate ābig-earning NIL athletesā from āthe vast majority of D1 student athletesā.
I got a call from my younger daughter over the weekend. Sheās doing sports journalism at Penn State and is running club-level track and field. Sheās gotten to be friends with some of the kids on the actual school track team (PSU is good but not great at track), and was calling because two of her friends are studying Finance and needed career advice. We talked for like 20 minutes and the kids were pretty sharp, knew the basics decently well, had good questions about different fields, etc.
The reason I mention this, is because both kids were good runners, recruited athletes though I didnāt ask about scholarships. One holds the all-time Illinois state record in the 200m and the other (I looked up his times) is an excellent distance runner. And theyāre asking me about the career path to become a fund manager because they both know thereās zero-ish chance either of them will ever earn a living running track.
The number of kids nationwide getting someone else to take their on-line classes for them and the school is fine with it because the kid is basically a pro athlete already probably numbers in the mid-triple digits. Well, Iām hoping.
Sigh. Actually, now that Iām really thinking about itā¦ āMostā is overstating it, but āa lotā might be right. Because a lot of D1 schools, in their heart of hearts, donāt really care about the education their athletes get. Because theyāre 1-year free agents now, getting them a good education is about 10th on anyoneās priority list. If thereās only a 50/50 chance theyāll be there next year, let alone graduate eventually, who cares if theyāre actually showing up for any particular class.
UVA and Vandy and some other schools care, and a lot of the kids are aware they arenāt going pro (or are in a sport where thatās not a viable option) and so they care. But I bet the intersection of kids who donāt care currently attending schools that donāt care are less than 1/2 D1 athletes but more than 1/10. Its possible its vastly higher than it should be, as kids arenāt so much falling through the cracks as draining through sieve.
I think the vast majority of student athletes are take the educational opportunity seriously. Iām not sure thatās the case for basketball and football at the power conference level though.
ā¦ and I paraphraseā¦ āThere are 400K NCAA student-athletesā¦ and just about all of them will be going pro in something other than sports.ā
Despite NIL in the revenue sportsā¦ I think the sentiment of this statement still rings trueā¦ and damn, that commercial is from the Stone Age! No 4K HDTV back then!
