UVa.-UConn. Game Day
We are live at Scott Stadium in Charlottesville for today’s football game between the homestanding Virginia Cavaliers (5-1, 3-0 ACC) and the visiting Connecticut Huskies (5-0, 1-0 Big East).
Kickoff is scheduled for 3:35 p.m.
The game is being broadcast on ESPNU and the Cavalier Sports Network.
Check back during the game for updates and commentary.
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For those keeping score at home, the pregame press meal was steak and little red potatoes. And the lady from the catering company piled it on my plate.
This game is supposed to be a sellout, the first of the year. If it is, a lot of the fans are disguised as empty seats.
They really know how to put on a show here pregame.
Andrew Pearman and Rashawn Jackson in the backfield for the Cavs.
Cedric Peerman is on the sidelines in streetclothes.
Sewell intercepted – that one was Gorham’s fault. Sewell hit him in the hands with the ball, and he just whiffed on it.
45-yard field goal attempt – good. Six plays, 26 yards, 2:28. UConn. 3, UVa. 0, 10:47
The L.A. Dodger late-arriving crowd is finally filling in. Noticeable gaps in section 501 and in the UConn. section.
I’m going to give Sewell more credit for that INT, on second thought. He was staring down Gorham on that pattern. Gorham was in the slot and ran a curl in. The ball hit him in the hands, but he was covered.
Pearman fumbles the kickoff. UConn. 1st and 10 at the UVa. 13.
Impressive goal-line D for UVa. UConn. had second-and-two at the 5, and Virginia held the Huskies to a field goal. UConn. 6, UVa. 0, 9:07/1st
UVa. has two turnovers in the first six minutes, and UConn. has six points directly as a result of those turnovers. Two field goals, and 34 yards of total offense.
Question – why doesn’t Vic Hall return kickoffs?
Drama on that kick return – Zidenburg almost let the ball get behind him before he caught it and ran it back.
Zidenburg, incidentally, is listed as a fullback. And he was back deep on the return team.
No running game. UConn. is stacking the box big time. They want Sewell to beat them. Not a bad strategy.
I’m finally back – but for how long? Impressive drive by the ‘Hoos puts them up 7-6 at the end of one.
Issue: Hall fumbled a punt (recovered by Virginia).
Maybe we just let all kicks hit the ground and hope for the best. We seem otherwise incapable of fielding them cleanly.
UConn. surprised me – deciding to try a 52-yard field goal instead of going for it on 4th-and-6 from the 35. The kick was horribly offline and no good. UVa. gets field position as a result.
Nice call – Hall sneaks into the game and lines up in the backfield as a running back, takes the handoff from Sewell and hits Gorham for a long pass inside the 10. Then Sewell connects with one of our 100 tight ends open in the flat for a score. UVa. 14, UConn. 6, 5:19/2nd
Thanks for the score update.
UVa. 14, UConn. 13, 1:36/3rd. It’s anybody’s game.
The boobirds are out. The natives are restless over the lackluster at best play of the starting QB. He once again looks rather lifeless.
UVa. 14, UConn. 13, end 3
81-yard drive for UConn., UVa. defense stiffens at the 5. UConn. 16, UVa. 14, 8:06/4th.
God as my witness, I cannot figure out what the Virginia coaching staff sees in Jameel Sewell.
3rd and goal at the 7, 4:09 to go. Looks like UVa. is setting up the field goal. Look for a screen pass or a rollout with a run-pass option.
Gould 19-yard field goal, UVa. 17, UConn. 16, 3:20/4th
what a close game not to be on tv …. keep us updated!
UConn. gets two first-down runs. Then a bad shotgun snap, and it’s 2nd-and-31 at the UVa. 34. 2:23 to go.
UConn. last chance – :27 to go