Scott German: Statement win for Virginia, which throttled Miami from the get-go
Virginia 60, Miami 38. Statement win. That’s really where this column could both begin and finish.
Virginia 60, Miami 38. Statement win. That’s really where this column could both begin and finish.
I wrote in my gamer that Miami was averaging 80.8 points per game coming into the Big Monday matchup with Virginia.
Miami was averaging 80.8 points per game coming into Big Monday. Let that sink in as you consider how the ‘Canes didn’t score half that in that 60-38 loss to Virginia.
The NCAA, in a legal response to a suit filed last week by the attorneys general in Virginia and Tennessee challenging existing NIL rules, said the suit lacks legal standing because the two states fail to show irreparable harm from the application of the rules.
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Virginia Football announced on Monday a 2026 date with Delaware, which is beginning its two-year transition from FCS to FBS this year.
Virginia (17-5, 8-3 ACC) has a quick turnaround after its Quad 1 win over Clemson on Saturday, with Miami (15-7, 6-5 ACC) coming to town for a Big Monday matchup.
Virginia rallied from 10 down to take the lead in the fourth quarter, but Clemson took control in the final two minutes in a 75-69 win on Sunday at JPJ.
Miami and Virginia shared the ACC regular-season title last season with 15-5 conference records. Their first and only meeting of the 2023-2024 regular season is Monday at JPJ (7 p.m. ET, ESPN), with the two teams in different places.
You’d think that Virginia’s road win at Clemson on Saturday, what we have come to know as a Quad 1 win, because of where Clemson was in the computer rankings, would have been a boost to the Cavaliers’ own status with the computers.
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