Monday, October 6, 2008

Another slip-up in Charlottesville

Maybe before the game, the USC Trojans snuck into the home locker room, tied up the Cavaliers, and suited up against the Terrapins.

Maybe that wasn't Marc Verica picking apart the Maryland secondary, but rather Mark Sanchez.

Maybe that wasn't the Cavaliers' offensive line dominating the Terps' front seven, but USC's hogmollies opening up holes for Joe McKnight.

Maybe that wasn't the Virginia defense smothering the Maryland offense, but rather Ray Maualuga and the impressive USC defense.

Please tell me I'm right. That couldn't have been the Virgina Cavaliers on the field on Saturday night. The same Cavaliers that gave up 31 points to Duke. Duke! No, not the basketball team. The football team. The team that hadn't won an ACC game in 3 years.

The team that put up 31 points and held the Virginia offense to a meager field goal.

How can Duke, the perennial ACC cupcake, slaughter Virginia, but the Maryland Terrapins, the team that beat Clemson in Death Valley, can't even attempt a field goal?

Please tell me it was all a bad dream. Tell me UVA secretly knew all of our plays beforehand, or tell me that the Cavaliers were really USC in disguise. Saturday night couldn't have happened. Not with Ralph Friedgen at the helm. He's known for the consistent play of his team.

Oh, wait....

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