Week 8: The University of Virginia

[SeanMayTriedToEatMe]

UVA is favored by 2 at most sites.

ESPN projects Duke to either go to the Military Bowl against Rice or the AdvoCare V100 Bowl against Notre Dame (?!). CBS and Fox/Scout both project Duke to fail to make a bowl game.

 

[StopThePumpFakesShav]

Not sure if that tweet was infused with any sort of mild sarcasm, but UVA has lost 4 of its last 5 to Duke, so I assume they are taking nothing for granted. That said, I have an uneasy feeling about playing them on the road when they're in desperate need of a win and are, on paper, more talented.

 

[SeanMayTriedToEatMe]

Cool, UVA looks infinitely more talented than Duke.

 

[physicsfactor]

UVA drops the first down pass. Boone-time coming up.

 

[SeanMayTriedToEatMe]

Key secondary player already injured for Duke. Maybe it will rain only on Duke possessions too.

 

[physicsfactor]

UVA fake punt for a first down. Lol

 

[dkst0426]

UVA fake punt for a first down. Lol

Fastest he's ever run.

 

[SeanMayTriedToEatMe]

Great time for a fake punt by UVA, a desperate team.

Duke just not ready.

 

[dkst0426]

Oh, they're going to try to beat us at our own game with the screen?

 

[SeanMayTriedToEatMe]

One program is wounded and playing with absolute desperation. The other is full of itself and arrogantly thinks it can coast to a bowl game by beating NCSU and Wake. Might as well rest the starters now.

 

[SeanMayTriedToEatMe]

Defense with an impressive stop on the first possession, but UVA gets 7 points anyway. Backbreaker.

 

[SeanMayTriedToEatMe]

Duke's win probability is now something like 20%.

 

[physicsfactor]

Whoa. A good kickoff return for Duke?

 

[physicsfactor]

My espn3 feed is going nuts

 

[SeanMayTriedToEatMe]

Cool, 15 yard penalty against Duke on 1st down. That ends the drive. And perhaps the game. And the season.

 

[SeanMayTriedToEatMe]

Have ball at midfield, 1st and 10.

<Duke football>

Punt.

 

[dkst0426]

For whatever reason, both those 2nd and 3rd down throws were really short-armed.

 

[SeanMayTriedToEatMe]

Bad pass from Boone. This is all going poorly. Is NCSU any worse than this?

 

[SeanMayTriedToEatMe]

Weird things happening around the country. Vanderbilt beat Georgia? Iowa is up 7-0 at OSU. Kansas is up 7-0 vs Oklahoma. Central Michigan is up 14-7 on the BCS buster NIU.

 

[SeanMayTriedToEatMe]

Dwayne Norman out for the game. Terrible.