My family and I had a good time at Scott Stadium yesterday watching Virginia handle Richmond 43-19. While we would have wanted to watch a more competitive game our seven-year-old was happy that a school with the same name as her Mom scored a lot of points. She also liked the horse the Cavalier rode into the stadium. The Wahoos looked good and Coach London played a ton of kids. Junior QB Michael Rocco, from nearby Lynchburg, threw for 311y in the winning effort although it must have been bittersweet for Rocco and his family as his uncle Danny Rocco is the first-year head coach of the Spiders.
As for the rest of the nation, most of the top teams held serve with Michigan the big loser. While they were not expected to beat Alabama, they did nothing to disprove the theory that athletic defenses can stop QB Denard Robinson and when you stop Robinson you stop the Wolverines. Robinson's long run was 9y. Enough said.
The Big Ten as a whole looked shaky with Wisconsin and Iowa surviving scares and Penn state losing to Ohio. With so few big games the teams that won them, like Clemson yesterday and Tennessee on Friday, improved their stock greatly.
The biggest loser may be USC in the long run with more charges against their program. We have known about the free car Joe McKnight used but it was not part of the current troubles. Good luck with that.
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