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I decided, at the last moment, to go to the game, my first game in almost ten years. I live in North Virginia and Charlottesville is two hours away. I had no tickets when I left my house at 4:00, and I had never even been there before. I had a vague clue on how to get there. My 12 years old went with me. Entirely skeptical of us going without a ticket. We get close to the city and we hear they expect a crowd of 50,000 at best for a 60,000 seat stadium. I assure him we are good then. We get into town at 5:45, and I see a sign for free parking. I turn in, confirm to a UVA fan it is free, and he tells me it is like a 15 minute walk. Ok. It was like a 20 minute walk because UVA fans walk incredibly slow. About 5 minutes from the stadium, a guy announces he has two tickets to sell. I find out they are on UVA side but 30 rows up on the 35 yard line on the UVA sideline. I snatch them up for 30 buck when online they are 60.00 tickets. So everything is going well.
We get there and this is a great venue. The food was actually very good and we got these great seats. We are excited. The stadium is about 75% full and we are ready for a Canes win. I am ready to see it. Kosi makes two errant throws and Richt puts Rosier in. I am like **** man, I didn't pay to see Rosier, I paid for Perry, win or loss. It sucks. He just beat FSU and you don't think he can beat UVA??? I mean yes one of the two balls was a bad throw but it was not a reason to bench him.
So we go RPO with Rosier and every time the DE crashes down the line, Rosier gives the running back the football even when he could have run for 10 or fifteen yards. We end up in 3rd and 8 or 3rd and 9 most of the 2nd and 3rd quarter. He can't find a receiver anywhere. They weren't wide open but he wasn't even looking for them. Our defense can't stop the QB run if their life depended on it. And when UVA went up 10 points with 8 minutes left in the 4th Quarter, me and most of the UM fans leave because we know Rosier CAN NOT win this game. He is ridiculously inaccurate on any throw beyond 15 yards. When your playmaker ends up with one catch for 5 yards, you know the quarterback sucks.
I defended the play calling last week because you do need to run in rivalry games. What I saw today was the worst offensive strategy I have seen in a long long time. Abysmal is too mild of a term. I have tried to give Richt slack because he enjoys calling plays but if this game is the best he can do we need to find a better coach.
Finally, I want to say the UVA stadium and fans were first class. I actually managed to get food at half time in less than 5 minutes, was treated respectfully by staff and their fans and had a very enjoyable experience despite the loss. I will attend future games there. It was fun even though we lost.
We get there and this is a great venue. The food was actually very good and we got these great seats. We are excited. The stadium is about 75% full and we are ready for a Canes win. I am ready to see it. Kosi makes two errant throws and Richt puts Rosier in. I am like **** man, I didn't pay to see Rosier, I paid for Perry, win or loss. It sucks. He just beat FSU and you don't think he can beat UVA??? I mean yes one of the two balls was a bad throw but it was not a reason to bench him.
So we go RPO with Rosier and every time the DE crashes down the line, Rosier gives the running back the football even when he could have run for 10 or fifteen yards. We end up in 3rd and 8 or 3rd and 9 most of the 2nd and 3rd quarter. He can't find a receiver anywhere. They weren't wide open but he wasn't even looking for them. Our defense can't stop the QB run if their life depended on it. And when UVA went up 10 points with 8 minutes left in the 4th Quarter, me and most of the UM fans leave because we know Rosier CAN NOT win this game. He is ridiculously inaccurate on any throw beyond 15 yards. When your playmaker ends up with one catch for 5 yards, you know the quarterback sucks.
I defended the play calling last week because you do need to run in rivalry games. What I saw today was the worst offensive strategy I have seen in a long long time. Abysmal is too mild of a term. I have tried to give Richt slack because he enjoys calling plays but if this game is the best he can do we need to find a better coach.
Finally, I want to say the UVA stadium and fans were first class. I actually managed to get food at half time in less than 5 minutes, was treated respectfully by staff and their fans and had a very enjoyable experience despite the loss. I will attend future games there. It was fun even though we lost.
