Virginia Cavaliers will be looking to respond after a 16-9 defeat at the hands of Wake Forest. Virginia is still an impressive team at 8-2 and 5-1 in the ACC. They have shocked a lot of people this season with a formidable defense and a productive well-balanced attack on offense.
As Virginia gets set to hit the road to face Duke for its week 12 matchup, the Cavaliers face a stiff test and probably one of their toughest matchups of the year. According to Fanduel Sportsbook, UVA is a 6.5-point underdog with the over/under at 59.5. It will be a tough environment for the Cavaliers, but they faced a similar test a few weeks ago against California, going on the road in a long trip west. Virginia hadn’t won in the Pacific area time until they won a few weeks ago.
Addressing Problems Offensively
The biggest thing for the Cavaliers is figuring out the offense and instead of kicking fieldgoals converting them to touchdowns. The biggest question heading into this week is the health of quarterback Chandler Morris, who was knocked out of the last game.
“I mean, he (Chandler Morris) came back out, I know he’s in street clothes there, and said he was feeling all right. We’ll know more when we get some more tests early in the week, tomorrow and Monday. But man, you’ve got to, anytime you get hit in the head or up above the neck, you’ve got to make sure that you take that with a lot of caution, and so being very cautious. But from what I seen out there, he seemed like he was doing okay…