Virginia suffered its first loss of the season on Saturday night against Wake Forest in a 16-9 defeat. Heading into the game last week, Virginia was ranked as the No.12 team in the country. They have now slid eight spots to the No. 20 team in the country. They are now behind Georgia Tech, Miami, and Louisville in the ACC in the poll.
It was a tough day on offense for the Cavaliers despite outgaining Wake Forest 327-203. They simply couldn’t put the ball into the end zone. The defense played superb and only allowed 64 passing yards the entire game. The stout defense also only allowed six points on three total turnovers on Saturday. They were led by Kam Robinson, who finished with 10 tackles and Ja’Son Prevard, who led the team with two pass breakups. With the defense Virginia has, they are in any game.
Everything Is Still Ahead Of The Cavaliers
Despite the loss, Virginia has two games left in the season with everything ahead of them. It won’t be easy facing Duke this upcoming week with a really good offense led by Darrian Mensah. It will be the toughest test all season.
“So I talked to them in the locker room, and I told them that all of our goals that we started the season with are still out there, right? We never had a goal that said we wanted to go undefeated in the ACC, right? Our goal is to win the conference championship and the state championship, and we still have an opportunity ahead of us with the next two ball games. So let’s not let this beat us twice. Yeah, we got humble pie. I mean, coaches, players, all of us. We got to own it. We got to, you know, go back to work, figure out where we can get better and stay together, because we still got everything ahead of us.”…