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Message: [QUOTE="SWC75, post: 4365899, member: 289"] - Going into the season, I thought Purdue and Virginia were comparable teams: “Last year’s team put on a Purdue-like, (actually BYU-like) aerial show. 392.6 yards per game, #2 in the country. They could run the ball a little bit better: 123.2 #105. Their 515.8 yards per game was 3rd in the country. Wouldn’t we love those stats this year? They still have the quarterback who accounted virtually all of those yards: Brennan Armstrong (326/500 (let’s see…that’s 65.2% - proud of myself) for 4,449 yards, 31TDs and 10 picks. (A shootout between them and Purdue would have been fun.) Unlike Purdue’s O’Connell, Armstrong has his three top receivers back: 6-4 215 Keytaon Thompson 78r 990yds 1TD, (just one?), slotman Billy Kemp (74/725/6) and Dontayvion Wicks (57/1203/9). They also get back “2020 breakout star” Lavel Davis (20/515/5 in 7 games), who missed last year with knee surgery. Unfortunately the lost their fine TIGHT END Jelani Woods, who caught 44 for 598 yards and 8TDs.” We just got burned for 424 yards and 3 TDs. This could be as bad – or worse. - We countered by passing for 181 yards with 17 incompletions in 30 passes. We made some big plays at the end to pull out a shoot-out, but we had a lot less ammo than Purdue did. We couldn’t get our supposedly powerful running game going and were outgained 306-485. How many games are we going to win with that output. What if Virginia keeps their mouths shut? - “Oh, but they aren’t as good as Purdue.” Not so far. But this could be the night they get back to the production they had last year. They’ve had one bad game vs. Illinois, (who is having a good season) but they were pretty productive in their games against Richmond (505 yards to 330) and Old Dominion (513-324). - Armstrong, unlike O’Connell, is a mobile quarterback we can’t just tee off on. If we send the house, we could get burned, the way we did in the 4th quarter against Purdue. - They’ve seen what we can do but also what we have trouble with. And they are familiar with Anae and Beck’s offense. - It’s fun to look at an opponent’s bad games and imagine SU doing that to them. But it doesn’t count unless we do it ourselves. - Our injuries keep piling up. - I hope our team isn’t already dreaming of being 5-0 going into the NC State game. We fans get to do that but the players better not. [/QUOTE]

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