Speaking the Lawn

Pierce and Caroline are back this week to talk about the big win over Duke and preview tomorrow's game against #1 Clemson. To help them talk about the Tigers, they're joined by Grace Raynor of the Athletic! Grace covers the Clemson program expertly and shines some light on the ins and outs of the ACC Champions. Are there any possible weaknesses in the team that the Hoos could exploit? Where does Clemson fit in the national landscape of football powerhouses? They also discuss some bottom-dwelling ACC teams and what is most likely to happen to the Hoos in Death Valley tomorrow night.

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Caroline and Pierce are joined by returning friend of the pod, Lauren Brownlow, and the crew breakdown UVA's first opponent of the 2020 football season: Duke. The Blue Devils have started their season 0-2, with losses to Notre Dame and Boston College. How has the team looked in those losses and what is the significance of their recent injuries? The crew also discuss Duke's relative standing in the ACC, what the pandemic's impact on scheduling could continue to bring to the season, and even a little college basketball news!

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Pierce, Caroline, and Paul are back! The crew are here to discuss the almost-start to the UVA football season and the issues college football teams are facing in the pandemic. What went wrong with the Va Tech matchup? What will happen if other teams have similar breakouts later in the season?

They also run through some recent basketball news - hoping that it doesn't suffer a similar fate, we now know when and where the Hoos will have an early season non-con tournament!

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Pierce, Caroline, and Paul are back this week to discuss some more summer news for the Hoos. Jay Huff is coming back! Caroline got a new video game! Oh and the 10+1 ACC football schedule format has been released. The crew chat about the news, run through some reasons for pessimism and optimism, and continuously wonder if we'll have sports at all.

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Pierce, Caroline, and Paul are back to talk about...how the pandemic took our sports away. They discuss how strange it is that we're all pretending like we'll have college football in the fall (we won't) and how sad they are that we probably won't have basketball either. The crew chat about what would be appropriate spring football story lines - while discusses the multitude of problems facing colleges/universities and the particular difficulty of justifying having an NCAA football season.

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Pierce and Caroline are joined this week by a friend of the cast: Lauren Brownlow of 99.9 The Fan and WRALSportsFan.com! The crew chat a little about the sports plans for the fall in the face of the pandemic and run a fun exercise:

A fantasy draft of Tony Bennett UVa players - building 5 player lineups (and a bench player) and discussing whose team would win. Turns out...we've had plenty of really good players come through the program in the last 10 years!

Take a listen to see how the draft played out...and look for some follow up on the blog for some voting on who drafted the best team.

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Pierce, Caroline, and Paul are all back to discuss some recruiting news for the Hoos...and talk about the new UVa athletics logos! No, no one really thinks they're that great...but is it worth an online petition? What is a secondary logo anyway? What should UVa athletics bring back instead? (Lil' Hoo). Feast your ears on this pandemic content!

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Pierce, Caroline, and Paul are back this week to chat about the canceled basketball. We're certainly all pretty devastated about missing out on March Madness, but are UVa fans perhaps the least hurt by it? (not you, UNC fans).

The squad also breaks down a Charlottesville restaurant bracket created by none other than UVa's Austin Kastra! Check out the bracket for yourself here: https://twitter.com/AustinKatstra/status/1240726201309822977

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Pierce, Caroline, and Paul are back this week to chat about the big wins for the Hoos over the Hokies and Blue Devils this week as the team solidifies it's "better than on the bubble" position headed towards the ACC Tournament and Selection Sunday.

Then, Caroline chats with Ken Pomeroy, our favorite basketball statistician and analyst, about the state of the college game this season, the best statistical teams, and what is impacting Virginia (and the rest of the ACC) in the computer rankings!

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Pierce, Caroline, and Paul are back this week to talk about the recent close wins against Notre Dame and UNC. They discuss the continued improvement a lot of the team has shown and some of the issues they'll face the rest of the season. They also break down the remaining schedule as the UVa squad continues to play for a spot on the good side of the NCAAT bubble. ALSO, you'll love the new segment: Screen Time with Caroline!

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