UVA vs Middle Tenn. St.

7:05 watching on CSS....and the sound is already out. short preview, first time that MTSU has ever had an ACC team come to their stadium. Their stadium is named after their most successful coach Johnny Floyd who last coached in the 20's? The Blue Raiders are in the Sunbelt Conference, their mascot used to be a student dressed up as Nathan Bedford Forrest, who is best known as the Confederate General who was the first Grand Wizard of the KKK and also the namesake of Forrest Gump. Now the mascot is a blue-winged-horse...yea, I dont really get it either. UVA is notoriously bad on the road...the key is not Cedric Peerman, rather it is Sewell, who with a good game, can open up the field for Peerman to run. My prediction is UVA ekes one out...PLEASE DONT LOSE ON THE ROAD AGAIN.

7:07 Fumbled the kickoff....awesome. First series was a three and out....remember it's UVA on the road.

7:12 Three and out for the Blue Raiders of MTSU. Hall almost gets murdered on the ensuing punt. Hopefully he turns into the "Playmaker" for this Wahoo team.



7:15 The camera looks fuzzy...like its either foggy, or someone needs to wipe the camera lens. Third and four.......completes a pass to a WR, but somehow it is still short? Inexperience at the WR position. Another three and out for UVA.

7:20 First Down!...for MTSU...they are running up the gut of the UVA defense. Either all the players have halos or the camera guy still hasn't wiped his lens.

7:24 Actally its only the UVA players that have the halos. God must love the Wahoos. Unfortunately the QB runs through the HOLEY UVA defense. I am horrible. Of course the QB's name is Dasher. Fourth and 1....MTSU First down. I hope UVA soccer is doing better.

7:31 A Nice catch by Teron Henry for a TD MTSU. Al has his hands on his hips...he is pensive, thinking about the bus ride back. Way to coach em up. Well UVA is down on the road...nothin new there.

7:34 TE Clone #1 catches a 26 yd pass. By the way, the best part of this game being on a minor network? No TV timeouts...not likely I'll pass out in the middle of this one. THANK GOD.

7:36 Sewell has had two straight passes tipped....up, which were almost intercepted...no good. Then nobody was open so Sewell takes a big hit, and MTSU forces the punt. How is a team just consistently horrible on the road, regardless of their home record?

7:40 UVA gets a first down on a penalty during the punt, then another penalty on MTSU for roughing the passer...well I mean its easier then actually moving the ball.

7:43 TOUCHDOWN TE CLONE #3! Also, I would like to say, already I believe that announcing crew for this game is FAR superior to anything I have seen on ESPN thus far. At least the color guy, knows what he is saying. Very observant, gives QUALITY information. None of this fluff about what the kid did in high school or who his dad is. CAN YOU IDENTIFY THE TE CLONE?



7:48 MTSU is moving the ball on UVA like well, a good offense would on a bad defense...the problem being, that UVA's defense is supposed to not be bad.

7:54 Running into the holder? What is that? Is that a penalty? MTSU settles for a FG attempt.....BLOCK. Bend but dont break and then BLOCK their kick, right Al? That was the plan all along.

7:59 Peerman had to be carted off the field.....um, the Payne train is in. This could be bad. Three and out for the UVA offense. Damn.

8:04 UVA is unable to pressure the QB at all. Chris Long? Jeff Fitz? Thats two consecutive first downs where Dasher had a beautiful pocket. The kind that Joe Montana always had.

8:07 Cheating on UVA's defense. Damn. UVA blitzed up the middle, MTSU picked up the blitz beautifully, throws down the sideline to the endzone and gets a pass interference call.

8:09 MTSU TD. another passing TD from Dasher. Double slant from slot and outside recievers...outside WR was open. Its like playing Madden. How much do you think Groh could learn from playing a couple seasons in franchise in NCAA Football or Madden? Also Sabres are up 1-0 on the Islanders.

8:15 Three and out for the UVA offense. Mr Color Commentator believes that UVA needs to attack the perimeter of the defense. I believe he is correct.

8:20 MTSU has to punt the ball. YAY!

8:21 UVA throws a screen and IT WORKS!! I like it. I wasnt sure if that was in the playbook...maybe it was on the third or fourth screen.

8:25 UVA's offense looking better, running up the middle with Payne, option pitch to Pearman, then throwing outside to the WR.

8:27 PEARMAN LEAPS INTO THE END ZONE. That was nice. 10 plays, 85 yds. Thats a good drive.

8:35 Long finally gets a sack. Finally putting some pressure on the QB. Dasher almost gets picked...but UVA's defense holds strong and ends the half on a good note.

9:03 Second half begins....with MTSU fumbling then running the ball back all the way to the 30 on the kickoff...Let's see if the UVA defense learned anything.

9:05 They did. Yay learning! Three and out for MTSU. Let's see if the UVA offense learned anything. They did. Payne runs 20 yds up the middle.

9:09 Nevermind....a C+. Drive stalled after the Payne first down.

9:14 Vic Hall does his best playmaker inpersonation but someone messes it up for him with a block in the back.

9:24 Field position game...BORING. UF vs LSU just looks like a quality game because of the athletes on the field. its just not the same watching UVA vs MTSU.

9:32 THE PAYNE TRAIN MOVES DOWN THE FIELD. Scoreless third quarter.

9:37 Pearman runs it in on the option. TD UVA!

9:49 The instant replay of fumble took 10 minutes. I decided to check my fantasy premier league team.

10:03 Sewell gets picked. Now MTSU scores a TD and takes the lead by one. I hate my life. at least the field isnt blue.

10:21 MTSU first down...Dasher is going to kill the clock.


10:26 UVA is driving.....and Sewell goes down...clock is running. Spike the ball with 12 seconds left..setting it up for a field goal....ITS GOULD!!! Didnt see that one coming.


10:32 UVA eeks one out. I dunno what to really say about this. I am shocked. I am glad to say that I was correct though.