Great Expectations: Why Not a National Title?


Some fans seem reluctant to believe Virginia can be No. 1.

Every season college football fans and the media that cover the sport start talking about national title contenders. Among the four or five names bantered around, there are usually one or two “sleeper” teams that, if everything falls into place, have a shot at playing in the last game of the season.

This season one of the names in the “sleeper” category for some pundits is Virginia. But while the media appears to be in love with the team’s prospects, UVa fans have been slow to get on the “’Hoos in Miami” bandwagon. Today I’ll try to explain why they aren reluctant and why they should hop aboard.

Here’s what some of the preseason publications are saying about the Cavaliers:

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