The ACC announced some of the early season kickoff times and TV designations for the 2014 football season Tuesday.
Virginia opens the season against UCLA at Scott Stadium on Saturday, Aug. 30. That game will kick off at noon and be televised by ESPN. UVa hosts Richmond on Saturday, Sept. 6 and that game is set for 3:30 p.m. ESPN3 (webcast). The Hoos’ first ACC game is against Louisville on Saturday, Sept. 13 at Scott Stadium. That contest is at 12:30 p.m. on the ACC Network.
For the full release including the other ACC teams, click here. For a composite schedule, click here (PDF).
APR Recap From Teel
The Daily Press’ Hall of Famer David Teel did a nice job of recapping the most recent NCAA APR (Academic Progress Rates) scores for Virginia and Virginia Tech. If you raised an eyebrow at the 945 score for UVa men’s basketball, which won the ACC Championship this season, this section shines some light on that topic:
At Virginia, 22 of 25 sports have multi-year APRs of 975 or better. The exceptions are 945 for men’s basketball, 956 for football and 958 for men’s soccer. The men’s basketball rate is second-to-last in the ACC and 12 points below the national average. But that number is dragged down by an 833 in 2009-10, Tony Bennett’s first season as coach, when several players who were not in good academic standing left the program. Subsequent scores of 1,000, 976 and 980 forecast a significant bump for Virginia’s future four-year averages.
To read Teel’s full summary, click here.
ESPN Playoff Primer
The much-awaited playoff for Football Bowl Subdivision teams arrives this fall. The College Football Playoff pits the top four teams in the country against one another in a pair of semifinal games to set up the National Championship Game. ESPN has a nice breakdown on all the ins and outs of the new playoff system. Click here.
More ESPN Links
- A leftover tidbit from the ACC spring meetings last week is that the league supports an early signing period for college football recruiting. Click here for that article. Click here for a pro-con debate between ESPN ACC bloggers.
- Georgia Tech hired a new special teams coach. Click here.
Tweet of the Day
Thomas Rogers @ajmitchell25 @joeharrisuva celebrate graduation with our academic counselor T.J. Grams #Wahoowa pic.twitter.com/TrnC2xS95R
— Virginia Men's Basketball (@UVAMensHoops) May 20, 2014
Hoo-Tube Video of the Day
If you haven’t seen the Peyton Manning at UVa video yet, it is worth it! Here you go …
