10 Things I Learned 2010 … Season

Mike London has earned some fans in Charlottesville already.

UVa won more games in 2010 than it did in 2009 … but if you were judging progress in 2010 by the number of wins, you likely were disappointed. Still, there was much to learn from what we saw from the program off and on the field this year. Here are 10 things that jumped out to me and I will tell you this: despite my own Chicken Little tendencies, I am finding myself feeling far more optimistic about the future than I might have thought I would.

1. Academics matter again. Before the first kick of the 2010 season, Mike London had a lot – and I mean, a lot – of work to do behind the scenes, starting with the academic side of the program. Today, things are better.

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