Michael Rocco’s final drive boosted a poor offensive outing for the Hoos last week.

It’s been said that most teams realize the most improvement from week one to week two. Let’s hope for the Cavalier offense that is more like week 2 to week 3. Aside from the three scoring drives, the Penn State game was an ugly, unimpressive performance by the Virginia offense. Bill Lazor’s group was ineffective and consistently beaten at the point of attack. Play was marked by turnovers, assignment mistakes and crushing penalties. Of the team’s 11 chartable offensive possessions, only three received an above average grade.

Special teams took a slight step back as well but, fortunately, Virginia’s defense was good enough to help the Hoos pull out a win. Jim Reid’s charges held the Nittany Lions to 16 points and limited the visitors to 51 total yards and 10 points on five PSU possessions that started on the Cavalier side of midfield.

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