Fans – including a packed student section – and players had much to celebrate on Saturday.

One game down, one win. Admittedly, that was against an FCS team … but that did not matter last year, did it? So unlike last year … and the year before … and the year before that … and the year before that and that … UVa comes out of the gates with a win.

After the win, there are about 2,651 storylines available to discuss. New schemes, new plays, new plays, new results, new enthusiasm … there was a lot of “new” and that certainly was a good thing. For now, however, we will stick to 10 Things and hope that we have more “new” to discuss down the road.

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