In this series, we’re taking a look at four deep-rooted cultural and systemic issues for Virginia football that have had the most dramatic impact on scoring, turnovers (offensively and defensively), and winning.
The Trends
- Losing the field position fight
- Offensive inefficiency – lack of explosiveness and the quarterback carousel
- Defensive adaptation – inability to defend the emergence of college spread offenses
- Establishing a defined program culture
Lack of Explosiveness/Quarterback Carousel
If I were to ask 100 football savvy Virginia fans what the football team’s offensive philosophy was since 2005, I imagine I’d get 40 different answers. If I were to ask them to define the UVA offense over the last decade, I think most would say something like no identity, ineffective, or inefficient.
Hearing coach Bronco Mendenhall state at his introductory news conference last December that one of the key indicators he found for winning at BYU was how many points they scored, my mind immediately said ‘well he better address Virginia’s ineffective offense then.’ Why? While ineffective and inefficient offenses were a trademark of the UVA teams under former coach Mike London, crappy offensive play started before London arrived.
First, let’s look at some numbers.
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