Virginia Cavaliers — first glance

[PonyPride]

6-6

William & Mary
W 43-0

Illinois
W 42-14
at #21 North Carolina (ACC)
L 39-59

Wake Forest (ACC)
L 17-37

at Miami (ACC)
W 30-28

at Louisville (ACC)
W 34-33

Duke (ACC)
W 48-0

Georgia Tech (ACC)
W 48-40

at BYU
L 49-66

Notre Dame
L 3-28

at Pitt (ACC)
L 38-48

Virginia Tech (ACC)
L 24-29

[docabel]

And their coach - Mendenhall - who has been there for 5 years (read - recruited all the players on the team) announced he will be stepping down, but will coach the bowl game, so all they players have that incentive to play for.

While our AD hasn't decided yet who will be coaching SMU yet....

[Roach]

Wouldn't that be Lashlee's choice?

[ponyte]

I like the match up. Playing against a P5 in a bowl is better than a G5 opponent. UVA appears to have played a good schedule so a good opponent as well. I hope for once we are motivated to pay and not show up like the last 2 bowl games.

[EastStang]

Living in VA and having grown up in VA, I have a ton of UVA friends who are already starting to ask me to bet on the game. Wish it were in Annapolis, but I'm checking on AmTrak fares up there. The train ride from New Haven to Boston is beautiful. Also, trains can move through snow. Planes not so much.

[docabel]

Wouldn't that be Lashlee's choice?

In an interview on Tuesday, Lashlee said that it was Hart's decision and he had not been informed of the plan.

[DanFreibergerForHeisman]

Even if Lashlee isn't going to coach the bowl game he is hopefully running the bowl practices so we can start getting ready for the new stuff next season!

[JoeKidd]

I would sure hope that Lashlee coaches the team and uses it to start to prepare for next season. I can't think of any argument on why he wouldn't coach the team.

[Charleston Pony]

Recent interview suggested he will "support the team" but won't be coaching. Instead, he will be working on putting together his staff and recruiting

[PK]

Read some where that there was some possibility of asking the departed coaches to come back and coach the Bowl game. DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT...THEY SHOULD NOT BE ANYWHERE NEAR OUR PLAYERS.

[Charleston Pony]

Read some where that there was some possibility of asking the departed coaches to come back and coach the Bowl game. DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT...THEY SHOULD NOT BE ANYWHERE NEAR OUR PLAYERS.

Agreed!

[horsemanx]

I would think Coach Lashlee would want to coach the team in the bowl.

If we lose, it won't reflect too poorly on him, and if we win he will start his SMU tenure 1-0 with a victory over an Atlantic Coastal Coalition team!

Plus it should be a really fun and memorable bowl game.

[SMU Pom Mom]

Also it can't hurt that he already faced UVA once this year so he can bring that insight.

[PonyTime]

Lashlee has already prepped to play the UVA defense as offensive coordinator of Miami. Seems that would be quite valuable in preparing for this one…

I hope he coaches the team!

[PonyTime]

Also it can't hurt that he already faced UVA once this year so he can bring that insight.

You beat me to it!