Maryland UVA Comments from the UVA Site

This is London’s fourth season as head coach at Virginia, where his record is 18-24. The Ball State game drew fewer than 40,000 fans to Scott Stadium, and many UVa supporters are unhappy with the state of the football program.

London overhauled his staff after the 2012 season, hiring new coordinators for offense (Steve Fairchild), defense (Jon Tenuta) and special teams (Larry Lewis). He remains confident those changes will pay dividends for a team that has few seniors in leading roles.

“Obviously we want to win,” London said Monday. “We want to win now. I believe in the coaches. I believe in the players. I believe in the young players that are playing. But there is a process to that, and we want to do everything we can to make sure that we develop and bring these guys along to have a chance to be competitive in games. We want to show improvement from week to week, and that’s my job. That’s what I have to make sure gets done, and that’s the main focal point right now.”

END OF THE LINE? Maryland moves to the Big Ten in 2014, and a football series that started in 1919 will be interrupted, if not ended, after Saturday’s game.

Virginia is 32-43-2 against Maryland. In recent years, however, the `Hoos have enjoyed their visits to Byrd Stadium. UVa won 18-17 there in 2007, 20-9 in ’09 and 31-13 in ’11.

The Terps, meanwhile, won at Scott Stadium at 2010 and ’12. In last year’s game, Maryland’s Stefon Diggs, then a true freshman, stunned Virginia by returning the opening kickoff 100 yards for a touchdown.

The Terrapins stretched their lead to 17-0 before the Cavaliers rallied. Virginia had an opportunity to pull even late in the fourth quarter, but quarterback Michael Rocco overthrew tailback Khalek Shepherd on a play that might well have gone for a touchdown. The game ended with Maryland ahead 27-20.

 

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