Shooting the breeze
Posted Oct28, 2006 at 11:48 AM
According to weather.com, it was 63 degrees at 11:25 a.m. in Charlottesville's 22903 zip code, with 15-mph winds gusting to 26 mph.
Weather.com also said it "feels like" 63 degrees, but under the overhang here in the outdoor UVa press box, it feels closer to 50. The sun hasn't been out for a while (OK, at 11:59 a.m., here it comes).
I think it's safe to say that wind could be a factor today, but in which direction, you can't say. It's tougher to throw the football in windy weather, but the respective quarterbacks, redshirt freshman Jameel Sewell for the Cavaliers and sophomore Daniel Evans for the Wolfpack, would seem to be an even match.
On paper, State has the stronger running game.
I made my usual pregame check for injured players, but UVa has been remarkably injury-free this season. "That's giving them the kiss of death," UVa sports information official Michael Colley informed me.
A couple of Roanoke-area notes that I picked up on the way to the game:
Virginia linebacker Jon Copper from Northside High School was engaged Thursday to UVa student Holly Dixon, a former standout athlete at Glenvar High School.
Also, there was an Alan Castro sighting on the UVa sideline during pregame warmups. Castro, prolific sophomore quarterback for North Cross, was accompanied by his father, Armando, formerly one of his son's assistant coaches in 2005 at Cave Spring.
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