Saturday, October 29, 2022

Futility

The UVA-UMG box score is now updated and I just checked it. There were no TD's, the kind that are worth 7 points, in the entire game. I had thought it likelier than the dystopian alternative that both teams scored TD's in the 4th OT, both went for two and only UMG made its. But no. There were four FG's in OT., two by each team of scholar-athletes who severely limited their NIL opportunities for the rest of their careers. There were eight FG's in the entire game, fourteen punts, one two-point "TD." Virginia got to 12 by kicking two FG's in OT and UMG got to 12 by kicking two FG's. The "TD" UMG is credited with was on a two-point conversion after their last field goal. Tale of the tape:


14: Punts
8: FG's
4: Overtimes
4: FG's in OT
1: two-point "TD"
0: six-point TD's