By Jerry Ratcliffe

Tony Elliott’s halftime speech wasn’t exactly a Nick Saban-style ass-chewing, but the Virginia coach’s approach to trailing beleaguered Syracuse 17-7 resonated with his football team on Saturday night.

No ranting or raving or pointing fingers. Instead, Elliott simply challenged his players with the question: Do you want to win this football game?

It wasn’t too late, but would require his players summoning up a more focused effort.

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