Five Things We Learned After Virginia’s 27-3 Win Over Louisville

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Posted on Sunday, Sep. 23, 2018, 5:00 pm

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Brennan Armstrong (98), Virginia’s second-team QB, runs 34 yards to set up a field goal late in the first half.

Five Things We Learned from Virginia’s dominating, 27-3 win over Louisville:

1. The Cavaliers’ defense is improving. Both Micah Kiser and Quin Blanding said they believed this season’s defense would be even better than last season’s defense when they were the stalwarts. Why? They agreed that this year’s defense would be better because there would be more experienced players, and because there would be more players that could spread out the tackling rather than depending so heavily on two guys. Kiser and Blanding led the ACC in tackling for three consecutive years.

Saturday’s win over Bobby Petrino’s Cardinals was a great example. Virginia had five players with either seven or eight tackles: strongside linebacker Charles Snowden (8), strong safety Juan Thornhill (7), inside linebacker Zane Zandier (7), cornerback Bryce Hall (7), and middle linebacker Jordan Mack (7).