Five takeaways from UVA’s demoralizing loss to UNC

Now that we’ve all had a few days to digest a deflating loss for the Virginia Cavaliers at the hands of the North Carolina Tar Heels, it’s time to look back and evaluate what can be concluded from such a performance and where the Wahoos will go from here.

The defense was bad… like BAD

The most glaring conclusion coming out of Saturday night’s game was just how incredibly paper-thin the Virginia defense was all game long. Despite star quarterback Sam Howell only throwing for 307 yards on 14-21 passing, five of those completions were touchdowns. Time and again Tar Heel receivers ran routes through the heart of the Virginia secondary and exploded for massive gains with chunks of yards after the…