How have the first four games changed your outlook on the season?

Upwind of UVA: I’ll say one thing for the first third of the 2014 season: wow, what a ride! I was impressed with how efficient we looked against William & Mary, then got caught up in what Alan Greenspan would call ‘irrational exuberance’ after Ohio State. Then two mistake-filled losses, one to a better team (ECU) and one that, put simply, is gonna leave a mark. That was a very pedestrian version of the Ramblin’ Wreck.

Both before and after Ohio State I said to my friends that I expected the VT game to get Paul Johnson fired, but instead we granted him a stay of execution. The ludicrousness was highlighted by failing to execute the simplest of tasks: substituting personnel.

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