Tuesday, September 11, 2007
Groh evasive on who will start at QB for Virginia
CHARLOTTESVILLE -- Virginia is continuing to list Jameel Sewell as its No. 1
quarterback, which doesn’t mean he will start Saturday against North
Carolina.
UVa coach Al Groh has gotten progressively more evasive on that subject.
UVa coach Al Groh has gotten progressively more evasive on that subject.
Following a 23-3 loss to Wyoming in the season’s opener, Groh
said of Sewell, "You don’t have to wait for any changes. He’s our guy."
True freshman Peter Lalich played the final series against
Wyoming but saw considerably more action Saturday in a 23-14 victory over
Duke.
Groh’s post-Duke comments suggested that Sewell would remain
the starter and he didn’t disagree.
"I would expect that to be the case," he said Saturday.
Three days later, Groh was all over the place.
"Till the game unfolds, I don’t know what the game situation
is going to be," Groh said. "It’s a rotational situatiuon. It’s not about who
starts and who finishes."
Groh said the decision will come down to what package of
offensive plays best suits the position in which Virginia finds itself and which
quarterback is best equipped to execute it.
"That’s the honest answer for week two, three, four, five ...
" said Groh, who got all the way to week 13, which must presume the Cavaliers
will play in a bowl game but not the ACC championship game and a bowl
game.
"There’s all sorts of things that could come into play. It’s
a little bit early in the week to rule out anything."
The Cavaliers might have a pre-determined rotation, but that
doesn’t mean Groh has to stay with it.
"If somebody’s gone out there and he’s 14-for-14, we’re not
going to do what the other team couldn’t do, which is to stop ‘em," Groh
said.
"One of the things we ask every week is, ‘How many things
does this team make us think about?’ Clearly, the more things you can make an
opponent think about -- issues to think about and decisions to make -- then the
more burdensome it becomes."
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