I am currently a senior in high school and am looking into colleges that I will hopefully attend next year. The weekend of October 19-21, 2012, brought me to Charlottesville, Virginia. This nice, little town nestled along the Rivanna River and near the Blue Ridge Mountains looked absolutely spectacular in the colors of autumn. The University of Virginia is located in Charlottesville and was one of the nicest campuses I have visited so far. Thomas Jefferson was the founding father of this university and his estate, Monticello, is near by. I learned that students and athletes at the University of Virginia don't like to be called Cavaliers, which is their nickname. They like to be called Wahoos or just simply 'Hoos. This stems from the end of their fight song where they chant Wahoowa. Also on this trip I made the one hour and fifteen minute drive to Lexington, Virginia where Division III school, Washington and Lee University, is located. It was a great campus in the same colonial style as University of Virginia and shared a border with Virginia Military Institute. VMI basketball by the way is supposed to have a solid year with Preseason All-Big South player Stan Okoye on the roster.
Anyway, on Saturday I attended the Wake Forest Demon Deacon versus Virginia Cavalier (or Wahoo) football game. It was an ugly affair that saw Wake Forest come away with a 16-10 victory. Quarterback Philip Sims of the Wahoos played reasonably well, throwing for over 250 yards, but mishaps and turnovers were abundant in this mistake filled game. I thought that Wake Forest punter, Shane Popham was the most valuable player. He punted booming punt after booming punt to bury the Wahoos deep in their zone every possession. The fans still hung with their beloved Wahoos and even though it wasn't a packed house the atmosphere was still very frenzied.
I just wanted to share this and will be posting more on topics of interest in the near future.
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