Let’s get this out of the way from the start: Virginia certainly didn’t look like a bowl team on Saturday. In fact, the Wahoos looked bad enough that it seems ridiculous to write a bowl tracker column this week. But I refuse to give up on this column after one game, even though I do feel a little like Jim Mora.
The question now becomes: how on Earth does Virginia make it to a bowl game after losing to Richmond?
For an analogy, let’s turn to the presidential campaign. It’s election season, after all. In order to win the presidency, a candidate must cobble together 270 electoral votes.