Outlook
The Cavaliers' 13-year streak of seven or more victories, an ACC record, is in jeopardy. Virginia might have lost just four starters on offense, but those were four vital starters: consensus All-America tailback Thomas Jones and the three people most responsible for clearing a path for him, All-America linemen Noel LaMontagne and John St. Clair, and fullback Anthony Southern. And the defense, according to Welsh, is even more troublesome, having to fill six starting holes on a unit that was seventh in the ACC, and 90th nationally, in total defense last season.