Return to Scott Stadium

What a fabulous weekend. I went up to UVA and attended the Miami game on Saturday. It’s been about three years since I have been to a home game and throughout the game, I saw several reminders of how the atmosphere at Scott Stadium has changed and yet still remained the same. The pep band is gone now, replaced by the new marching band. The team does not play as well as it did before, and this was reflected in the lower turnout than the one I was used to.

One thing I like about going to these games is that the athletic department always tries to keep things entertaining. Ever since 2000, the games would begin with an video intro showing an animated Cav Man mascot destroying the opposing team’s mascot before cutting away to a live shot of an actual rider (dressed in the Cav Man full body costume) riding out of the tunnel and into the field. This time around the athletic department outdone itself by having the Cav Man entered the field in a way that’s quite unexpected and dramatic (hint, watch the video).

The game ended as incredibly as it began with UVA beating Miami 17-7.