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Speaking the Lawn
by Speaking the Lawn
A Virginia Cavaliers sports podcast covering UVA basketball, football, and lacrosse which features Zach Carey, Jay Pierce, Ben Wieland, Caroline Darney and other contributors to the Streaking the Lawn website.
Episodes
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Episode 34: The Ron Sanchez Era Begins
Pierce and Zach are back this week to further discuss their thoughts on the men's basketball coaching change. Now that they've had a little time to process things...what does this season look like? From a fan's perspective, what would a successful year 1 of the Coach Sanchez program look like? Is...
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Episode 33: EMERGENCY TONY BENNETT PODCAST
Stunning news of Tony Bennett's retirement has floored the UVA sports community. Naturally, we decided to process our thoughts immediately via podcast. Come listen to Pierce and Zach run through their emotions and brainstorming and feelings and thoughts. Wahoowa
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Episode 32: Down goes BC! Hoos will never lose again!
Pierce and Zach are back this week on STL to discuss your 4-1 Wahoos and the big win over Boston College. While the game got off to a pretty slow start for UVA, the team came out in the second half and completely dominated the visiting Eagles. The duo discuss the big plays, change in approach…
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Episode 31: Facing Boston College out of the Bye Week
Pierce and Zach are back to talk about your Wahoos sitting at 3-1! After a wonderfully-executed road win against Coastal Carolina, the Hoos return to ACC play out of their bye week. The STL duo hit the highlights of the performance on the road and what to look for against BC. They take a look at...
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Episode 30: The Quest for 3-1
Pierce and Zach are back this week to talk about the disappointing loss for the UVA football team against Maryland. They breakdown the big issues that continue to face the squad and where they hope for improvement in this week's road game against Coastal Carolina. The duo chat about their hopes…
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Episode 29: Road Win! 2-0! Maryland Preview!
Pierce and Zach are back this week to talk about Virginia Football and its WINNING STREAK. After a gutsy win against Wake Forest, the team is 2-0 and we're delighted to run through some of the standout performances from the big road win. The duo also discuss the Maryland game coming up on…
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Episode 28: Richmond Breakdown and Week 1 Discussion
Your Hoos are 1-0 and Pierce and Zach are back to talk a ton about the big season-opening win for this Virginia team! They talk about the major highlights, a few things their hoping to see improved against Wake Forest, and how that Week 2 game is still so pivotal for keeping the good vibes going…
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Episode 27: Rating Each UVA Football Position Group
Zach welcomes Hooz Got Next's Joe Boxley back on the pod to break down the Virginia Cavaliers football roster ahead of Saturday's season opener against Richmond.Zach and Joe go position-by-position, rating each group on a scale of 1-10 with 1 being a glaring weakness that will lose UVA games and…
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Episode 26: 2024 Football Schedule Preview
Pierce welcomes cohost Zach back on the pod this week - and the duo have plenty to discuss. First, they chat about the recent announcement that Anthony Colandrea has been named starting quarterback for your Virginia Cavaliers. They break down the implications of this news and their hopes for...
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Episode 25: 2024 Football Season Kickoff
Welcome back to Speaking the Lawn, folks! We're kicking off our 2024 season coverage with Pierce hosting special guest Kyle - the UVA superfan duo discuss the upcoming football season, what the vibes are like around the program, and what a successful year would look like. There's plenty to be...
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Episode 24: Lacrosse Final Four Preview
Pierce and Zach are back this week and welcome in STL contributor Hayden to the podcast! The trio discuss the UVA Men's Lacrosse team, the big win over Hopkins, and what to look out for in the Final Four matchup this weekend against Maryland. Go Hoos!
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Episode 23: Basketball Roster Updates and Lax Thoughts
Zach is back with Pierce this week for our first summer episode of the pod! The duo breakdown the entire men's basketball roster for the Hoos, all the transfer additions (and departures), and what the story lines will be throughout the summer. Vibes are certainly very different than they were to...
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Episode 22: An Almost Postseason Reset
Pierce is back this week and bringing back a friend of the pod: UVA alum and author, Zach Carter! In this elder-millennials-only show, the duo talk about the UVA men's team recent woes (after celebrating a HUGE win from the women's team). Can Tony Bennett reset things to a winning level before…
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Episode 21: No Bubble Necessary
Ben and Pierce are back to discuss the Wahoos and their winning ways. After big wins against Clemson and Miami, the UVA men's basketball team finds itself 2nd in the conference - and just behind a UNC team that lost shortly after this episode was recorded. What do the Hoos need to do to keep up...
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Episode 20: Hello Basketball Winning Streak
Pierce and Ben are back to discuss all the winning basketball has done against agricultural schools recently (and how it will hopefully continue on Wednesday). The duo break down the emergence of Jordan Minor, the importance of Dante Harris' return to the floor, and how the roster shakes out now...
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Episode 19: Wrapping up Football Recruiting
Pierce is back with Paul this week to talk about football recruiting's National Signing Day and the incoming class of first year and transfer players. With the recent changes to the transfer portal, college football has seen transfer recruiting soar to an equivalent importance as building a class...
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Episode 18: The Xs and Os of the Recent Wins
Pierce, Zach, and Ben are back to break down the big wins for the men's basketball team last week. What has improved on the court for the Hoos? What will beating A&M and Syracuse do for their resume and how do things project for the rest of OOC play? They also talk plenty about Elijah Gertrude…
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Speaking the Lawn ep17: Some VaTech Therapy and Texas A&M Basketball Preview
Zach and Pierce are back this week to talk about the many goings on in the world of UVA sports. Mainly, the utter debacle in the Commonwealth Cup rivalry, where football goes from here, and how crazy the transfer portal will be. Then, the duo discuss the men's basketball trip to Florida, the...
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Speaking the Lawn Ep16: Analysis of the BIG Florida win and basketball's hot start
Pierce, Zach, and Ben are all back this week to discuss the wins to start the season for the UVA basketball season. We were so close to starting with another HUGE upset over Louisville in football - but we discuss the context of the football season after the Hoos dropped a close one on the road....
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Speaking the Lawn Episode 15: Hitting the Ground Running
Pierce, Zach, and Ben are back to talk about the 1-0 start for the UVA Men's Basketball team. The crew discuss what surprised them about the opening win over Tarleton State, what roster decisions were the most interesting, and where they see minutes shaking out from here. They discuss how great...
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Speaking the Lawn Episode 14: Football Update and Week til Basketball
Pierce and Zach are back this week to talk about the UVA football team's recent OT loss to Miami (and some UNC massive upset reflections as well). Truly, the conversation has changed about the program and this coaching staff - will that continue with some momentum against Georgia Tech? Does it...
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Speaking the Lawn Episode 13: Basketball Scrimmage Recap
Pierce, Zach, and Ben are back to talk about hoops this week! Football was on a bye last week, but the UVA basketball teams hosted their annual blue and white scrimmage - and our team of intrepid undergrad reporters made it to the JPJ to take in the first live action of the 2023-2024 squads. The...
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Speaking the Lawn Episode 12: Winning Streak!
Pierce and Zach are back this week to talk about UVA football. The Hoos are finally in the win column! With that excitement headed towards the bye week, there's an opportunity for the team to regroup and head towards some ACC wins. The next two opponents are slightly daunting (depending on how...
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Speaking the Lawn Episode 11: Personal Fouls and BC Preview
Pierce, Zach, and Paul are back this week to talk about the brutal last-drive loss to the NC State Wolfpack. Yes, they discuss the iffy calls and plays that led to the late collapse for the Hoos, but really dive into the bigger themes about losing and where the potential is to turn things around....
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Speaking the Lawn Episode 10: A Discussion of Losses in Advance of ACC Play
Pierce, Zach, and Paul are back to discuss the losing start to the UVA football season. What's gone wrong? What of these things was expected? What kind of surprising negatives have popped up for the team - and what are some happy surprises we've seen? The trio discuss the blowout at Maryland, how...
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Speaking the Lawn Episode 9: Recapping Tennessee and JMU Preview
Pierce and Zach are back this week - and joined by Caroline! The trio talk about the positives to take away from the loss in Nashville and look at where the UVA football team is going into its home opener this weekend against JMU. The Dukes are favored by the sportsbooks, but there are reasons to...
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Speaking the Lawn Episode 8: Football Schedule Breakdown and Predictions
Pierce, Paul, and Zach are all back this week to go through the 2023 UVA football schedule! They discuss each game, make predictions, argue about who is being too optimistic, and who they really really hope the Hoos can beat. The episode ends with an animated debate about starting the season 1-2...
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Speaking the Lawn Episode 7: Football Roster Breakdown
Zach is back in the host's chair this week on the podcast - he's joined by Paul and Dan as they go position-by-position through the UVA football roster. The crew talk about the whole depth chart, the starters they're most excited for, and give their grades on their confidence in each position on...
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Speaking the Lawn Episode 6: Welcome Back, Football & Realignment Talk
Pierce is out of hibernation and bringing back Paul on the podcast this week to get the FOOTBALL preview started for the 2023 season. The duo run through all of the emotional context surrounding this offseason and what actually-on-the-field questions the team is dealing with as it heads towards…
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Speaking the Lawn Episode 5: UVA Lacrosse in the Final Four
Before the Virginia men's lacrosse team kicks of play over Championship weekend, Zach, Caroline, and Paul jumped on to talk about UVA's wins over Richmond and Georgetown. They discussed takeaways from those games and then looked ahead to tomorrow's semifinal matchup with Notre Dame. They closed…
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Speaking the Lawn Episode 4: Lax Tournament Time
Zach, Caroline, and Paul are back on this week's episode of the pod to talk about the men's NCAA lacrosse tournament coming up. How does the bracket shake out for the Hoos? Where are the key positions on the field for making another run? How much do we hate Duke? All this and more in this...
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Speaking the Lawn Episode 3: Basketball Recruiting Success!
Pierce, Zach, and Ben are back to breakdown the pair of transfer portal additions the Hoos have picked up pledges from this week! Jordan Minor from Merrimack and Andrew Rohde from St. Thomas both should fill immediate needs for the team and the Speaking the Lawn squad breakdown what excites them...
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Speaking the Lawn Episode 2: Current Basketball Roster Breakdown and Transfer Portal Thoughts
Pierce, Zach, and Ben are back to discuss the state of the basketball program following the transfer departures and where things seem to stand with the portal craziness - and some high school recruiting! They take a look at the roster and the big needs for the team heading into the summer…
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Speaking the Lawn Episode 1: Talking #1 UVA Lacrosse and Basketball Transfer News
Paul and Caroline join Zach for episode one of Speaking the Lawn, the rebranded, new name of our podcast moving forward, to discuss the Virginia men's lacrosse team's loss to #3 Maryland and win over (then #1) Notre Dame. They open the show by getting Caroline and Paul's perspective on the end of...
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Streaking the Lawn Podcast - 3/25/23 - Postseason Basketball Reflections
Pierce, Zach, and Ben are all back to breakdown the end of the Hoos' hoops season. They run through their frustration with the game against Furman and how it furthers the common complaints against Tony Bennett's program here at UVA. The crew discuss how the upset loss reflects a lot of the...
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Streaking the Lawn Podcast - 3/14/23 - Greensboro Breakdown and Furman Preview
Pierce and Ben are both back on the pod this week - to keep Zach company as they breakdown the three ACC tournament games in Greensboro. Pierce discusses his view of the games from being there at the Colosseum and his newfound hatred of the Clemson Tigers. The crew round up their thoughts on the...
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Streaking the Lawn Podcast - 3/11/23 - Onto the ACC Finals!
Zach is back with a quick reaction episode - and joined by Paul and Caroline! The trio talk about the win over Clemson in Greensboro and what to expect from the Championship Game matchup against Duke. Clearly the level of play has really improved for the Hoos - particularly when you compare these...
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Streaking the Lawn Podcast - 3/10/23 - Analyzing the UNC win and Previewing Clemson
After Virginia's nine-point win against North Carolina last night, Paul Wiley joins Zach to recap and analyze the win. They discuss the re-emergence of Kadin Shedrick, Reece Beekman's big night, and all the pieces that went into handling the Tar Heels. Then, they shift focus to preview tonight's...
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Streaking the Lawn Podcast - 3/8/23 - Talking UVA Lacrosse's Last Three Wins
In the third lacrosse episode of the season, Zach and Caroline hop back on to discuss (in-length) the last three wins for the UVA men's lacrosse team, the plethora of strengths the team has, a few places where the 'Hoos could improve, and more. They also close out the episode by touching on the...
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Streaking the Lawn Podcast - 3/3/23 - UVA Basketball Back on Track After Beating Clemson
Following the UNC loss and the Clemson win, Pierce, Ben, and Zach are back to break down what went right, what went wrong, and why it looks like the Wahoos are back on track heading into their regular season finale against Louisville. They talk what still needs to happen for this team before the...
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Streaking the Lawn Podcast - 2/24/23 - Poor Shooting Catches up to You
Pierce, Zach, and Ben are all back this week to run through the basketball team's up and down week. Really it was mainly down and not up - but the crew discuss what went wrong leading up to the BC game and culminated in the really discouraging loss Wednesday night. What needs to happen to rebound...
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Streaking the Lawn Podcast - 2/22/23 - Hot Lacrosse Start
Zach and Caroline are back to talk lacrosse in this episode of the STL podcast. The duo run through the hot start for the #1 ranked men's team - and dig into what have been the most impressive strengths for the squad. Of course, the offense is clicking, but they take a long look at what's gone...
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Streaking the Lawn Podcast - 2/17/23 - A Win's a Win
Two wins are two wins, too. Ben and Pierce are here to break down the Duke win, the controversy at the end of regulation, and the road win against Louisville. There are certainly a few troubling trend for the Hoos, despite all the winning, that keep the two from being overly optimistic about the...
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Streaking the Lawn Podcast - 2/9/23 - VT&NCSU Breakdown and Duke Preview
Zach and Ben are on the pod - flying without their wise steward, Pierce, because he had adult things to take care of this week and didn't want to hear about the Eagles. The duo manage to successfully record a full show nonetheless with some thoughts on the Hoos' recent games against VaTech and NC...
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Streaking the Lawn Podcast - 2/7/23 - UVA Lacrosse Season Preview
In the first lacrosse episode of the season, Caroline Darney comes back to talk with Zach about the upcoming UVA men's lacrosse season before it kicks off this Saturday versus Michigan. Caroline and Zach talk about the roster as a whole, individual position groups, and the overall schedule in the...
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Streaking the Lawn Podcast - 2/3/23 - Hoos Keep On Winning (and some signing day talk)
Pierce, Zach, and Ben are back this week to talk about the big basketball wins over Boston College and Syracuse! The crew do briefly start off with football's signing class and talk a little bit about the best-rated recruit in the class. They quickly turn their attention to the basketball team's...
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Streaking the Lawn Podcast -1/24/23 - Back To Our Winning Ways
The STL Podcast crew is back this week - Pierce, Zach, and Ben run through the UVA men's basketball team's recent win streak and talk about the changes the squad has shown in offensive strategy and personnel rotation. What's up with Shedrick? How HUGE have the emergences of Issac McKneely and…
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Streaking the Lawn Podcast - 1/05/22 - New Years Hoops Reflections
Pierce is once again joined by Zach and Ben to break down the recent performances by the UVA men's basketball team. After some nice wins over GT and Albany, the Hoos let a double digit lead slip away in Pittsburgh, leading to a deflating loss on the road. At 2-2 in the conference, Virginia has...
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Streaking the Lawn Podcast - 12/23/22 - Football Recruiting Breakdown and the End of Basketball Winning Streaks
Pierce and Zach are back this week - and they welcome Paul back on the podcast to help breakdown the UVA football team's signing day stories, look at the recruiting class of first-years and incoming transfer players, and the state of the roster following signing day. They then turn their…
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Streaking the Lawn Podcast - 12/16/22 - Houston Preview
Pierce, Zach, and Ben are back this week to break down the Houston Cougars basketball squad and the top five matchup tomorrow in Charlottesville! What's the status of Reece Beekman? We don't know! So we discuss all the possible scenarios! The crew banter about a ton of stats on both sides of the...
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A Virginia Cavaliers sports podcast covering UVA basketball, football, and lacrosse which features Zach Carey, Jay Pierce, Ben Wieland, Caroline Darney and other contributors to the Streaking the Lawn website.
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