Al Groh: The usual 'hot seat,' or 'so, so fired'?

If Rich Rodriguez was the one man who did the most to improve his stock between Saturday morning and Saturday night, probably no single person or team -- not Maryland, Sam Bradford or even Ron Zook and Illinois -- took a harder fall than Al Groh. Quoth the Washington Post: Cavaliers Try Three Quarterbacks, Wind Up With Seven Turnovers: William & Mary 26, Virginia 14 All three quarterbacks were predictably terrible, even converted cornerback Vic Hall, whose athleticism lived up to the hype with a 34-yard touchdown run on the first series but couldn't overcome his inexperience and inaccuracy in the passing game. (He was 2-of-5 for seven yards, or 1.4 yards per attempt.) Jameel Sewell, who was at least adept at avoiding the neck-breaking mistake as a starter in 2006-07, threw three interceptions in his first game back from academic purgatory, including the icing pick-six with a little over three minutes to go in the fourth quarter. The Cavs fumbled five times and lost four. Gro...