A Game Lost on Third Down

Just finished watching UVA get spanked by a weak Maryland team. Maryland converted big third down and longs one after another at a ridiculous rate...7 of 11 for third down on the day, failing to conert only ONE third down in the second half. UVA on the other hand got stopped every time they got inside the 20, at one point having to kick three field goals after three straight long drives. The defense gave up bunches of yards, and Groh REFUSED to blitz on third down and long instead playing zone defense and letting the Maryland QB sit back there forever and pick apart the defense. He sometimes had 6 of 7 seconds to throw and still no defense player was anywhere close by the time he threw. High school quarterbacks could have picked apart the weak UVA zone. I am disgusted with the UVA defense which gave up 563 yards on the day! That is absolutely pathetic. I'm afraid Virginia is probably going to lose both of its next two games with this kind of defense and this kind of play calling...this was just a frustrating game.