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Bronco says likely UVA will not replace canceled VMI for season opener
With Virginia’s scheduled season-opener with VMI canceled, it appears the Cavaliers will now open against rival Virginia Tech in Blacksburg.
BREAKING: Bad news for Wahoo fans
Virginia coach Bronco Mendenhall delivered some disappointing news to his fan base on Friday morning’s video conference with media.
Poppinga preaches Havoc as UVA defense readies to dominate
Havoc has become the favorite word in Virginia’s defensive vocabulary, and with good reason.
Jana, Henry poised to lead Cavalier receiving corps
Senior Terrell Jana joins juniors Tavares Kelly Jr. and Billy Kemp IV, along with sophomore Dontayvion Wicks and grad transfer Ra’Shaun Henry, as the main weapons for UVA in the passing game.
Hagans making a difference in developing UVA’s wide receivers
Olamide Zaccheaus was headed in the wrong direction, not living up to anyone’s expectations, including his own, as a Virginia football player. Hasise Dubois was on a similar path. Marques Hagans changed all that.
Big Brother Burney & Little Brother Briggs focused on the prize
With a portion of the college football world collapsing around them, Virginia’s players have remained focus on their mission: preparing for a season that possibly could be halted at any moment.
UVA new D-line coach Sintim: ‘I’m living my dream’
As he describes it, Virginia defensive line coach Clint Sintim is living a dream. The former Cavalier standout has found his way home to his alma mater and old stomping grounds, and now he’s ready to help lead the next generation of Wahoos to greener pastures.
ACC issues statement on football season
The ACC will continue to make decisions based on medical advice, inclusive of our Medical Advisory Group, local and state health guidelines, and do so in a way that appropriately coincides with our universities’ academic missions
UVA’s bubble protecting Cavaliers, but what about outside the bubble?
Bronco Mendenhall believes that Virginia’s “bubble” for its football players is the safest place on the planet in guarding against the coronavirus.
UVA adds depth to defensive line with JMU starting nose tackle Atariwa
When James Madison University announced it had suspended its 2020 football season, prized defensive lineman Adeeb Atariwa entered his name in the NCAA transfer portal on Friday.
Poindexter was once terrified of Welsh, but grew to love him and now joins him in Hall of Fame
When Anthony Poindexter is inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame this December, he will no doubt be gobsmacked by joining the game’s elite.
Bronco: early game vs. Hokies gives football hope, optimism, momentum
Life in the Virginia football bubble is monotonous at best, so when Bronco Mendenhall announced the upcoming football schedule to his team on Thursday, the players said that made the bubble easier.
BREAKING: UVA releases updated 2020 football schedule
The Atlantic Coast Conference released updated 2020 football schedules for its member institutions Thursday morning. Virginia’s slate features 11 regular-season games, including six home games.
Nov. 3, 1979 is a day Wahoos’ Joe Bock will never forget; nor will Georgia legend Vince Dooley
Coming out of high school in Rochester, N.Y., Joe Bock didn’t get a lot of college football offers. In fact, it looked like he was headed to the Ivy League before Virginia came along.
Towson senior RB Simpson announces he is transferring to Virginia
Shane Simpson has the word “patience” tattooed on the right side of his right hand, a constant reminder of what the All-American running back has endured during his five years of football at Towson University.
Scattershooting behind the scenes in ACC football & quick hitters
Scattershooting around the ACC, while dealing with a lot of optimism and disappointment at the same time in the college football world.
No new positive cases as UVA conducts third round of COVID testing
On Friday, the Virginia athletics department announced its third round of COVID-19 testing results for the student-athletes who have returned to Grounds. There were no new positive tests since the last update issued on July 24.
Is Virginia getting screwed by the new ACC 10-game schedule?
When the ACC computers spit out the newly revised 10-plus-one schedule on Wednesday afternoon, they didn’t show Virginia’s football team much love.
ACC football will start Sept. 7-12 with 10-plus-one schedule, including Notre Dame
The ACC Board of Directors announced Wednesday afternoon that the conference schools have been approved to play an 11-game football schedule (10 conference games, plus one nonconference game) beginning the week of Sept. 7-12.
Virginia, ACC likely headed for a 10-plus-one football schedule
A lot of looming questions about college football should be answered sometime this week when the ACC and SEC are hoping to announce a decision on what kind of a season fans can expect.
