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Perkins, UVA Explode For 42 Points In Rout Of Richmond
Virginia fans had to wait 40 minutes for the season opener against Richmond, but Bryce Perkins made the delay worth the wait as his running and passing sparked an offensive explosion in the Wahoos 42-13 rout of the visiting Richmond Spiders. The Cavalier running game – led by Perkins – was the star of the […]
New Home, Same Great Content: The Weekly ACC Power Poll
This is the first weekly ACC Power Poll that ranks all the conference football teams regardless of division. I have been doing this for years, so why stop now, right? The first week is always the hardest and the ACC is top-heavy with a few really good teams, then closely bunched for the most part […]
Bryce Perkins Part III: The “Thorterback” Bronco Was Looking For?
Bryce Perkins’ play has even excited his head coach When the great American poet Warren Zevon composed the tune “Excitable Boy,” he clearly didn’t have Bronco Mendenhall in mind. The Virginia third year football coach admittedly rarely loses composure. It takes a lot to get him going. Even when assistant coaches and players are going […]
“He Just Kind Of Resembles What UVa Football Is All About”
Jordan Ellis is described as the “most consistent, hardest working, most productive, least talkative” player on the team If University of Virginia senior running back Jordan Ellis happens to have a breakout season in 2018, Cavalier fans should be forever grateful to recently departed linebacker Micah Kiser. Kiser, now with the Los Angeles Rams, once […]
Will This Be The Season The Fans Return To Scott Stadium?
It has been awhile since Scott Stadium was filled to capacity The official capacity for David A. Harrison, III Field at Scott Stadium is listed as 61,500. Ten years ago today, the largest crowd in stadium history (64,947) saw Virginia get trounced by Southern Cal, 52-7. Only three times since Bronco Mendenhall has walked the […]
Bryce Perkins Part II: Outlook At One Point Looked Pretty Bleak
The date Aug. 8, 2016, sends chills down the spine of every member of the Bruce and Lynette Perkins family out in Arizona. That’s the day when youngest son, Bryce, went down during an Arizona State football practice, nearly ending in heartbreak. Shawn Griswold, now Virginia’s director of football development and performance, was in the […]
Joey Blount: Like Father, Like Son At Defensive Back For UVA
Like father (right, from 1977), like son… Sometime Friday, Tony and Marie Blount will make the trek from Peachtree City (about a half hour south of Atlanta) to Charlottesville to watch Virginia football. There’s a big reason for their excitement: Joey Blount, who was listed No. 1 at free safety on the Cavaliers’ depth chart […]
Bryce Perkins, Part 1: Playing Football Was The Family Business
At top right, Bryce Perkins in his youth leading the Phoenix All-Star team to a national championship in Orlando, FL. Below, from left, Bryce, his Dad Bruce, his Mom Lynette, and his brother Paul Frozen in time is a photograph hanging in the Perkins’ household in Queen Creek, Arizona. It’s a picture that captured 10-year-old […]
Young Players On Defensive Line Will Need To Grow Up Quickly
Eli Hanback said “I am the old guy” as he tries to help younger players learn UVA’s defensive plays With fall practice wrapping up last week, minor injuries kept Virginia defensive ends Richard Burney and Mandy Alonso sidelined for almost all of camp, leaving several younger players to fill the void on what was already […]
Wahoos Know Who They Need To Stop To Avoid 2016 Repeat
Virginia will have to keep an eye out for not 1, not 2, but 3 talented Richmond wide receivers The Virginia secondary will have its hands full Saturday when Richmond’s three-headed monster of receiving talent arrives at Scott Stadium. Spider wideouts Dejon Brissett, Tyler Wilkins and Cortrelle Simpson combined for nearly 2,800 yards (over 250 […]
Williams’ Goal: Reconnecting UVA Football’s Past With Present
Carla Williams hopes to bring more former UVA players back to campus and reconnect them with the program One of Carla Williams’ goals for the Virginia football team is to reconnect the Cavaliers’ past with the present by bringing former Wahoos back to meet and inspire the current team. Williams, UVa’s director of athletics, stated […]
UVA Players Have Not Forgotten 2016 Game Against Richmond
Bryce Hall said UVA is “a completely different team” from the one that lost to Richmond in 2016 It was right around this time two years ago: The town had just been painted orange, and excitement was building around ‘Hooville and beyond in anticipation of the start of the Bronco Mendenhall era. Then a bunch […]
Wahoo Notebook: Depth Chart Starting To Take Shape
Bronco Mendenhall said of former Broad Run standout Chuck Davis, “he just catches the ball” If there was any major surprise on Virginia’s two-deep chart at Monday’s opening game week press conference, it had to be Chuck Davis. The sophomore, who played in high school at Broad Run in Ashburn, only appeared in one game […]
It’s Official: Dylan Thompson Joins Wahoo Football Team
Former Ohio State defensive end Dylan Thompson is now officially a Wahoo. The massive graduate senior arrived in Charlottesville late this week and has joined the team, only a week from Virginia’s opener next Saturday against Richmond. Thompson has apparently tied up all academic loose ends in Columbus and is eligible to play for the […]
Perhaps Dylan Thompson’s “Unlikely” Status Has Changed?
Dylan Thompson tweets he will be in Charlottesville Friday This is certainly an interesting post on Twitter from Dylan Thompson. Less than a week ago Thompson – the defensive end who is transferring from Ohio State to Charlottesville – was not expected to join the team at all this season. But it would appear from […]
Wahoos In The NFL: Several Make Their Case In Week 2 Games
Taquan “Smoke” Mizzell scored his second touchdown of the preseason Saturday night for the Chicago Bears Week 2 of the NFL preseason is in the books, and several former Wahoos made a case to land on the 53-man roster of their respective teams when final cuts are announced on September 1st. We’ll start this week’s […]
See Highlights Of UVA’s Second Scrimmage Of The Year
As the year moves within two weeks of the season opener for UVA, the Wahoos had their 14th practice Saturday, which featured their second scrimmage of the summer. Dave Koehn and Tony Covington discuss several video highlights from that scrimmage (courtesy of VirginiaSportsTV), which include a couple of spectacular plays by quarterback Bryce Perkins and […]
Being A Deep Threat Will Be De’Vante’s Cross To Bear This Year
De’Vante Cross has shone brightly as a potential deep threat for quarterback Bryce Perkins’ strong arm Heading into fall training camp, one of Bronco Mendenhall’s priorities was to identify at least one legitimate deep receiving threat. With Andre Levrone and Doni Dowling graduated, the search was on to find speedy receivers that can stretch opposing […]
Chances Transfer Thompson Joins Team This Season “Unlikely”
The saga of Ohio State transfer defensive end Dylan Thompson appears to have taken another turn according to Wahoo Coach Bronco Mendenhall after this morning’s practice. Thompson had been expected to join the team after finishing summer school classes in Columbus, but Mendenhall described the chances of that happening as “unlikely.” Asked about the delay […]
UVA Expecting Big Things This Year From “The Juan And Only”
Juan Thornhill comes up with an interception in last year’s 28-21 win over Duke Juan Thornhill appropriately named his Twitter account, “The_Juan_and_Only.” The senior free safety from Altavista, and admitted country boy, does not lack for confidence. Or athletic ability. That’s what Virginia coach Bronco Mendenhall is banking on, moving Thornhill over from cornerback to […]
