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This week’s edition of The Jerry Ratcliffe Show welcomes Wahoo greats Billy McMullen and Ray Roberts, as they review the long-awaited UVA victory over Virginia Tech that punched the ticket to the program’s first ACC Championship game.
Come hell or high water, or even tonsillitis, nothing was going to prevent Bryce Perkins from playing his last game in Scott Stadium on Friday afternoon, especially with the ACC Coastal Division championship on the line, and especially against arch-rival Virginia Tech.
Photos by John Markon from UVA’s 39-30 win over Virginia Tech.
Bryce Perkins rushed for a pair of long first-quarter touchdown runs, Brian Delaney kicked a go-ahead field goal late in the fourth quarter, and the Virginia defense put an emphatic exclamation point on the Cavaliers’ first ACC Coastal Division championship in the closing minutes of a 39-30 victory over 23rd-ranked Virginia Tech Saturday at Scott Stadium.
Virginia and Virginia Tech will duke it out for the 101st time Friday, with both the ACC Coastal Division title and the Hokies’ 15-game winning streak against the Cavaliers on the line.
Kelly Poppinga knows exactly what the key for Virginia’s defense will be when the Cavaliers attempt to end a lopsided losing streak to state rival Virginia Tech in their noon showdown in Charlottesville on Friday.
When Virginia was leading visiting Maine, 24-14, at halftime Wednesday afternoon, notice was served for the Cavaliers to bear down on defense.
Seventh-ranked Virginia will have to go into Purdue next Wednesday without its leading rebounder and second-leading scorer, senior Braxton Key.
The Cavaliers return to John Paul Jones Arena to close out the month of November with a Wednesday afternoon matchup against Maine, looking to extend their home win streak against non-conference opponents to 21 games.
As Friday’s showdown for the ACC Coastal Division championship approaches for Virginia and visiting Virginia Tech, it would be interesting to hear what things Bronco Mendenhall might be saying to his team about ending a 15-year losing streak to the Hokies.
One Hokie player in particular, Dax Hollifield, may be in for a rough day from the Cavalier crowd.
Heading into the final week of the Pigskin Picks season, Hootie is sitting on a four-game lead, which is like Tiger Woods sitting on a four-shot lead heading into the final round of a major. Well, almost.
Freshman Kate Douglass (Pelham, N.Y.) earned her second ACC Women’s Swimmer of the Week honor, the league office announced on Tuesday (Nov. 26).
Four Virginia field hockey players were named to the 2019 Longstreth/NFHCA Division I All-South Region teams.
Despite his wife Holly’s disapproval, Bronco is hoping the beard keeps growing for at least one more month and change.
Walking out of the postgame interview room after Saturday’s win over visiting Liberty, the countdown clock inside Virginia’s locker room shouted out the constant reminder: “Beat Tech, 5 days, 19 hours, 35 minutes, 58 seconds.”
Kyle Guy already lived part of the dream, the part that he dreamed as a kid out in the driveway, making believe that his free throws would put his team in the national championship game.
Virginia women’s basketball guard Kylie Kornegay-Lucas (Camden, Del.) has been named the ACC Women’s Basketball Freshman of the Week in honors announced Monday (Nov. 25) by the Atlantic Coast Conference.
Tickets for Virginia’s bowl game will go on sale the afternoon of Sunday, Dec. 8 shortly after the Cavaliers’ bowl bid is announced.
The No. 23 Virginia wrestling team took fourth place at the Keystone Classic on Sunday (Nov. 24) with a tournament-leading three champions helping push the Cavaliers to 139 team points on the day.