I was sitting in Joe Paterno’s office at Penn State one early August day in 1988, talking to the legendary coach about the upcoming game against his good friend and former assistant, George Welsh.

A bevy of legendary football stars will be on hand to honor the late George Welsh at Saturday’s special tribute to the former Virginia Hall of Fame coach.

Virginia football has announced details of Saturday morning’s “George Welsh Celebration of Life,” beginning at 10 a.m. (gates open at 9 a.m.) at John Paul Jones Arena. The event is free and available to the public.

Bronco Mendenhall’s football team is beginning to take on a bit of international flair with the addition of the first prospect from France to join Virginia’s program.

Virginia announced Monday that it will host a celebration of life to commemorate George Welsh on Saturday, April 27, (10 a.m.) at John Paul Jones Arena. The tribute is open to the public.

Season tickets for 2019 Virginia home football games are on sale.

Bronco Mendenhall isn’t easily impressed, but when a group of European football prospects drove through the night to attend Virginia’s football camp last summer, he was intrigued. Once he saw some of those players perform, he was blown away.

I well remember the recruiting war primarily between Virginia and Virginia Tech for Herman Moore, a budding wide receiver prospect from George Washington High School in Danville.

With a pair of Virginia offensive linemen announcing last week that they are transferring out of the program, Cavaliers coach Bronco Mendenhall got some good news on the transfer front on Sunday.

By the time the 1990 season rolled around, George Welsh had the program just about where he wanted it.

Tons of Virginia football fans have asked how they can pay their respects to legendary Hall of Fame coach George Welsh, who died unexpectedly earlier this month.

The Atlantic Coast Conference released the 2019 football schedules for its member institutions Wednesday, and Virginia’s slate features 12 regular-season games, including seven home games and three contests to be played on Fridays.

The only 10-win season in Virginia football history started and ended on a rather precarious note in George Welsh’s eighth year at the helm of the Cavaliers in 1989.

While Wahoo Nation went completely giddy over Virginia’s first-ever bowl invitation at the end of the 1984 season, Coach George Welsh actually had his sights aimed higher than the Peach Bowl.

As good a head coach as George Welsh was, and as good a staff as he had brought to Charlottesville, Welsh knew that if he was going to make the Cavaliers successful, that he needed to beat Virginia Tech.

George Welsh believed he could win at Virginia when he arrived on the scene in December of 1981. He had recruited similar players to Navy and won against somewhat similar competition.

Listen this week as Jerry Ratcliffe chats with UVA Wide Receivers Coach Marques Hagans, longtime George Welsh assistant Danny Wilmer, UVA RB signee Mike Hollins and more.

Listen as former Virginia players Ahmad Hawkins, Tony Covington, and Tyrone Lewis remember George Welsh along with thoughts from long time media member Jerry Ratcliffe.