Bronco Mendenhall sent a strong message to the ACC that he’s always going to do what is best for Virginia when the league requested making up the postponed game with Florida State.

Virginia right tackle Ryan Swoboda was named the ACC Offensive Lineman of the Week for games played through Dec. 6. It is the first career honor for Swoboda.

On the morning of October 25, Virginia woke up to the cold reality that its collective backs were against the wall. The Cavaliers were reeling with four straight losses, the most recent coming in the darkness of a late-night loss at Miami.

A total of six Virginia Football student-athletes are currently unavailable for competition following recent COVID-19 testing. The six student-athletes are currently in isolation or quarantine.

Virginia broke the ice on its 2022 recruiting class and the Cavaliers landed a big one in 4-Star defensive tackle Bryce Carter.

Virginia’s banged up defense is readying for another challenge on Saturday against an opposing offense much like Louisville’s without a Malik Cunningham.

It appears Virginia will not attempt to reschedule its postponed football game with Florida State.

According to sources in Virginia and Texas, the Cavaliers found out this week that their players had been exposed to the COVID-19 virus from the Abilene Christian game in Charlottesville last Saturday.

The Atlantic Coast Conference announced that today’s Virginia at Florida State football game has been postponed.

Virginia’s radio voice, Dave Koehn, just might become so familiar with a present-day Cavaliers combo that he might become comfortable calling: “Armstrong … Davis … touchdown.”

Bronco Mendenhall said Monday that Virginia is taking “extreme measures” for its trip to Florida State this weekend. The Cavaliers play the Seminoles in Tallahassee on Saturday night.

Charles Snowden has already undergone surgery for his broken ankle suffered early in Saturday night’s win over Abilene Christian, and his mother is in town to help take care of him, according to UVA coach Bronco Mendenhall.

Watching Charles Snowden sprawled on the Scott Stadium turf, slamming his helmet to the ground in frustration, was the first bad sign for Virginia fans during Saturday night’s win over Abilene Christian.

A month ago, Virginia’s football team was plagued with Buzzard’s Luck … couldn’t kill anything, couldn’t find anything dead.

Bronco Mendenhall said he was happy to see so many smiles around the locker room after Virginia’s 55-15 win over Abilene Christian on Saturday night, but there was also a downside to the Cavaliers victory.

UVA held Abilene Christian to 62 yards rushing. It is the 16th time in the Bronco Mendenhall era the Cavaliers have held their opponent under 100 rushing yards. UVA’s record is 15-1 in such games, including 3-0 in 2020.

Scattershooting around the ACC, while wondering when was the last time Virginia was favored by 39+ points over a football opponent …

While Virginia’s defense is dealing with the sudden unexpected loss of starting nose tackle Jowon Briggs, the Cavaliers offense is going to have to call the next man up as well as they prepare to face nonconference Abilene Christian on Saturday afternoon.

Now that Jowon Briggs unexpectedly left the program, where does UVA defensive coordinator Nick Howell turn?

Virginia coach Bronco Mendenhall said Tuesday night that he was as surprised as anyone when he learned that starting sophomore nose tackle Jowon Briggs was leaving the team and entering the transfer portal.