On the latest “Jerry Ratcliffe Show,” new Virginia football assistant coach and former Wahoo and NFL star linebacker Clint Sintim joins Hootie to talk about his playing days and joining Bronco Mendenhall’s staff.

By Jerry Ratcliffe Bronco Mendenhall told the media last week about his unique way of winding down after his daily work with Virginia football. Mendenhall, who grew up on a ranch in Utah, has horses on his property in Albemarle County. After he takes care of his football work each day, he spends a couple of hours calf roping. In fact, he estimated that he’s spent more time calf roping during the pandemic shutdown than he did all of his life collectively. Media couldn’t resist asking a couple of Bronco’s assistants this week if they had ever calf roped, and […]

Should the 2020 college football season go on without a hitch, Virginia will face at least two of the top programs in the country during the regular season, leading off with Georgia in the opener and Clemson later on during the campaign.

There was no disguising Kelly Poppinga’s enthusiasm about talking to Virginia nose tackle Jowon Briggs during a recent videoconference.

One of the first guys Al Groh went to see when he was named Virginia’s head football coach was Elton Brown down at Hampton High School.

Bronco Mendenhall isn’t sure when Virginia’s football players will be allowed to return to Charlottesville, even though the NCAA cleared the way for a possible June 1 restart of sorts.

Several comparisons have been drawn over the last couple of years about the similarities in the late George Welsh’s start at Virginia and Bronco Mendenhall’s.

Virginia football is scheduled to play a game at LaVell Edwards Stadium in 2021, but Cavalier coach Bronco Mendenhall is totally against playing his old school.

For Virginia fans concerned that Bronco Mendenhall might jump to another Power Five football job sometime in the future, it doesn’t appear that is likely.

ACC commissioner John Swofford said Thursday that while he anticipates a 2020 college sports season, the league is braced to confront the pandemic with a Plan B, a Plan C, and a Plan D.

Wide receiver Ra’Shaun Henry of St. Francis (Pa.) has signed a grant-in-aid document and will enroll at UVA this summer.

Virginia football continued to make progress in the state on Sunday when the Cavaliers received a special Mother’s Day commitment from Fredericksburg defensive back Aidan Ryan of James Monroe High School.

Virginia football coach Bronco Mendenhall is hoping that Tristan Leigh’s deep roots in the Commonwealth will tug at the star offensive tackle’s heart when it comes time to choose a school.

The way Hugh Laughlin viewed things, there was no reason to continue his recruiting after he completed a Zoom interview with Virginia head football coach Bronco Mendenhall on Thursday.

Another day, another Virginia football commitment. After hauling in five new commits earlier in the week, the Cavaliers added their 11th member of the 2021 recruiting class on Saturday in West Weeks, an inside linebacker from Watkinsville, Ga.

Virginia’s quarterbacking picture became instantaneously brighter on Friday afternoon when former Mississippi State starter Keytaon (pronounced KEY-tahn) Thompson announced he is transferring into Bronco Mendenhall’s program.

Virginia senior wide receiver Dejon Brissett was selected by the Toronto Argonauts during Thursday’s first round of the Canadian Football Draft.

On Thursday, the Cavaliers didn’t have to go that far to land their 10th commitment for the Class of 2021. Mike Green, a 6-foot-4, 215-pound, 3-star prospect from Williamsburg’s Lafayette High School announced his commitment to UVA.

Before the NFL Draft began last Thursday, former Virginia quarterback Bryce Perkins thought he might end up in Los Angeles with the Rams. He had talked to the Rams more than any other team and even thought they were going to draft him.

Within the last 10 days, Virginia football recruiting has been landing an impressive group of prospects from coast to coast. The action continued Tuesday when Alabama 3-star cornerback Micah Gaffney added his name to the Wahoos’ list.