Members of the Virginia football team return to Charlottesville Sunday in this video shot by the UVA Media Relations Department.

As reported on this site three weeks ago, Virginia football is permitted to return to campus on Sunday, July 5, for voluntary workouts. The return meets state, federal and NCAA Resocialization plans for sports.

While Javin Burke likely had his mind set on committing to Virginia’s football program, a conversation with present Cavalier cornerback Jaylon Baker on Tuesday night certainly didn’t hurt UVA’s chances.

At long last, Bronco Mendenhall’s football program has a sequential order at the quarterback position.

Nick Howell, who has been an assistant coach under Mendenhall since 2007 at BYU, and Kelly Poppinga, who has been under Bronco’s wing since 2009 at BYU, are the Cavaliers’ defensive co-coordinators. So how does that work?

According to sources, Virginia’s football players will return to school for voluntary workouts on July 5.

Offensive lineman Ty Furnish, from Blessed Trinity Catholic in Roswell, Ga., became UVA’s 14th commitment overall for the class, and the fourth prospect from the Peach State to commit to the Cavaliers.

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.