When Bronco Mendenhall and wife Holly stepped up and made the first contribution to a new Virginia football facility, the reaction ranged from surprise to disbelief to astonishment.

Virginia head football coach Bronco Mendenhall has agreed to a two-year contract extension through the 2024 football season, director of athletics Carla Williams announced Thursday.

The illustrious football career of Charlottesville’s Chris Long has come to an end.

As part of the announcement of early-season football television selections, the Atlantic Coast Conference announced Wednesday the kickoff times and broadcast originations for Virginia’s first three games of the 2019 season.

Listen to this special George Welsh Tribute edition of The Jerry Ratcliffe Show, as guests Matt Blundin, Ray Roberts, Gerry Capone and Bill Curry share memories of the legendary UVA football coach.

The Virginia football program has added two graduate transfers, according to head coach Bronco Mendenhall. Wide receivers Dejon Brissett of Richmond and Terrell Chatman of Arizona State have signed grant-in-aid documents and will enroll at UVA in June and compete for the Cavaliers this fall.

Bronco Mendenhall walked into John Paul Jones Arena on Saturday morning as a scheduled speaker for the George Welsh Celebration of Life ceremony. He quickly became just as mesmerized as the rest of us by the array of legend in attendance.

Saturday was all about spring football at Virginia, but it was also about Aug. 31 and perhaps even Sept. 14.

Virginia safety Juan Thornhill was taken with the 63rd pick in the second round of the NFL Draft Friday by the AFC West champion Kansas City Chiefs.

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.