Lack of running game contributed heavily to Virginia’s loss
The Cavaliers are trying to rebuild their offense into a balanced attack while maintaining a ground game to go with the passing acumen of Brennan Armstrong.
The Cavaliers are trying to rebuild their offense into a balanced attack while maintaining a ground game to go with the passing acumen of Brennan Armstrong.
Virginia dropped its third-straight game — and sixth-consecutive ACC contest — on Saturday, as Louisville erased a 10-point deficit, outscoring the Cavaliers 34-7 over the final three quarters en route to a 34-17 win at Scott Stadium.
Joe Bock remembers walking into Virginia’s locker room after games and black-and-blue welts, bruises, shaped like facemasks on Tommy Vigorito’s back.
Virginia returns to Scott Stadium Saturday for a Homecomings clash with Louisville, as each team will be fighting for its first ACC victory of the season.
Tony Elliott had seen enough. His football team kept repeating bad habits, was whistled for dumb penalties, 15-yard personal fouls, trash talking, pushing Duke players after the play.
“The Jerry Ratcliffe Show” podcast invites Chris Graham from Augusta Free Press for a discussion of Virginia’s 2-3 start, and the job facing first-year coach Tony Elliott and his staff to get things turned around.
When Virginia recruiter Danny Wilmer went hunting for the next Herman Moore in the Cavaliers’ offense, once he laid eyes on Tyrone Davis, there was no turning back.
Virginia football lost one of its best receivers from the George Welsh era late Sunday night/Monday morning when Tyrone Davis passed away from an undisclosed illness.
Virginia is expecting to be without slot receiver Billy Kemp IV again this week, after he suffered an ankle injury early in last Saturday night’s loss at Duke.
Against Cleveland Sunday, former Cavalier wideout Olamide Zaccheaus led Atlanta in receiving with 55 yards on just two catches.
Tony Elliott is fed up with his team’s lack of discipline, and is considering benching some of his players to get his message across.
For the third-straight road game this season, Virginia started slow and paid the price at rain-soaked Wallace Wade Stadium on Saturday night, watching its seven-year dominance of Duke wash away in a 38-17 loss.
Tom Zimorski, a longtime popular figure in the world of education and athletics in Central Virginia and the Atlantic Coast Conference, died Saturday night following the NC State at Clemson football game.
Duke sophomore quarterback Riley Leonard ran for a pair of touchdowns and threw for another, leading the Blue Devils to their first ACC victory in nearly two years, a 38-17 triumph over Virginia Saturday night in Durham.
UVA team physician Dr. John MacKnight takes us inside the world of football concussions and how the process of preventing, diagnosing and curing has advanced, and comments on the recent Tua Tagovailoa situation.
UVA (2-2, 0-1 ACC) has beaten the Blue Devils (3-1, 0-0) seven-straight times, including a 48-0 blanking in Charlottesville in 2021.
Tony Elliott firmly believes that if Brennan Armstrong can connect on the long ball early that it will back defenses off and open things up for the Cavaliers offensively.
“The Jerry Ratcliffe Show” welcomes Chris Graham to pepper the host with questions about UVA’s ACC road opener on Saturday at Duke. Jerry likes what the ‘Hoos have been doing on defense, but the big question is, can Tony Elliott get the offense to produce enough to get Virginia back into the ACC Coastal Division race?
Weather forecasts for Durham for the weekend include a chance of heavy rain – possibly 3-to-7 inches – and possible flash flooding from Hurricane Ian.
Virginia expects to have a couple of players back this week off the injured list, and Tony Elliott has made a couple of other changes as the Cavaliers brace for their third road trip of the season against Duke.