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Football
- The Virginia Athletics department has announced several fan experience enhancements for the 2025 Virginia Football season.
- Virginia defensive coordinator John Rudzinski may be packing a bottle of Visine for his film study of Coastal Carolina’s “Air Raid” offense this week.
- Releasing his team’s depth chart at his game-week press conference on Tuesday, Tony Elliott reported there are three players who will miss the opener.
- If the Cavaliers are to reverse their football fortunes and return to postseason play, then they must restore their ability to win at home.
- Virginia’s struggles with the running game have been well documented for years now, but Tony Elliott is hoping this year’s ground attack will put that discussion to rest.
Basketball
- Virginia men’s basketball announced its 2025-26 non-conference schedule Thursday. The slate features 13 contests, including eight home games.
- Virginia will play Dayton in a neutral-site game on Saturday, Dec. 6 at Spectrum Center in Charlotte, N.C., announced Wednesday.
- Virginia’s basketball team will get two early-season tests with the addition of an exhibition game at Vanderbilt on Oct. 16 in Nashville.
- Virginia is in the running for another Hodge — 6-foot-6 wing Jayden Hodge — from New Jersey.
- The Cavaliers are in the running for several of the top 100 prospects in the country, including Luca Foster, who trimmed his list of suitors to nine on Friday.
Podcasts
- This week, we debut a new weekly podcast with Jerry and former UVA and Pro Football standout Joe Bock, discussing UVA's upcoming season-opener against Coastal Carolina.
- Jerry & Jerry offer up lots of opinions and answer all the questions about Saturday’s season-opening game between UVA and Coastal Carolina.
- Host Jerry Miller and Hall of Famer Jerry Ratcliffe, who is covering his 44th season of Virginia football, go in depth, covering all aspects of UVA football’s training camp.
- Host Jerry Miller and Hall of Famer Jerry Ratcliffe explain why it’s okay to feel good about the coming UVA football season and answer a ton of audience questions during Tuesday’s show.
- “The Jerry & Jerry Show” shifted focus on this week’s podcast to Virginia football training camp, which is now underway, and what the expectations may be for the Cavaliers.
Olympic Sports
- The No. 3 Virginia field hockey team opens the 2025 season on Friday, taking on No. 18 Penn State at 5 p.m. at Turf Field in Charlottesville.
- The No. 13 Virginia women’s soccer team continued its shutout streak on Thursday night, posting a 3-0 victory over Charlotte at Klöckner Stadium.
- UVA will complete in three matches, starting on Friday with the season opener against Georgetown at 6 p.m.
- The Cavaliers fell 4-1 to George Mason on Thursday night at George Mason Stadium in a match marked by 16 yellow cards and a pair of ejections.
- A 50-minute weather delay couldn’t dampen No. 17 Virginia’s momentum as the Cavaliers notched their second straight win to open the season.
Baseball
- Virginia will play two exhibition games at Disharoon Park, along with the Fall World Series and intrasquad scrimmages beginning in September.
- In a late roster move, Virginia has acquired former Virginia Tech left-handed pitcher Brendan Cowan from the transfer portal.
- Virginia has added the 2025 New Jersey Player of the Year to its 2026 recruiting class in Morristown shortstop Sal Garcia.
- Seven players from Virginia’s 2025 roster were selected in the MLB Draft, while R.J. Holmes withdrew from the draft process and remained committed to UVA.
- This is a huge get for Chris Pollard and the Wahoos as they continue to build a formidable pitching staff for the 2026 season.
Travel, Recreation, Sports Gambling
- There are not many states that cram as much adrenaline-pumping action into a small space as West Virginia. With its rumbling whitewater and legendary college arenas, the Mountain State is just like game day for its fans.