7+ hour, 11+ min ago (557+ words) I reflected on this during my drive home in the early hours of Sunday: it's hard to find a game that meant more to a UVA Football team than Saturday's game against Virginia Tech. Forget about the 10-win season, the regular-season ACC title, and a trip to Charlotte for the ACC Championship Game, the chance at a berth in the College Football Playoff. No doubt, those milestones are essential, but Saturday's victory reminded me of the smiles of Lavel Davis Jr., Devin Chandler and D'Sean Perry, who lost their lives on Nov. 13, 2022. Most of these current Cavaliers were far from Charlottesville when a gunman killed the three, but trust me, everyone connected to the UVA Football program, every day, sees their numbers " 1, 15, 41 " and will always hear their stories. This week, this game may have offered some closure to the program....

1+ week, 6+ day ago (578+ words) The value of having a sixth-year QB, like Virginia has with Chandler Morris, isn't just when it comes to throwing the ball. Case in point: the third-and-2 play from the UVA 22, 2:38 to go, third quarter, "Hoos leading Duke, 24-3. With apologies here, at the outset, to people who break down plays for a living. I'm very much an amateur at this, but the play here stuck in my mind last night when I was trying to get some sleep. Setting the scene: the Virginia defense had just gotten a stop on a fourth-and-goal to keep the game at three scores. The goal for the offense: bleed some clock. Get a first down here, and you can just about run out the third-quarter clock, anyway. That would cement momentum. J'Mari Taylor goes 78 YARDS TO THE HOUSE " That's the 11th-longest rush in school…...