Shine has certainly come off quickly

Anyone have any thoughts on this sign stealing situation?
Hard for me to believe that Jim did not know about it at least his OC and or his DC knew in order to put it into the game planning.

The first 2 years of TE's stint so far have been well under expectations, record-wise, but we are set up very well for next year. Not all coaches win in their first year or even their second year but our team make-up is a recipe for major turnaround next year.

QBs- this has to be the best we've felt about the starter and depth at this position since Perkins/Armstrong or Benkert/Johns or even perhaps before that. I think Muskett/Colandrea as a unit is better than all of those combos mentioned with Colandrea only being a freshman. And about Colandrea, the kid is special. His physical abilities are impressive already but his most vital attribute seems to be his moxie and drive. It's rare to see and the staff needs to do whatever necessary to keep him out of the portal.

OLine- much better in the 2nd half of the season. Evaluations and rotations have been fluent since fall camp but starters and depth have settled in and you can see holes opening up and a pocket around the qb often times (excluding last night @ UL) and just about everyone is returning next year, many as multi year starters.

On defense we lose Faumui, Akere, Butler, Carter, Smiley and Agunloye up front but there's a good amount of talent waiting to be unleashed there and most of our well-coaced back-7 is returning.

Our recruiting class is somewhat down so far this year but we have nothing but winnable games left and we still get our chance to beat Tech. I think though that we have enough to attract a high level RB from the portal to pair with XB (I like Greise and Vaughn btw) and a WR or 2 to pair with Fields, Wilson and Gibson and everywhere else we have a pretty good football team that's going to win games and go to a bowl next year. It will happen. Last year we were what our record said we were. This year we're clearly better than our record. Next year all of what TE has done to improve this program will start to translate. And then maybe he can gain some momentum and get this program back to a winning standard again

+ Rohde can flat out play. After several helpings of crow, I now see this kid is the real deal- moves so well, very fluid, knows how to use his length and has solid handle, Oh and BTW he can SHOOT.
- Bond- only played 4 minutes?? Thought he was solid first half 4 minute stretch, but a DNP second half?? Looks like CTB not yet convinced of Bond in big boys hoops game. Trust Bond will earn more PT as year progresses

++ Blake Buchanan= ACC ROY What a skilled tough scrapper inside. He is so smooth and fluid- just needs to learn to finish through contact and make FTs Kid will be ALL ACC next season
-- Minor DNP. Kid has not earned CTB's trust and if Minor doesn't play in this game, when we desperately need size and strength inside- lord knows when he will play

+++ Crunch time defense. What can you say- we won the game on the defensive end of the court- with so many new kids, we played amazing D at the end.
--- FT shooting My middle school grandson can shoot FTs better than this team Have to clean that up.

Does anyone have extra tickets to the Uva basketball games in Fort Myers? I am already going but looking to bring friends.

If there is a silver lining to this season, Malik Washington is now the top WR in the country with 1,199 yards with two games left. Congrats!

I'm bummed he doesn't have another year.

Lets hope CTE can use his success for a recruitment tool for the NEXT Malik in the portal to come and have AC throwing a 1,000 plus yards to them to get them in the NFL.

Building a successful program one brick or recruitment class at a time!

Preview: After an easy win in its opener on Monday night, UVa heads to Charlotte this evening facing a very different challenge. @justin ferber breaks down the matchup between the Wahoos and the Florida Gators (7 p.m., ACC Network).

1 - Does Armstrong regret following Anae to NCSU?
2 - Will Georgia win another national championship?
3 - Will James Madison go undefeated this year?
4 - Does Virginia have a screen pass in the play book?

They'll kick things off in the Derby City in about 15 minutes or so. I'll have updates for you soon in this thread.

As always, have at it folks...

On Episode 536 of the CavsCorner Podcast (“Long Way to Go”), we talk about the GT loss and how it’s impacting our views heading into the game at Louisville before we switch over to hoops and dive into UVa’s opener.

Site: https://virginia.rivals.com/news/cavscorner-podcast-episode-536

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Good - 1) Colandrea - completed 22 of 31 passes for 314 yards and rushed 14 times for 8 yards
2) Washington - 9 receptions for 155 yards
Bad - 1) Oline - Running backs rushed 22 times for 31 yards and Colandrea was sacked 4 times
2) Defensive backfield - allowed 19 completions in28 attempts for 243 yards
Ugly - Officiating

I feel awful again but for different reasons. Can’t believe we lost that game. King went out and the defense fell apart. This team just can’t catch a break

I just don't think with NIL, the new portal system and one year coach that has a bad record, half the talent of London when it comes to recruiting, to see talent showing up on this program at this moment in time.

I do try and think how Tina Thompson and her predecessor were complete fails for women's UVA basketball, and yet Coach Mox has come in and is recruiting, looks the part as a coach court side and seems poised to turn the program around in the next couple of years. She already has a 5* and a high 4* incoming with a few other nice pieces.

Can we start over and find a gem for the football side of the house?

Only thing that has help soften the blow for what we anticipate as an off/bad season, is that I live less than 25 minutes from TCU, 22 minutes from SMU to catch games with my daughter and her husband and 4 kids. They also have season tickets for Texas Rangers at the new air conditioned park, and Dallas Mavericks tickets to games I can tag along. Also have Cowboy game opportunities with friends that always have extra tickets and I live under 20 minutes from the Ranger and Dallas Cowboy stadium (I'm a diehard Washington fan and will go when Washington comes to town with buddies) to stay busy with the kids and grand kids.

Preview: @BigGriff gets you ready for tonight’s matchup in Louisville, as UVa faces the 11th-ranked Cardinals in what appears on paper to be a true uphill battle for the Hoos (7:30 p.m., ESPN).

Why isn’t Leon Bond III’s number 07? It’s ridiculousness

Four-star wing Cam Ward (2025) talked to @HoustonWilson about picking up an offer from UVa recently, what it means to him, and how it will impact the course of his recruitment.

Greetings from John Paul Jones Arena where the Texans and Wahoos will tip things up in about 40 minutes. I'll be back with notes and updates shortly.

As always, have at it folks...

I suspect that we saw a lot of what the coaching staff has been seeing. The team was a little better than I thought they would be, and Virgiinia won most of the statistical battles. We shot 49% and held Tarleton to 33%. Virginia shot 45% from behind the line and held TS to 23%. We drew a lot of foul shots but only made 61% to their 71%. Virginia outrebounded TS 40-27., and our A/TO was 16/8 while TS
was 8/16. The final score was 80-50.
Our starting lineup was Beekman, Dunn, Groves, McNeely, and Rohde. This was a relatively short group, and Groves only played 14 minutes in spite of hitting 3 o 4 from deep. Beekman was the leading scorer with 16 points in spite of going 0 for 3 0n shots behind the line. McKneely was second with 15 points and made 4 of 8 from behind the arc. Bond scored 12 points in 16 minutes and was the leading rebounder with 9. He exceeded my expectations. Nobody, in my opinion played bad, but a few did not live up to my expectations, which were fairly high. I am being very tight by including Dunn in my short list. Even though he scored 9 points and had 7 rebounds, I was hoping for a double double. Harris is very quick, but he did not do a lot other than add to both teams' foul totals; he scored 7 points, 5 of which were from the foul line, in 23 minutes. All of our transfer players are still learning the defense.
I will not be surprised if after the Florida game to have an entirely different group of players on my Atta Boy and Aw Shuck lists.

Regrettably, it seems another reminder about board conduct is in order. Brad posted this at the beginning of football season:

Now that the team is playing games again, inevitably we've got folks posting stuff they know they shouldn't so I'm going to do what I do basically every year and share a disclaimer:

Mute people you don't want to hear from.

Don't respond to people you don't like.

Don't attack anyone, including calling specific people out about literally anything other than their points (even if so and so did it first; you're an adult not a 3rd grader).


Talk about UVa sports, not each other.


And if you don't like any of this or anything else around here, feel free to take your business elsewhere. I genuinely mean it. If you're unhappy, there are plenty of places where you can yell at folks. This isn't going to be one of them.

There's potential for this being another long football season and anybody who pays money to be here shouldn't have to deal with people acting a fool while their team is playing like crap.

Talk. About. UVa. Sports.

Leave the rest out of it or get gone. Your call.


Despite this warning and multiple individual warnings from myself, the attacks continue. As a result, one poster has been permanently banned from the board. Follow the guidelines. If not, we will continue to remove offending parties until the issues are resolved.

Thanks for your time.

If you live in or around C'ville or are visiting town hopefully you can stop by and support the team. Wah🏀🏀wa!
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In the week before the Colorado game against Oregon State Coach Prime removed the offensive play calling from his OC, Sean Lewis, and gave the duty to his Offensive Analyst, Pat Shurmur. In spite of three fumbles by Oregon State, two of which led to Colorado's only 5 points in the first 3 quarters, Colorado trailed 23-5. The Buffaloes managed to score two TDs in the last 10 minutes against Oregon State reserves to make the final score 26-19. We will know better after the next Colorado game if the problem was the fault of Lewis failing to call as many passes as Prime wanted or other factors.