I figured I'd start at thread with departures, offers, targets, commits etc as UVa is going to be busy this portal season with both departures and additions. I'll track all departures here at the top of the thread.


UVa Transfer Departures
-Malcolm Greene, CB (Left team in Sept.)
-Jaden Gibson, WR (Entered 12/1)
-Anthony Colandrea, QB (Entered 12/1)
-Michael Diatta, DT (Entered 12/3)

Is there any chance he is fired or is it a foregone conclusion that he is coming back? For the first time since graduating in 99, I have actively not watched games because it feels so hopeless. We need a real course correction.

From our last 3 head coaches on down to the players on the team are all soft with no fight. This is why VT bullies us every year. Before the game there guys confront our guys on the field and our guys looked scared. Our head coach has no fire and gives an aw shucks to players who screw up. We need a disciplinarian with some backbone. We need players that want to abuse their opponents. If they get in your face stand your ground. Make them pay with your play. Our guys were just going through the motions like they knew this was their last game.

Crazy to watch players get in the portal. Of note so far KC Concepcion (NC State) and Pyron (GT back up QB who is really good and highly recruited). Can’t remember if Haynes King has eligibility or not but GT had a very solid year and seems to be improving

All you big money people, put your money where your mouth is hahaha.
Seriously, the Elliot staff is a total failure. Zero point in dragging this on another season. It’s over.

No one says to drop our standards. Stanford, Duke, Notre Dame and others retain academic rankings above UVA's, and can still attract talent and field decent teams. We admit people with all sorts of talents, and is every one subject to the same standards?

College Deans and Presidents have been talking for decades about the SATs being biased, and not being a good predictor of success. Harvard and others don't even require SATs. Could grades be reflective of poor teaching or different availability of learning tools? Every kid in Henrico public schools (Richmond area) has a computer from Elementary School onward. Poorer communities or different states probably can't afford that. Many kids have taken SAT prep courses at a cost pof $600 - $2,000 dollars. Some get a personal consultant costing even more. Schools and students without the financial resources are at a distinct disadvantage. And a fair amount of college football players come from that kind of background.

If it's really about academics, make the scholarship subject to maintaining a certain level of academic achievement. You could even pay NIL for students who achieve academic success by hiring them as spokespersons for the school. Or, let's use NIL money to sway kids that meet our standards to come here. That would easily pay back the NIL money in pure ticket sales alone.

In other words, we could have good football, maintain our reputation, and do financially better using a variety of approaches. But they don't want to find a way to succeed, they just want to squash football. We are too arrogant for our own good.

One good thing will come of this. Next year we'll have all day games since there won't be enough people attending to pay to turn the lights on.

https://augustafreepress.com/news/u...-are-perfectly-happy-with-things-as-they-are/

Over the last ~year, it’s become increasingly common to name a “General Manager” of a college football program. Michigan, Alabama, and other schools have hired a GM in the last several months. It’s akin to the NFL GM role and viewed as increasingly important given the nature of contemporary college football programs with NIL, transfer portal, more complicated “roster management, fundraising support, etc. In some cases, the football coach still runs the show but in many cases the position is inserted between the AD and the football coach. And, given how important football is to revenue and brand/perception, some schools may have a dashed reporting line (or solid line) to the University President.

This morning Andrew Luck was named Stanford football’s GM – probably the highest profile person named to the new role yet. His role is clearly above the football coach – which makes sense given his name recognition. Time will tell how effective he is since he’s never worked in a “front office” role. (Some details are in the reporting here.)

Given all off the speculation about Carla/Tony and the future of the football program, it makes me wonder if UVA will head in this direction and hire a football “General Manager”. Given the pressure to improve the on-the-field results and seeing more and more schools add this role, I assume UVA will name one in the not too distant future. Assuming that's the case, I wonder what the preferred candidate credentials would be.

I know it's early and I'll give Sanchez time, but he has probably the most talented team we have had in a long time. Admittedly, he need time to meld the players into a team. I just don't see the changes they talked about, including speeding up our game to be more attractive to recruits, and reducing the number of can't win games when we score in the 40's.

However highly we rated TB, he was even better than we thought.

Carla killed it with the worst coaching hire in college football history. Nothing will be done about her incompetence or his so that will be how it all ends. They just need to drop football and move on because the damage is irreversible at this point. GT, Syracuse, Duke, SMU all can play competitive football with new coaching staffs and they recruit on a similar scale with UVa. Its a joke on the fans. The stadium will be completely empty next year and should be, its a waste of time at this point.

UVa and VT about an hour from kick in Blacksburg, on ACC Network.

A few notes:
-Tony Muskett will start at QB
-Anthony Colandrea made the trip, contrary to some rumors
-Kobe Pace will not play. Word is UVa has been preparing to have Chris Tyree take some snaps at RB tonight, along with Noah Vaughn.

Really disappointing start to the season so far for the women. Before the tournament in Puetro Rico this week they were completely destroyed by Oklahoma by 44 points and easily won the other games (all home games against very weak competition). This week was going to be a good indicator of where they are and whether the OK loss was an aberration or not. They barely beat Green Bay by 5 in the first game on Thursday, lost to Washington State by 1 yesterday while coming back to within one point with over two minutes to go and finished final two minutes plus with 5 or 6 missed shots including a number of layups and a turnover and then today lost to Wyoming who had recently lost to Norfolk State. They were missing Lattimore today and Noyan has been out a few games, but everyone else (Clark and Vaughn) is back. Not a great start to the season and so far looks like of the transfers only Lattimore is going to really do much for the team this year. At least they have a solid 1st year in Hurd and McGhee is improving so something to build on.

Multiple sources have told us that Tony Muskett would be the starter for UVa tonight in Blacksburg. UVa tried to keep it close to the vest this week but news is starting to get out.

It is LITERALLY Tony Elliot’s job to have us ready to play our asses off tonight. And if (AGAIN) he cannot do it, he needs to be headed home to South Carolina tomorrow. These games matter and it is time for UVa to SHOW UP.

This will be a huge win for the ACC if GT can hang on. Very impressive performance by Haynes King and teammate so far.

The high school basketball season officially starts today in the DMV. UVA associate head coach Jason Williford is expected to attend Mayhem on Military, which has a loaded schedule today and tomorrow.

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Greetings from JPJ where UVa and Holy Cross are getting warmed up for a Black Friday matinee. We're set to tip at 4pm, and the game will be streamed on ACCNX/ESPN+. As always, we'll have lineups and game updates here throughout the afternoon!

The three starting guards, Ames 16 and Rohde and McKneely 13 each, outscored the Holy Cross team. Buchanan and Saunders each had 6 rebounds to give Virginia a 37 - 30 advantage on the boards. The Cavs had 20 assists with just 6 turnovers while Holy Cross had 7 assists and 11 turnovers. Thirteen Virginia players got time on the floor and they were all positive in the +/- stat.

On Episode 589 of the CavsCorner Podcast ("Fair is Fair"), we discuss the abject frustration of UVa's 33-7 blowout loss to SMU and preview Saturday night's "Bowl Bowl" against the Hokies.


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Will not watch next week but watching them play Duke as I took Duke moneyline and they are really banged up. Tuten still not full speed and third string QB. They may be back to full strength next week (probably will be with our luck) but hoping they come limping in so we have some remote chance.