With so many big names in the fold at quarterback-rich Virginia, one might think the numbers would be a deterrent for another to join the ranks. Corwin Cutler, better known to his friends and teammates simply as “Turtle,” didn’t hesitate when the Cavaliers offered him a football scholarship.
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Virginia football coach Mike London and offensive coordinator Bill Lazor’s cup now runneth over with golden-armed passers.
Scattershooting around UVa athletics, covering baseball, TV contracts and football recruiting over your morning coffee
Justice was done to a kid who just wanted to play basketball somewhere else.
Virginia lost two-time, first-team All-ACC cornerback Chase Minnifield and veteran safeties Rodney McLeod and Corey Mosley. It’s difficult to replace that kind of experience. Combined, the trio shared 92 starts between them.
In an age when college football coaches are synonymous with sleazy behaviour, Mike London is a breath of fresh air.
Fullback is one of the few spots on Virginia’s offense where the starter is not returning. The search is on during spring drills to find candidates who can fill that job.
The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame recognized Ralph Sampson’s talents on Monday when it selected him as part of its 2012 12-member class.
Mike London and offensive coordinator Bill Lazor are banking on wide receivers to make a greater contribution this season. That includes some running backs who are adept at catching the pigskin.
When UVa began preparation for its Chick-fil-A Bowl date with Auburn, coach Mike London dedicated the first few practices to give full attention to some of the players he would have to rely on in the future. Redshirt freshmen and underclassmen playing minor roles on the team received a lot of extra practice.
While I have covered the last 30 seasons of Virginia basketball, it still boggles my mind that the Cavaliers have won only one NCAA Tournament game in the past 17 years.
While Wahoo Nation is swept up in Virginia’s first NCAA basketball tournament trip since 2007, Cavaliers’ football coach Mike London is quietly preparing for his team’s spring practice.
Donovan’s team snapped a three-game losing streak when it edged Alabama, 66-63, in the SEC Tournament quarterfinals and made No. 1 ranked Kentucky sweat in the semis before falling, 74-71.
This has been a long and winding road for the Cavaliers, who earned a bye and won’t play until Friday afternoon’s quarterfinals against the winner of today’s N.C. State vs. Boston College game.
Virginia’s length of stay at this week’s 59th ACC Tournament in Atlanta will be a combination of Hemingway’s Law of the Jungle and Spencer’s “survival of the fittest.”
The UVa fifth-year senior and contender for ACC Player of the Year, told his teammates during the 1:31 time out, all that mattered was leaving Comcast Center with a win.
A win today would be huge for the Cavaliers not only in terms of the ACC Tournament but possible for the NCAA Tournament as well.
While I don’t pretend to be a mathematician, I took Tyler Zeller’s and Mike Scott’s current senior season statistics to see how John C. Prouty’s ratings formula would rank the two.
The Cavaliers, now 21-8, 8-7 in the ACC, have now been swept by North Carolina, swept by Florida State and lost their only contest against Duke, the conference’s three top teams.
Arguably, tonight is all about UVa establishing itself as an upper-echelon program in the ACC. It’s not only about tonight, but also about the future. Tony Bennett’s desire is to build a program that regularly participates in the NCAA Tournament and there’s no better time to hammer that point home than tonight.
If I had to nominate an official for worst call of the year, it would have to be that one when Mike Scott was whistled for his fourth foul and Henson flopped.
Virginia’s basketball team did everything it could possibly do on Saturday against seventh-ranked North Carolina except the most important thing: win.
Could senior guard Sammy Zeglinski, who was a key in beating Virginia Tech on the road last Tuesday night, be the key to knocking off the Tar Heels?
Cleaning out the notebook over your morning coffee, talking about football recruiting, the National Football Foundation (local), and bobblehead dolls …
Scattershooting around the ACC, while boiling down the final stretch of the season and NCAA chances for the top six teams.
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