Episodes
Monday Jan 15, 2024
It's time for UVA Basketball fans to push the panic button
Monday Jan 15, 2024
Monday Jan 15, 2024
Virginia's 66-47 loss at Wake Forest on Saturday was the fifth double-digit loss for the Cavaliers this season.
AFP editor Chris Graham shares his Five Observations from the game, recaps coach Tony Bennett's ACC teleconference and addresses the elephant in the room - why it's time for fans to push the panic button not only on this season, but the future of Virginia Basketball.
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Tuesday Dec 26, 2023
Virginia-MorganState preview, UVA Football notebook
Tuesday Dec 26, 2023
Tuesday Dec 26, 2023
Virginia is looking to rebound from a couple of subpar efforts before the Christmas break when it hosts Morgan State on Wednesday at JPJ.
Chris Graham tells you a little about Morgan State, then shifts the focus of the podcast to Virginia Football.
The football talk starts with the latest on what former coach Bronco Mendenhall is doing out at New Mexico, which is, basically, he’s hiring all of his former Virginia staffers.
Then we take a look at the job that Tony Elliott and his staff are doing to add to the Virginia roster via the preps and the transfer portal.
Friday Dec 22, 2023
AUGUSTA COUNTY: Butch Wells-Chris Graham phone call
Friday Dec 22, 2023
Friday Dec 22, 2023
At the 59-second mark of an 11-minute, 59-second phone call on Friday morning, Butch Wells, member of the Augusta County Board of Supervisors, trying to intimidate me, I would soon come to realize, into giving him the name of a person who would have given me information that I had included in a Freedom of Information Act request made to the county on Thursday, told me, forebodingly, that he had “a file started.”
My natural question back: “You’ve got a file started?”
Wells’ cryptic response: “Oh, yeah, oh, yeah, I’ve got a file started. They’re playing, they’re playing political games. I don't play political games. I play criminal games. And, yeah, I've got a file started.”
As the conversation played out, Wells would not answer questions directed back at him about who “they” are, and left to interpretation what his “criminal games” might involve.
Monday Dec 18, 2023
Virginia Basketball needs to step up to get W at Memphis
Monday Dec 18, 2023
Monday Dec 18, 2023
Virginia escaped a tough test from a mid Northeastern team. Next up for the ‘Hoos: the first true road game of the season, at Memphis, a likely NCAA Tournament team.
Chris Graham tries to make sense of the struggle with Northeastern (it wasn’t an exam hangover), answers the Mailbag, and then puts the focus on Memphis, Penny Hardaway and the FedEx Forum.
Friday Dec 15, 2023
Depression doesn’t have to mean you’re alone
Friday Dec 15, 2023
Friday Dec 15, 2023
I’ve been hiding depression as a fact of my life from myself for 51 years. I understand why; it’s hard for males to admit to what is perceived as a weakness.
It’s not a weakness to confront reality.
I hope, through this video and podcast, to encourage others who are afraid to begin to confront their truths.
Friday Dec 15, 2023
UVA-Northeastern preview, ’Hoos news and notes
Friday Dec 15, 2023
Friday Dec 15, 2023
AFP editor Chris Graham gets us ready for the return from the exam break, with the ‘Hoos set to face Northeastern on Saturday night in JPJ.
We also talk about how the Class of 2023 transfer class (the guys who left) are doing at their new schools.
Sunday Dec 10, 2023
Tony Bennett opening up the Virginia offense
Sunday Dec 10, 2023
Sunday Dec 10, 2023
When you talk about Virginia Basketball, you talk about the defense, but there are some things being done by coach Tony Bennett to open up the offense.
Chris Graham breaks down the trends – more transition, more triangle sets in the halfcourt – and offers thoughts on how it’s working out.
Photo: Mike Ingalls/AFP
Friday Dec 08, 2023
Virginia Football portal, recruiting season updates
Friday Dec 08, 2023
Friday Dec 08, 2023
The chatter around Virginia Football ahead of the opening of transfer portal season, almost entirely on message boards and social media, was that the Dec. 4 portal opening date would be the beginning of a mass exodus of players – which, you have to now assume at this point, isn’t going to happen.
Friday Dec 08, 2023
#TeamAFP discusses dog shooting, Swiftie ticket scam, winter storm
Friday Dec 08, 2023
Friday Dec 08, 2023
Crystal Graham joins the show to discuss the latest in the case of an Augusta County man accused of shooting the service dog of a neighbor, a military veteran with PTSD.
We also get the details on a recent attempt by a scam artist to separate Crystal and $1,600 of her money, ostensibly the price for four tickets to a 2024 Taylor Swift concert, but when it seems too good to be true, it probably is – and was in this case.
We wrap with the latest on the wild Sunday weather forecast, which includes wind, thunderstorms and … snow?
Friday Dec 01, 2023
UVA Hoops rebounds from tough week in South Florida
Friday Dec 01, 2023
Friday Dec 01, 2023
Virginia bounced back from a tough week in South Florida with an impressive showing in a 59-47 win over #14 Texas A&M on Wednesday in the ACC/SEC Challenge.
#TeamAFP’s Chris Graham and Scott German break down what we saw from the win, focusing on the role that Oklahoma grad transfer Jake Groves will play for Tony Bennett going forward, and the defensive efforts of Ryan Dunn and Reece Beekman.
The segue from basketball to football includes a brief conversation about JMU losing football coach Curt Cignetti to Indiana, before shifting into a full-contact breakdown of UVA Football’s 55-17 loss to Virginia Tech, and a look at how the first week of the offseason is going for Tony Elliott & Co.