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Nov. 13, Marques Hagans, North Carolina A&T preview

A year ago Monday, three Virginia Football student-athletes – Devin Chandler, Lavel Davis Jr. and D’Sean Perry – were shot and killed in a mass shooting in which two other UVA students, Marlee Morgan and a fourth football student-athlete, Mike Hollins – were injured.

Chris Graham reports on what will forever be a tough day for the UVA Athletics community.

Also on this podcast:

• When UVA alum Marques Hagans left the staff at Virginia to take the job as wide-receivers coach at Penn State in the offseason, it seemed to me that Hagans was not just spreading his wings and flying, finally, but rather, taking a necessary step toward building his resume to one day be a Power 5 head coach.
• Preview: What Virginia Basketball fans need to know about North Carolina A&T

Spanberger kicks off 2025 cycle in Virginia

Abigail Spanberger, rumored for the past few months to be gearing up for a run at the Virginia governor job in 2025, made it official on Monday, announcing her candidacy for the Democratic Party gubernatorial nomination.

Chris Graham breaks down the first entry into the 2025 race, and discusses the intraparty challenge in the House Republican caucus that Todd Gilbert was able to withstand to win election as the House Minority Leader.

Youngkin thinks he can get Democrats to work with him on abortion ban

Glenn Youngkin doesn’t get it. Todd Gilbert, the lame duck Virginia House Speaker, emphatically doesn’t get it.

Virginia voters signaled on Tuesday that they’re not on board with the MAGA-fication that the likes of Youngkin and Gilbert were promising to unleash in the next two years.

And yet, they’re still trying.

The message was sent. It still needs to be received.

 

Virginia, hosed by the ACC, falls at #11 Louisville, 31-24

A cheap-shot helmet-to-helmet hit that sent Perris Jones to the hospital was not penalized, but that no-call, one of many on Thursday night on national TV, is how things go when you’re 2-7 on the road at #11, and the league needs to make sure that #11 doesn’t step on its own dick on its way to a prime-time game in December for a possible CFP berth.

The scoreboard read Louisville 31, Virginia 24, when it hit triple zeroes.

The ACC has its Florida State-Louisville title game in Charlotte next month.

Congrats.

Hope they both lose.

Virginia faces Florida on Friday in Charlotte in first test of season

Tony Bennett got an easy opening 40 minutes on Monday with the 80-50 win over Tarleton State to get a feel for his new-look roster and rotation.

Next up for Virginia: a Florida team that will give the ‘Hoos their first test of the 2023-2024 season.

ACC Football Week 11 Preview

Virginia and #11 Louisville get the short week this week, meeting on Thursday night in prime time on ESPN.

This works out for Louisville in terms of getting a national-TV showcase.

Virginia, a 20-point ‘dog, gets the chance to shock the world.

The powers-that-be in Charlotte hope like hell that doesn’t happen.

FSU needs a good dance partner for the ACC title game.

Virginia voters side with Democrats over Republicans, Youngkin, abortion restrictions

Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin is officially done politically, as Democrats swept to majorities in the State Senate and House of Delegates in the 2023 election cycle, in state legislative races decided on Tuesday.

 

Memo to the dullards at the NCAA: Let JMU play in a damned bowl game, already

JMU petitioning the NCAA for a chance to play a mid-December bowl sponsored by a roofing company is one thing. The stakes are now raised with the 9-0 Dukes in position to play in a New Year’s Six game.

Virginia outclassed, again: Just where this program is, and maybe forever will be

Tony Elliott, to be fair, has become adept at delivering a self-deprecating message postgame. The former national champion offensive play-caller at Clemson is now 5-14 at Virginia, 2-10 in ACC games, and still (!) hasn’t won a home ACC game in his tenure.

Virginia takes care of business, dispatches Tarleton State, 80-50

The first glimpse of the new-look Virginia Basketball team was an 80-50 win over Tarleton State, which put up little resistance from the get-go in Monday’s season opener.

So, what did we see?