UVA DOGPILE AFTER SUPER REGIONAL WIN
UVA defeats K State 10-4 sending the Hoos back to Omaha.
First Round Qualifying - NHRA - Bristol
Alexia DeJorna in the left lane facing off against Ron Capps in Funny Car Qualifying Round One. DeJorna would take the win in the first round qualifying from Thunder Valley and the Supergrip Thunder Valley Nationals at Bristol.
UVA walks off Mississippi State
Virginia rallied from a 4-2 deficit with two runs in the seventh, then walked off Mississippi State, 5-4.
Ken Mitchell, the Democrat challenging Trump Republican Ben Cline for the Sixth District seat in Congress, isn’t going to get a writeup in Blue Virginia.
Ben Tribbett isn’t going to tweet about his campaign.
Richmond and Northern Virginia Democrats are going to ignore him, like the ignore everybody else with a D beside their name west of the Route 29 corridor.
Which is a shame.
Because Ken Mitchell is the kind of Democrat who actually has a Tom Perriello ‘08 longshot chance of winning in November.
Virginia (20-8, 11-6 ACC) needs a win at Boston College (15-12, 6-10 ACC) on Wednesday to keep on the right side of the NCAA Tournament bubble.
But are there bigger issues for this Virginia team, which has lost three of its last four, and hasn’t scored out of the 40s in two weeks?
AFP editor Chris Graham addresses the issues for the ‘Hoos, and the strategic tweaks that coach Tony Bennett could be putting in place to get things moving in the right direction.
We’ve been writing all week about how Virginia coach Tony Bennett and his team have recognized that there’s a softness about this year’s team.
Can the Cavaliers toughen up in time to make a stretch run heading into March Madness?
AFP editor Chris Graham previews the next game up for UVA – with ACC leader North Carolina coming to JPJ.
There was enough of a break in the torrential rain to allow for the running of the 2024 Daytona 500 on Monday, with William Byron taking the #24 Chevrolet to the checkered flag in the NASCAR season opener.
Rod Mullins joins AFP editor Chris Graham to break down how it happened.
We also discuss the ongoing review of fuel strategies by NASCAR, and the dispute between the team owners and the France family over how the billions that the business generates should be divided up.
No shame in losing, but Virginia’s 75-41 loss at Virginia Tech on Big Monday was more than an instance of losing a game.
There was a lot wrong with everything that happened down in Blacksburg.
AFP editor Chris Graham tries to get to the bottom of what happened in the loss, which in a couple of ways seems to have undone the good of the recent eight-game winning streak.
Virginia (20-6, 11-4 ACC) faces a tough road test on Monday night with a game at in-state ACC rival Virginia Tech (14-11, 6-8 ACC).
AFP editor Chris Graham breaks down the matchup, the second of the home-and-home between the two this season.
We also look back at Virginia’s 49-47 win over Wake Forest on Saturday, and how the weekend action impacted the six ACC teams in contention for NCAA Tournament at-large bids.
Virginia pretty much beat itself earlier in the week in that 74-63 loss to Pitt. The ‘Hoos (19-6, 10-4 ACC) have to get back on track with a game against a tough Wake Forest (16-8, 8-5 ACC) on Saturday (noon ET, ESPN2).
Wake dominated UVA in a 66-47 win in Winston-Salem last month.
AFP editor Chris Graham, after recapping what happened on Tuesday in the loss to Pitt, looks ahead to the weekend.
#21 Virginia (19-5, 10-3 ACC) is the hottest team in the ACC. Pitt (15-8, 6-6 ACC) is the second-hottest, winning five of its last six.
AFP editor Chris Graham breaks down the UVA-Pitt matchup, which is set for Tuesday night (7 p.m. ET, ACCN).
But first in this podcast, we look back at Virginia’s 80-76 win at Florida State on Saturday, the eighth win in a row for the ‘Hoos.
Also, good news, such as it is – Virginia is back in the national rankings.
Virginia (18-5, 9-3 ACC) takes its seven-game winning streak to Tallahassee this weekend as the ‘Hoos prepare for Florida State (13-9, 7-4 ACC).
How does UVA match up? AFP editor Chris Graham breaks down the FSU rotation and offers thoughts on how Tony Bennett will approach the ‘Noles.
We also open up the Notebook to discuss Jake Groves, the third guard spot, and the growth of freshman center Blake Buchanan.
Virginia pantsed Miami on Big Monday, holding the ‘Canes, who had been averaging 80.8 points per game, to a program-low 38 points.
AFP editor Chris Graham breaks down the game, and how the win helped Virginia’s case for an NCAA Tournament bid.
We also open up the mailbag to talk about the play of guard Andrew Rohde.
Virginia (17-5, 8-3 ACC) has a quick turnaround after its Quad 1 win over Clemson on Saturday, with Miami (15-7, 6-5 ACC) coming to town for a Big Monday matchup.
AFP editor Chris Graham breaks down the Miami lineup and rotation, and looks at how Virginia will try to match up with the ‘Canes.
We also take a deep dive into the metrics for Virginia in terms of NCAA Tournament consideration.
Virginia (16-5, 7-3 ACC) travels to Littlejohn Coliseum to face Clemson (14-6, 4-5 ACC) on Saturday (2 p.m. ET, ESPN).
Clemson looks good in terms of the metrics right now, but the Tigers looked better at this time last year, and still missed out on the NCAA Tournament.
You know they’re going to be up for this one, with a chance to get back to .500 in ACC play.
AFP editor Chris Graham breaks down the matchup and gives the keys to victory for the Virginia side, which is looking to keep pace with league leaders Duke and UNC.
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.
I got a threatening phone call from a member of the Augusta County Board of Supervisors less than 24 hours after a circuit court judge heard arguments in separate cases brought by Augusta Free Press and Breaking Through Media challenging the county’s denial of FOIA requests made in August for access to digital copies of recordings of a March 20 closed meeting of the Board of Supervisors.
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.
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.
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.
