Tag: BYU
Virginia, BYU announce future football series changes
Virginia and BYU announced today (March 25) changes to their future football series.

Virginia football: Taysom Hill returning to BYU
The dreams of Virginia fans that one-time Heisman candidate Taysom Hill may be interested in Virginia hit a reality checkpoint.

Women’s tennis: No. 8 Virginia downs BYU 7-0 in ITA kickoff event
The No. 8 Virginia women’s tennis team opened the ITA Kickoff weekend with a shutout victory on Friday, defeating BYU by a score of 7-0.
Podcast: AFP’s Chris Graham talks Taysom Hill on ESPN-960 in Provo
Augusta Free Press editor Chris Graham talked with “Cougar Sports with Ben Criddle” on ESPN-960 in Provo, Utah, about BYU quarterback Taysom Hill and possible interest in Virginia.

Taysom Hill: The future at QB for Virginia football?
The question hanging over Virginia football right now is: what about BYU quarterback Taysom Hill?
Shane Hunter named defensive line coach at Virginia
Virginia head football coach Bronco Mendenhall announced the hiring of Shane Hunter as defensive line coach to complete the Cavalier coaching staff.
Bronco Mendenhall adds Shaun Nua to round out UVA football staff
Virginia football head coach Bronco Mendenhall announced the hiring of Shaun Nua as the defensive line coach to round out the Cavalier coaching staff.
Virginia football staff adds BYU offensive coordinator Robert Anae
The Deseret News is reporting Wednesday that BYU offensive coordinator Robert Anae is joining the staff of new Virginia football coach Bronco Mendenhall.

New Virginia coach Bronco Mendenhall: A marathon, not a sprint
Considering the schedule the next couple of weeks for new Virginia football coach Bronco Mendenhall, it’s not hard to see why coaches don’t stick around for bowl games when they take a new job.

Virginia gets its man: No leaks key to landing Bronco Mendenhall
The great mystery to the news that Bronco Mendenhall is the new head football coach at the University of Virginia is … how the heck were they able to keep that state secret?

Change or Die: Bronco Mendenhall breathing life back into Virginia football
Somehow members of the media got the idea that new Virginia football coach Bronco Mendenhall sensed bad vibes from a few players upon their first team meeting on Monday.

Video: Bronco Mendenhall introduced as Virginia football coach
The full press conference at John Paul Jones Arena introducing Bronco Mendenhall as head coach of the University of Virginia football team.

Bronco Mendenhall era begins at Virginia
If you didn’t know that Bronco Mendenhall was a football coach, you’d be forgiven for thinking him a business management professor.
Video: New Virginia football coach Bronco Mendenhall addresses BYU media
New Virginia football coach Bronco Mendenhall talks with reporters in Provo, Utah, about his decision to leave BYU for the job at UVA.

Podcast: UVA Sports Today goes Bronco
UVA Sports Today breaks down the stunning news that BYU football coach Bronco Mendenhall will be the new coach at Virginia.
BYU says Mendenhall will coach Cougars in Las Vegas Bowl
New Virginia football coach Bronco Mendenhall will coach BYU in the 2015 Las Vegas Bowl, the school announced Friday.

Virginia hires Bronco Mendenhall: UVA playing big boy football
Virginia just flat-out stole Bronco Mendenhall from BYU, almost literally.
Virginia announces BYU coach Bronco Mendenhall as new football coach
Bronco Mendenhall, the head coach at Brigham Young University for the last 11 years, is the new head football coach at the University of Virginia.

Greyson Lambert vs. Matt Johns: ‘Hoo was the better UVA QB?
Greyson Lambert was the starting quarterback for the UVA opener at home against Top 10 UCLA on Aug. 30, but he didn’t even make it to halftime.

Has Mike London saved his job?
At 4-6, on a four-game losing streak, Miami was probably the last must-win game for Mike London as the embattled UVA coach tried to fight his way off the hot seat.

Good effort, expected result: UVA football remains in stasis
If winning six games was what UVA football coach Mike London needs to do to keep his job, he’s a loss away from the moving vans backing up to his office in Bryant Hall.

UVA kicker Ian Frye named semifinalist for Lou Groza Award
Virginia Cavaliers placekicker Ian Frye was named one of 20 semifinalists for the Lou Groza Award presented by the Orange Bowl, was announced Thursday by the Palm Beach County Sports Commission.
Unscientific Analysis: How many games has UVA coach Mike London, staff, cost the team?
Augusta Free Press staffer Scott German, on the drive back from Charlottesville after Saturday’s 28-27 UVA football loss to North Carolina, the latest in a string of Virginia defeats that fans could attribute, fairly or not, to poor coaching decisions by Mike London and his staff, posited that London could personally be blamed “for at least 10 to 12 losses” in his four-plus seasons at the helm.

UNC rallies, deflates UVA on Homecoming, 28-27
For the umpteenth time, UVA dominated an opponent statistically. For the fourth time this season, an opponent outplayed statistically walked away with the W.

Can UVA football bounce back against improving UNC?
Two weeks ago, UVA football stock was up, UNC football stock was down. Virginia was 4-2 and alone atop the ACC Coastal Division, North Carolina was 2-3 and on its way to a sure beatdown at Notre Dame.
Greyson Lambert not listed on UVA injury report: Who starts at QB vs. UNC?
Greyson Lambert was not listed on the UVA football injury report released on Thursday, meaning the opening-day starting quarterback is considered fully available for action on Saturday against UNC.