Self-inflicted errors pained the Cavaliers all night.
“This is a great opportunity for the University of Virginia and our football program,” Athletic Director Carla Williams said.
“[Marcellus’ performance] just shows the type of young men that we have in that locker room,” Elliott said.
It’s hard to say there has ever been more on the line for Virginia football than what this program fought for and won Saturday night.
“We have to carry the burden of what hasn't been done in the past and we’ve got an opportunity to change the future,” Elliott said.
Rivalry week is a phenomenon that lasts for a year — read as a Cavalier Daily and Virginia Tech on SI writer discuss the Saturday game.
Thanksgiving is a time for togetherness and love across the Commonwealth, just about everywhere except for the football field.
“We compete with each other every week … we’re good friends,” Robinson said. “Going to the game, we'll just compete with each other, asking each other, like, ‘Who gonna make that play? Who will make it first?’”
Virginia has beaten Virginia Tech in football just twice this century. That will change this year.
This week, the Cavaliers’ ACC title hopes are alive and well.
“One word,” Harris said. “Exciting.”
“We need to perform as if we’re playing a national championship every single game,” Neal said. "That way we’ll be at our best when our best is required.”
“We try to do everything we can to honor those guys,” Jackson said.
“It’s a monumental day for Virginia and Virginia football.”
“We played with fire, right? And we got burned,” Coach Tony Elliott said.
