Pack your umbrellas, the Hoos are headed to Durham! It’s week five and the 2-2 Cavaliers will face the 3-1 Blue Devils on the road on Saturday. UVA and Duke are Coastal Division Rivals and while temperatures cool down, the Cavs’ anticipation is heating up. This year’s Virginia vs. Duke matchup kicks off at 7:30 PM EST at Wallace Wade Stadium. Hoos Checking the Forecast? We’re a few days out but right now forecasts are calling for heavy rain on Saturday night in Durham. Some players are here for it, others don’t love the prospect, but Coach Elliott is coming…
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Christina Chapman
Christina Chapman is a college sports enthusiast who loves the University of Virginia Cavaliers and lives in Vol Nation. She also loves the UFC, all things pop culture, and is a Silk Sonic superfan.
It is great to be a Tennessee Vol! After years of disappointment, the Tennessee Volunteers have defeated their SEC East rival, the Florida Gators. Neyland Stadium was packed, checkered, and loud. In a game that was important for both teams, Vol Nation showed up and the team brought it home. Florida came to play and the Gators had answers to a lot of big plays but Coach Heupel’s squad reigned supreme. With outstanding performances from a number of players, this is the Tennessee-Florida recap. Chess Not Checkers Neyland may have been checkered but the Vols came in playing chess. No…
Another game has come and gone, and the Cavaliers are 2-2. In their second road test of the season, the Cavs put on a powerful second half performance against the Syracuse Orange. But, one good half wasn’t enough and the Cavs fell to the Orange on Friday night. The game wasn’t all bad, with the team showing definite improvement over their time on the road against Illinois especially, but it proved there’s still a long way to go for the 2022 Virginia Cavaliers. For the studs and duds of last night’s game, this is the Virginia-Syracuse recap. Virginia-Syracuse Recap: The…
Get out your best checkered overalls Rocky Top, there’s company coming in! This weekend Neyland Stadium hosts ESPN College Game Day, the Florida Gators, and 101,915 screaming fans. If that’s not enough of a party, the Vols are also hosting some major Tennessee recruiting targets for 2023. This year it’s the CBS Game of the Week and the site of ESPN College Game Day. This is the first time CGD has been to Knoxville since 2016. Neyland Stadium is sold out. And now, the Vols are hosting some major players in the 2023 recruiting class too. Nico Iamaleava Traveling to Knoxville…
It’s Friday morning and that means there’s only one more sleep till the Vols and the Gators kick off the annual rivalry match. This year, the two teams are squaring off for 101,915 screaming fans at Neyland Stadium. And for both teams, the Tennessee-Florida rivalry is an important game. Florida has bested the Vols in 16 of the last 17 matchups. It is almost an unwritten rule that Florida will win this game. But this year, the Gators have a new coach and the Vols are in a second season groove with Josh Heupel. Both teams have new faces and…
It’s week four for college football and all eyes are on Knoxville. This week, the Florida Gators are traveling to Neyland Stadium for their first road test this season. The rivalry battle will play out in front of a packed house. The Tennessee vs. Florida matchup is the CBS Game of the Week. And, for the first time since 2016, ESPN College Game Day is headed to Knoxville. Kick off starts at 3:30 PM EST on Saturday. Tennessee vs. Florida: A Brief History Tennessee and Florida have a long history. The schools’ first matchup was in 1916 and they’ve played…
It’s week four and the Cavs are headed north. This week, the Cavs will take on the Syracuse Orange in the JMA Wireless Dome in Syracuse, NY. The 2-1 Cavs are headed to New York to face an undefeated Syracuse Orange. Will the Hoos notch a second consecutive W, their first on-the-road this season? Hopefully! To watch UVA vs. Syracuse, tune into ESPN at 7:00 PM EST on Friday night. UVA vs. Syracuse: A Reunion Friday will be an interesting matchup for the Cavs. Syracuse is currently undefeated and looks to stay that way. The Cavs are 2-1, with decent…
Week three has come to a close and the Cavs have achieved redemption. In a big win against the Old Dominion Monarchs, the Cavaliers closed out the game with a 16-14 victory. An easy win? No. But a win nonetheless, and it doesn’t hurt that Virginia Tech fell to the Monarchs in week one. For a UVA vs. ODU recap, keep scrolling. UVA vs. ODU: Offense This game was tough. A win is a win but this one was much closer than it should’ve been. Though the Cavs led 10-7 at the half, they showed where they’d improved since last…
The Tennessee Vols have done it again! Last night’s game against the Akron Zips ended with a 3-0 start to the season for the Vols. The teams played to a sold out Neyland Stadium and Tennessee’s offense highlighted strengths in its starters as well as its back-up players. And, with the final score in the 60s, the Vols secured their biggest win for the season so far. Tennessee has secured three consecutive wins, hopefully a sign of a great season to come as SEC play begins this coming Saturday. But for now, my focus is on a Tennessee vs. Akron…
The Tennessee Vols have broken the internet. On Wednesday the university’s Athletics Department announced that all tickets for the Tennessee-Florida game have been sold. The Vols, along with 101,915 of their closest fans*, will host the Florida Gators at Rocky Top on September 24th. Breaking the Internet On Wednesday morning the student ticket system, Big Orange Tix, made like the Nasdaq and crashed as soon as tickets were made available to students. Luckily, Orange Wednesday saw the systems come back to life and the game sold out completely. Related Article: Big Year for Tennessee Ticket Sales Tennessee-Florida: A Rivalry The…
