Handing out letter grades to break down Virginia's season-opening win against Richmond.
took care of business in its season opener on Saturday night, jumping out to a 20-0 lead and then weathering a storm delay that lasted more than two hours before finishing the job and securing a comfortable 34-13 victory over Richmond.
As we break down what we saw from the Cavaliers in their first game of 2024 and what it means for the rest of the season, let's hand out some report card grades for various players, position groups, and other categories to help evaluate Virginia's performance in week 1.In his first game as Virginia's full-time starter, Colandrea did not disappoint.
Virginia had no glaring mistakes on returns and committed no special teams penalties. Antonio Clary served as a punt returner for the first time since the 2021 season, returning two punts for 12 total yards, including a nine-yard return. He looked sure-handed on the ones he fair caught as well. Xavier Brown returned a kickoff 37 yards after the weather delay and set up the all-Kobe Pace touchdown drive that essentially snuffed out any chance of a Richmond comeback.
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