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Five takeaways from UVA football’s season-opening win over Richmond

In their season opener, the Virginia Cavaliers handled the Richmond Spiders 34-13 despite a weather delay of more than two hours.

With the win, we’ve got five takeaways as the ‘Hoos move to 1-0 on the young season (unlike a certain polytechnic university in Blacksburg).

Anthony Colandrea produces commanding performance as QB1

A week after being named Virginia’s starting quarterback, sophomore Anthony Colandrea put together a dominant first game as the program’s QB1.

The Florida native threw for 297 yards and two touchdowns on 17-23 passing while adding 78 yards (not counting sacks) and another score on the ground.