In the opening game of the Tony Elliott era for the Virginia Cavaliers’ football program, UVA doubled up the Richmond Spiders 34-17 behind a fairly dominant performance on the ground and a defense that stopped Richmond from making any real big plays.
Perris Jones is as advertised
Early in UVA’s fall camp, Tony Elliott emphasized that former walk-on Perris Jones was the leading man in Virginia’s running back room. After the conclusion of fall camp, Jones was still RB1 and topped UVA’s depth chart as the ‘Hoos entered the season hoping to establish the ground game more than last season in order to provide more balance.