Danielle Collins

One guy who helped to turn the tides for the UVA defense in that second half was linebacker Josh Ahern. After having to sit out the first half due to a ...

But to any and all who watched me rush to the bathroom cursing myself and with a big wet spot on my pants, I promise it wasn’t what it looked like. With our editorial calendar my mother is often the one to text me and remind me to eat, sleep, and all that good stuff. I didn’t get to cover football games in person last season so — not counting the spring game — Saturday was my first one and it didn’t disappoint. Hopefully Buchanan and Gertrude are planning on spending a lot more time together in the UVA Athletics’ facilities. To piggyback on all the other good news for UVA sports this weekend, UVA men’s lacrosse got a yuuuuuge commitment from the top-ranked recruit in the 2024, Ryan Duenkel. He’s a great guy and clearly fits the culture at UVA and in Charlottesville perfectly. Ryan’s older brother is a kicker on the football team as they both grew up as UVA fans since their dad played for the football team back in his day. [Perris Jones is proving to be the answer to Virginia’s running game woes](https://www.streakingthelawn.com/2022/9/3/23335954/uva-football-virginia-cavaliers-perris-jones-running-back-rush-yards-brennan-armstrong-tony-elliott) — Streaking the Lawn [Virginia Tech](https://www.gobblercountry.com/) game last year, Ahern came on strong in the second half and made a number of plays which stifled the Spiders. And that says a lot about what he can bring to the table for Des Kitchings’ offense. One guy who helped to turn the tides for the UVA defense in that second half was linebacker Josh Ahern. The offense was altogether efficient in the first half, but then sputtered out a bit in the second.