Virginia played its first home football game in 10 months on Saturday and went in hoping to create a high point in what remains a long, emotional journey that started in a horrific way.
More than two hours before kickoff Saturday, cheering fans lined the path the team walks to get to the locker room. Many later donned the orange “UVA STRONG” T-shirts given out to the first 35,000 fans to enter the stadium.
PHOTOS: Emotions will run high for Virginia as the Cavaliers honor slain teammate ahead of 1st home game This game, though, was different. When the Cavaliers ran out of the stadium tunnel before kickoff, flames shot into the air on both sides of them. Hollins was the first one out, as he was last week. The team ran toward an end zone painted with the words “UVA STRONG” and the names and numbers of the three slain. Most knelt in prayer when they got there.The end zone will remain painted to honor the three throughout the season. The Cavaliers wore helmet decals and those wearing jersey Nos.
In a statement she read at a news conference without taking questions, athletic director Carla Williams said, “We promised the family members that we would never forget their loved ones, and we will keep that promise.”
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