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UVA Football,Virginia Tech Football :FANS University of Virginia football team gathered on Saturday in a joyous mood for the first game of the season in 2010 and the first for new coach Mike London, played at home against the University of Richmond. They drank their drinks, throwing balls and eating in tents in parking lots, many of them from the spot rate hours before the 6 pm kickoff.

“I was not good weather fan,” said Albemarle County resident Beverly Head, who said that she had been going to UVA home football games for 27 years, attended 10 years away games and went to 5 games of the bowl.

Like others, she said she is optimistic about the new season in London – who came from Richmond, but also spent time on staff UVA – and that it would lead to many victories in the Cavaliers this season and the next one.

“I hope this will be a good year for him,” said the head of London.

Not counting the game on Saturday, Virginia led the series against Richmond, 02/02/1925. Two teams played the last in 2008 when he won 16-0 UVA.

Richmond football fans were also in attendance to follow their team and see the first games in London with his new team. Senior Darius Naficy said that he was glad the new job in London “But we still want to spoil it. We want to win today.

Thousands gathered near the stadium packed Scott, showing the sea of orange from all the clothes UVA. Some of them are on T-shirts that said “2010. A new era of football, Virginia.

“It’s definitely time for a change,” said fourth-year student Leslie Puckett. Referring to the former head coach Al Groh, she said: “It was not out.”

Before the game, many spent the afternoon tailgating. Dozens of people were tables on the front lawn of Immanuel Lutheran Church on Jefferson Park Avenue, to eat and drink.

Uva graduate Jim Ryan was established shop, in the literal sense, and Jefferson Park Avenue on two of his sons to sell cookies and lemonade from the stand for hunger and thirst Cavaliers supporters. Ryan was with the younger one, 6-year-old Nathan, on one side of the street, while a 9-year-old Roland across the street.

“Once we close up shop, we listen to the radio,” says Ryan, 1991 graduate. “Up to 15 minutes [before the game], they just keep coming.”

Gene Barrett, who threw the football fourth-year student Caitlin Harmon Zimmerman on the street, said that they secured their place at 10:30 am on Saturday, more than 7 hours before the game.

“We were the first on the street,” Barrett said.