Virginia Tech, LSU, Florida and college football world pay tribute to UVA after death of 3 players

Several college football programs honored the University of Virginia during Saturday’s games.

While the rest of the college football world was playing their regular-season games on Saturday, the Virginia football team remained in mourning over the tragedy that shocked the entire program.

On Sunday night of last week, three Cavaliers football players were shot and killed in a parking deck on-campus in Charlottesville. Devin Chandler, Lavel Davis Jr. and D’Sean Perry tragically lost their lives in the most heart-breaking fashion. As expected, Virginia was not going to play its Week 12 game vs. Coastal Carolina. It remains to be seen if they will play Virginia Tech next week.

Even though the Hoos were not taking on the Chanticleers this week, Virginia was on the mind of college football programs throughout the country. These touching tributes were what we needed.

Virginia Tech, Florida, among teams honoring the fallen Virginia football players

The Hokies were first class in their pre-game gesture. “For our Brothers. Carrying you with us every step of the way.”

Louisville will be wearing UVA decals on their helmets when the Cardinals host the North Carolina State Wolfpack in their ACC regular-season finale. This looks to be the case across the entire Atlantic Coast Conference this weekend with Pitt, Florida State and others all sporting the decals.

Arizona State, in conjunction with the entire Pac-12, will have the hashmarks on the 1, 15, and 41-yard lines Virginia orange to commemorate the lives of Davis, Chandler and Perry, respectively.

Liberty, located in Lynchburg, played the Cavaliers’ fight song after scoring their first touchdown of the afternoon during their game vs. Virginia Tech.

Across the board, the college football world is unifying in support of what the university and Charlottesville is going through right now. This may have been a challenging year on the football field for first-time head coach Tony Elliott, but how he and his staff go about handling the fallout of this horrific tragedy will leave a more indelible impact beyond anything the Hoos did in a game.

Our thoughts and prayers are with the entire Virginia community throughout these trying times.

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