Virginia Photo Blog

In the previous game day football series, we last watched the Virginia Cavaliers from the hillside. Today, we see the game from a skybox. For the lucky few, the skybox provides a private room for 24 good friends, a catered lunch, wide screen TV, and warm couches. Or, if you prefer, you can sit outside and get the real game day experience. Here are a few snapshots from a sunny afternoon in the Fall of 2018. Gear Photos were taken with a Nikon D750 paired with either a Zeiss Mi

We finish the game day football series with the view from the hillside. For the price of a seat in the upper deck, you can enter the gates and find a place on the hillside. You can watch the game from ground level, or high up on the hill. If you miss a play at the other end of the field, you can check the jumbotron for a replay. Parents like to take their kids to the hillside. Kids like to roll down the hill and play at ground level. For a big game, students pack the hillsid

We continue the game day football photos with the fan's view from the stands. Most games provide a sunny afternoon under blue skies. One or two night games per season offer a chilly evening under the lights, but it's rarely very cold in Charlottesville, even in the Fall at night. The season is usually ideal for football and half-time performances. Once a year, on military day, helicopters, B1 bombers, or jets fly over the stadium. On high school band day, high school bands fr

College football comes in unique flavors. Big programs have big stadiums. Perennial powerhouses have fanatic fans. Virginia is somewhere in the middle. It has a unique and scenic stadium, and old school fans. Scott stadium is the 27th largest college stadium, with seating for 61,500. Yet, it’s a mere piker compared to the eight top college stadiums that hold over 100,000. The open hillside and colonnade motif emphasize a Jeffersonian connection to the human scale in architec