Orange you glad it’s Retro Day?

Countless Virginia football players expressed a sincere interest in donning an orange jersey in recent seasons.

Those that have moved on will be envious today.

How well those retro uniforms remain their natural color may depend on the amount of rainfall absorbed in the hours prior to and during today’s contest with the University of Richmond.

With countless subplots already in place, Hurricane Hanna’s movement up the East Coast added another wrinkle.

The other stories within the game coined “Retro Day,” however, will not fluctuate.

Former Virginia defensive coordinator Mike London will trot out of the visitor’s locker room as the Spiders’ head coach. A handful of assistant coaches at Richmond that gained recent experience as graduate assistants at Virginia will do so as well.

Those will take a back seat once the ball is kicked off at 3:45 p.m.

“It’s going to be a cute story for you guys to write about, but it isn’t going to be a consideration for us,” Virginia coach Al Groh said. “We’re going to prepare for this game the way we would for any other.”

Virginia (0-1) certainly needed additional prep work after being thrashed 52-7 in its season opener against Southern California, which is now ranked No. 1 in the country. The Cavaliers managed to gain only 187 yards of total offense and had four turnovers.

Richmond (1-0) is also ranked — albeit No. 3 in the Football Championship Subdivision, formerly known as NCAA Division I-AA.

Last season, the Spiders set a program record with 11 wins and were one win away from making an appearance in the FCS national title game.

“Offensively, they are quite a bit different from last year,” Groh said. “They’ve changed their offensive system. [The Spiders are] very diverse in the things that they do but that has become pretty much the trademark of college football right now.

“Defensively, it’s a scheme not unlike those we saw on a number of occasions last year … very sound. You can see that there has been — just in the one game that we looked at — a lot of emphasis on technique.”

While Virginia was being manhandled by USC, Richmond upended Elon, 28-10, on the road.

That served as London’s debut with the Spiders. In January, London was hired to replace former coach Dave Clawson, now the offensive coordinator at Tennessee.

He must now face his old boss and a collection of friends, but expects a wrinkle to be thrown his way by the unit he led last season.

“I am quite sure that the schemes and the things that guys are working on are something that was designed for Richmond,” London said. “I can offer a little insight, but not a lot.

“You still have to block and tackle and execute and make plays.”

It will also offer Virginia offensive coordinator Mike Groh with a distinct challenge.

“It will really be the first time for me where I know a head coach really well,” the younger Groh said. “Hopefully, we will not have to play against Richmond again after this, because you hate to play against your friends.”

Beyond Mother Nature and London’s homecoming, Virginia will also honor its 1989 football team. The Cavaliers won their first-ever ACC title that season.

Regardless of the odd timing, as it will be the 19th anniversary, a host of stars from the team and coach George Welsh are expected to be in attendance.

“It was about time,” said former quarterback Shawn Moore.