Hootie talks with one of the most highly-recruited players in state of Virginia history, Terry Kirby, who went on to become UVA’s all-time leader rusher during his career.

Virginia came out of its 48-14 win over Duke fairly unscathed injury-wise, which was a relief for Bronco Mendenhall after watching one of his team’s captains, Bryce Hall, have his season come to an end with a broken ankle at Miami the week before.

After breaking its two-game losing streak and placing a major emphasis on improving both its offensive line and its performance in the red zone, Virginia takes its success on the road this weekend to face an improved Louisville program.

Virginia safety Joey Blount has been named the Atlantic Coast Conference Defensive Back of the Week for games played through Oct. 21. It is Blount’s first weekly honor of his career.

Having allowed a likely win at Miami slip away a week ago, there was a heightened sense of urgency around the Virginia camp this past week.

Photos from John Markon of UVA’s 48-14 win over Duke.

After a bit of a slow start, Virginia (5-2, 3-1 ACC) put together a complete performance in all three phases with a dominating 48-14 win over Duke at Scott Stadium Saturday to stay atop the Coastal Division standings with five games to go.

Virginia heads into today’s pivotal ACC Coastal Division clash with Duke looking to erase a two-game skid.

With Virginia’s offense struggling to score points in the wake of last week’s shortcomings at Miami, could it be that the Cavaliers’ defense is going to have to win Saturday’s home ACC Coastal battle with Duke?

It was a much better week for our panel of prognosticators in Week 7 following a nightmarish, upset-filled Week 6.

Under Construction. If there were a label that Bronco Mendenhall could place on Virginia’s offensive line, that is what it would read.

Now that All-American candidate Bryce Hall is out for the remainder of the season, who will replace him in the Virginia secondary? Junior cornerback De’Vante Cross filled in at the spot for Hall at Miami, and apparently will stick at the position for this weekend’s home game against Duke in a big ACC Coastal Division battle.

Friday night’s bus ride following a frustrating loss at Miami was one that Virginia coach Bronco Mendenhall will never forget.

No. 20 Virginia dropped its second straight contest, falling 17-9 at Miami Friday night. The Cavaliers (4-2, 2-1 ACC) controlled the possession and outgained the Hurricanes on the night, but only came away with three field goals despite six trips inside the Miami 30-yard line.

The 20th-ranked Cavaliers return to action this evening at Miami, as the ACC Coastal Division race continues to heat up.