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Robert Anae’s offense will face its toughest challenge so far this season on Saturday when they take on N.C. State in Raleigh. Anae, whose offense has been impressive the past two games, realizes touchdowns won’t come as easy against the Wolfpack, ranked ninth in the nation in scoring defense. State has allowed only four touchdowns in three games this season, and is giving up only 13.3 points per game.
When the ACC announced its Players of the Week Monday, anyone who saw what Charles Snowden did against Louisville knew his name would be on the list. The 6-foot-7, 225-pound sophomore was named the conference’s Linebacker of the Week after an eye-popping, breakout performance against the Cardinals that helped propel Virginia to a 3-1 record with a dominating afternoon.
Virginia has lost two defensive starters, one for the rest of the season due to a medical issue, and the other for at least six weeks. The news came from Bronco Mendenhall’s weekly press conference Monday, news that will have a major impact on a Cavaliers’ defense that hit its stride last weekend with a dominating performance against Louisville.
Denny McCarthy fired a 6-under par 65 Sunday to win the Web.com Tour Championship and in the process punched his “Golden Ticket,” to a fully exempt status on next season’s PGA Tour. McCarthy, a former Virginia All-American, was a rookie on the PGA Tour this past season, but was not fully exempt. That meant he played a partial PGA Tour schedule and a partial Web.com Tour slate.
Five Things We Learned from Virginia’s dominating, 27-3 win over Louisville: 1. The Cavaliers’ defense is improving. Both Micah Kiser and Quin Blanding said they believed this season’s defense would be even better than last season’s defense when they were the stalwarts. Why? They agreed that this year’s defense would be better because there would be more experienced players, and because there would be more players that could spread out the tackling rather than depending so heavily on two guys. Kiser and Blanding led the ACC in tackling for three consecutive years.
Virginia’s Joe Reed gets behind the Cardinals defense for a fourth-quarter score It took a little while for the Virginia offense to kick into gear Saturday in the ACC opener against Louisville, but better late than never. The Cavaliers moved to 3-1 on the season as Bryce Perkins returned from a brief injury he suffered late in the first half, then wowed the crowd by hurdling defenders, throwing a pair of second-half touchdowns and running for another in a convincing 27-3 victory over the Cardinals at Scott Stadium. On the third play of the third quarter, Perkins threw just his […]
Bryce Perkins has become the “Thorterback” the Virginia offense has been looking for Holly Mendenhall isn’t accustomed to getting the answer from her husband that she received Friday night, the eve of Virginia’s ACC opener against Louisville. Bryce Perkins leaps over a defender “She asked me, ‘How do you think you’re going to do?’” UVa coach Bronco Mendenhall explained to media after the Cavaliers dominated visiting Louisville, 27-3 on Saturday. “I said, we’re going to win.” Rarely does Mendenhall say that to his wife or to anyone else for that matter. His confidence showed to his team because he noticed […]
Young U.Va. alumni (from left) Mary Ann Goode, Ray Ramirez and Carrie Leon celebrate on the Hill In the first half of Virginia’s ACC opener against Louisville Saturday, the offense managed just six points on a pair of first-year kicker Hunter Pearson field goals, after starter A.J. Mejia misfired wide right from 32 yards out on the opening possession. Charles Snowden (11), Aaron Faumui celebrate big play on D The Cavaliers needed a lift after failing to convert otherwise over the opening 30 minutes of play, and it was the UVa defense that provided the spark as the ‘Hoos (3-1, […]
Well, it’s Friday morning, game day is tomorrow, so it’s time to look at the tale of the tape between Virginia and Louisville. Weather should be close to perfect (partly cloudy and 78 degrees and game time) and the stats seem to favor the Wahoos. They’ve gained considerably more yards on offense than Louisville, and given up fewer yards and points than the Cardinals. Both teams are 2-1, but as Hootie pointed out in an earlier piece, the explosive Louisville offense of the past is not the same one they will be bringing to Charlottesville. Could be a great opportunity […]
Hootie joined WINA Sports Director Jay James on Best Seat In The House Friday along with former UVA greats Shawn Moore and Billy McMullen for two 20-minute segments on Virginia football. In the first segment they review Virginia’s win over Ohio; in the second segment they analyze the Cavaliers’ ACC home opener against Louisville, in a huge early season “must win” for the Wahoos. In case you missed it, here are the recordings of the segments, which you can listen to by clicking below: Moore, Mullen and Ratcliffe, Part 1 Moore, Mullen and Ratcliffe, Part 2
As the Autumn season officially begins this weekend, several University of Virginia athletic programs will be in action into the final week of September.
Charles McDaniel probably didn’t realize it at the time, but when he was part of George Welsh’s miraculous turnaround of Virginia football in the early 1980s, he was also learning how to become a leader.
Bryce Perkins against Ohio last week When Virginia coordinator Robert Anae and quarterbacks coach Jason Beck were scouting the Ohio defense, they must have been champing at the bit to unleash Bryce Perkins “the passer,” on the Bobcats’ secondary. Until last Saturday, Perkins was known more for beating you with his legs than his arm. His performance in Vanderbilt Stadium, in a game moved to Nashville because of potential hurricane issues, Perkins showed that teams better not sleep on his passing skills. UVa’s junior quarterback completed 25 of 30 pass attempts for 379 yards and three touchdowns against Ohio in […]
Last Saturday saw another upset-filled weekend of games, although one member of the panel – Scott Ratcliffe – managed to avoid more potholes in the road than others. Scott dodged the upset bug enough to go 11-4, pulling into a tie with Dave (who went 9-6) for the panel lead. Guest Jay James was also 9-6, while guest Ahmad Hawkins and Hootie finished the week at 7-8. While the panel each week always has a father-son combination with Scott and Hootie, this week it will have two such combinations. We are proud to have as our guests two executives from […]
Listen in as Hootie and Greg DePalma review all of last weekend’s ACC football games, and preview this weekend’s action… We review/preview every game on the slate, including Louisville at Virginia in a huge ACC opener for both teams. We start off with an in-depth look at the somewhat surprising Syracuse Orangemen, 3-0, and soon to be 4-0 as they face a struggling UConn team. Syracuse Post-Standard beat writer Stephen Bailey gives us tons of inside scoop on Dino Saber’s program. If you love ACC football, give us a listen:
Hootie with the manager of the Law School Great Harvest restaurant, Linda Black I appreciate great food as much as the next guy, and while I don’t know if that classifies me as a “foodie,” I do have friends, including business partner Dave Scarangella, who are. They all swear by Great Harvest Bread Company. When we decided to partner up with Great Harvest, Eric Keshin, who is President & Chief Marketing Officer for the national company, insisted that I go try out one of their two restaurants in Charlottesville. Eric, by the way is a Wahoo, and has twin daughters […]
Scattershooting around the ACC, while betting that most of you are sitting around wondering when the last time a Virginia running back had the kind of success that Jordan Ellis had last Saturday in Nashville … Ellis, a senior from Suwanee, Ga., carried the ball 19 times for 171 yards and three touchdowns against Ohio in that game played at a neutral site due to the threats of hurricane activity. Before you get overly excited, remember the numbers were put up against Ohio, which ranks 80th out of 129 FBS teams in rush defense. Still, it was a memorable performance […]
Rank, School, Overall record/ACC, Previous rank, Comment: Clemson, 3-0/0-0 (1). Tigers have won an amazing 46 of their last 50 games. Shouldn’t have any trouble making it 47 out of 51 against Georgia Tech this weekend. Wondering if Clemson’s big hoss in the middle, Ferrell, who leads nation in sacks per game, and sixth in tackles, might just wreck Tech’s option. Virginia Tech, 2-0/1-0 (2). The Hokies, who sat out last week’s action due to Hurricane Florence, will play their new best friend, Old Dominion this weekend. The two teams are scheduled to meet 13 times through 2031. ODU is […]
At this time a year ago, Louisville’s offense was terrorizing most anything in its path. Elusive quarterback Lamar Jackson, the Heisman Trophy winner from 2016, was actually putting up video game-like numbers that rivaled and sometimes surpassed his Heisman year. Wow, have things changed. Jackson is now with the NFL’s Baltimore Ravens, and Louisville is surprisingly struggling mightily on offense. The Cardinals come to Charlottesville’s Scott Stadium this Saturday with a 2-1 record, but it hasn’t been easy in terms of scoring points. In fact, Louisville ranks 11th in the 14-team ACC in scoring per game (21.7) and dead last […]
It’s always sunny in Arizona. No, that’s not an advertisement by that state’s Chamber of Commerce. Instead, it came from Arizona-bred Bryce Perkins during Monday’s Virginia football interviews. Perkins was asked about the whole bizarre hurricane thing, UVa having to relocate its home game to Nashville, Tenn., to avoid the threat of Hurricane Florence over the weekend, something the junior quarterback was totally unfamiliar with. When a reporter asked him if he’d ever been involved in a game being moved because of a hurricane, Perkins took full advantage of the situation. “Never,” the QB smiled. “I’ve barely been around rain.” […]