The 129th edition of “The South’s Oldest Rivalry” was a memorable one for visiting North Carolina Saturday, as Virginia’s offense fell apart in an embarrassing 41-14 loss.

Scattershooting around the ACC, while wondering what it’s going to take to draw bigger crowds at Scott Stadium and what is Virginia doing about it.

Virginia football has a bad case of the Third-Quarter Blues, and that has sent Tony Elliott on an intense search for an immediate cure.

One of Virginia’s defensive leaders, strong safety Antonio Clary, was back at practice on Tuesday and is expected to play against North Carolina on Saturday.

Mack Brown said at his weekly press conference on Monday that his team has not thrown in the towel.

Tony Ellliott returned to Death Valley for the first time since being part of Clemson’s decade of dynasty in the ACC.

Virginia hung around for a half against 10th-ranked Clemson Saturday, but the Tigers dominated the third quarter en route to a 48-31 win in Death Valley.

For more than a decade, Tony Elliott loyally coached alongside his father figure, Dabo Swinney, at Clemson, rubbing Howard’s Rock before running down the Hill into a sea of orange Tiger fans.

This week, Tony Elliott returns to Clemson for the first time, wearing a different shade of orange as head coach of a 4-2 Virginia team.

Virginia will be minus deep receiving threat Trell Harris for a couple of more weeks, but should regain the services of Chris Tyree and Suderian Harrison for this weekend’s trip to No. 10 Clemson.

The Atlantic Coast Conference announced Monday that for the second consecutive week, Virginia safety Jonas Sanker has been named the ACC’s Defensive Back of the Week.

The sting of losing a hard-fought game was evident on Tony Elliott’s face when he walked into the post-game interview room on Saturday night.

Virginia erased a double-digit, second-half deficit and held a fourth-quarter lead against visiting Louisville Saturday, but couldn’t complete the comeback in a 24-20 loss.

Virginia hopes to get off to a fast start against visiting Louisville on Saturday when the 3-2 Cardinals come to Scott Stadium in a huge conference game for both programs.

Virginia will face Louisville’s explosive passing attack with a depleted secondary on Saturday in a huge game for both programs.

Formerly nationally ranked Louisville comes to Charlottesville this weekend riding a two-game losing streak, and Coach Jeff Brohm hopes the answer is simplification.

The Atlantic Coast Conference announced Monday that Virginia safety Jonas Sanker has been named the ACC’s Defensive Back of the Week.

Tony Elliott told his defense that if it wanted to become a top 25 team, then it needed to create more turnovers. The Cavaliers got the message.

Virginia struggled early but found its groove when it mattered most, outscoring Boston College 18-0 in the fourth quarter en route to a momentum-building, 24-14 victory on Homecomings weekend.