Heading into the ninth weekend of the season, pretty much every goal Virginia’s football team set out for is still in front of them as they travel to North Carolina for arguably the BIGGEST game of the Bronco Mendenhall era.

How tough is Scott Ratcliffe? He’s so tough that he can spend a week in the hospital and still kick everyone’s butt in our pigskin picks.

While sitting in the postgame interview room at Notre Dame Stadium a few weeks ago, after Virginia had rushed for a net 4 yards in a loss to the Irish, I asked Bronco Mendenhall if his team could win going forward if it didn’t improve its running game.

If Bryce Perkins is guilty of commiting a football sin, it is certainly a forgiveable one: trying to do too much.

Virginia coach Bronco Mendenhall didn’t like the call that ultimately called for the disqualification of linebacker and defensive captain Jordan Mack from Saturday’s game at Louisville.

Maybe the next time Virginia travels to Derby Town to play football, Bronco Mendenhall should borrow some of that kryptonite from Tony Bennett.

Here is a breakdown of Saturday afternoon’s Virginia at Louisville game, where the Cavaliers will attempt to remain alone in first place in the ACC Coastal Division race.

Now that Virginia has taken then reins off quarterback Bryce Perkins, giving him more freedom to run the football on designed plays, defenses are going to take a closer look on how to stop him.

Third-and-four at the Duke 14-yard line, and Virginia senior wide receiver Hasise Dubois ran a pattern toward the Cavaliers’ sideline, looking for a big first down.

We’re more than halfway through the football regular season and our prognosticators are slugging it out on a weekly basis.

Fresh off a convincing 48-14 bounceback win over Duke, Bryce Perkins sat in the corner of the postgame interview room, dreadlocks partially covered by a bandana, as he began to hold court.

Former Virginia quarterback Don Majkowski has been named to the ACC’s Class of 2019 Football Legends.

There he was, speedy Joe Reed resembling an orange flash as he dashed down the sidelines of Scott Stadium last Saturday, headed to the house.

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.