There will be a familiar face occupying the opposing sideline at Scott Stadium in the home opener on Sept. 6, as first-year William & Mary head coach Mike London prepares his new team for battle.

Seconds after Jordan Mack’s mighty swing of the sledgehammer crushed the target on a sunny Charlottesville morning, the senior linebacker turned to his Virginia teammates surrounding him and shouted, “Beat Pitt.”

Pat Narduzzi doesn’t remember his exact message to his team immediately following a 42-10 lashing by Clemson in the ACC Championship game last December, but it wasn’t as depressing as some Pitt fans may have expected.

We are celebrating our official one-year anniversary of JerryRatcliffe.com on Aug. 1, and we want to thank all of those who have supported us via sponsorship of the site and readership.

For a couple of days in Charlotte last week at the ACC Football Kickoff event, Virginia’s Bryce Perkins was living the life of a gridiron king.

Virginia cornerback Bryce Hall has been named to the preseason All-ACC team, as determined by a vote of 173 media members credentialed for last week’s ACC Kickoff in Charlotte, N.C.

Virginia linebacker Charles Snowden has been named to the preseason Butkus Award Award Watch List, the Butkus Foundation announced Monday. The award is given to the best linebacker at the college level.

UVA cornerback Bryce Hall has been named to the preseason Paycom Jim Thorpe Award Watch List, the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame announced Monday.

This week’s “Jerry Ratcliffe Show” features interviews with Dave Glenn from the ACC Sports Journal, UVA football player Zane Zandier and Dr. David Diduch.

Virginia has tabbed as the preseason favorite to win the ACC Coastal Division, according to a poll of 173 media members credentialed for last week’s 2019 ACC Kickoff in Charlotte, N.C.

Is 2019 the year when Virginia football will make its breakthrough in the ACC Coastal Division?

The ACC didn’t do Virginia any favors by assigning the Cavaliers an opening-season game at Pittsburgh to enhance the league’s new TV network’s array of appeal on the first weekend.

When UVA cornerback Bryce Hall made his decision to put professional football on hold just a little longer and return to Charlottesville for one more season, Wahoo Nation was beyond elated to secure the services of one of the nation’s top defensive backs.

My good friend Tony Barnhart, known in Southern circles as “Mr. College Football,” wrote recently that if the SEC Network was not available to football fans down in Dixie, passionate fans might threaten to burn someone’s house down.

Virginia quarterback Bryce Perkins has been named to the preseason Maxwell Award Watch List, the Maxwell Football Club announced Monday.

Virginia cornerback Bryce Hall has been named to the preseason Bednarik Award Watch List, the Maxwell Football Club announced Monday.

For a guy who once begged his coach not to make him play quarterback, Ira Armstead has come a long way. In fact, Armstead has come so far that he committed to play quarterback at UVA.

We had finished up an interview segment about Bronco Mendenhall’s reasons for giving Virginia a half-million dollars to kick off the campaign for the new football complex and Olympic sports building.