Bryce Perkins was heaven-sent as far as Bronco Mendenhall was concerned. A quarterback that nobody on the East Coast had heard of arrived in Charlottesville from an obscure junior-college program out west, and on raw talent and sheer ability, broke the total offense record of Shawn Moore, Matt Schaub and other celebrated Virginia quarterbacks.

Here’s our ACC Football Power Poll for the opening week of the season.

The wait is almost over, Wahoo fans. The 2019 Virginia football season — the 130th in program history — kicks off at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh Saturday night, as the Cavaliers look to set the tone in a huge ACC Coastal Division clash.

If Saturday night’s opener between Virginia and Pitt at Heinz Field is anything like the last few meetings, this game will be determined by what team rules the line of scrimmage.

UVA Athletics announced Thursday a number of enhancements to the game-day experience for home football games during the 2019 season.

Bronco Mendenhall and his defensive staff aren’t quite sure what to expect from the Pitt offense in this Saturday night’s season opener for both teams, so they’re preparing for anything and everything.

It was a long offseason for UVA free safety Joey Blount. Battling back from ankle surgery for six months was grueling for the talented third-year DB, but Blount is back to 100 percent and ready for another successful season.

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This week, Hootie talks Wahoo football with former UVA All-American Ray Roberts and an in-depth look of the dreaded ACL injury with Dr. David Diduch of UVA Ortho.

Only minutes after Virginia had dominated South Carolina in Charlotte’s Belk Bowl last December, Bronco Mendenhall sent a message, perhaps even a warning shot across the bow, if you will.

The Virginia defense made a huge statistical leap last season, jumping from No. 79 in the nation in total defense in 2017 to No. 20 in the country in that category in 2018.

Any Wahoo worth his salt remembers the thrills that “Moore-to-Moore” brought to Charlottesville in a great 1989-1990 run that saw Virginia rise to the top of the college football world.

In Bronco Mendenhall’s first three years at the helm of the UVA football program, the Cavaliers opened the season with Richmond (2016), William & Mary (2017), and Richmond (2018).

Check out the latest episode of The Jerry Ratcliffe Show, as Hootie catches up with the author of the greatest comeback in UVA football history, Aaron Brooks.

If you’re a Virginia fan then you already know that Bryce Perkins is special.

A few Virginia alums made some noise in their first taste of life in the National Football League last week, while others will continue to try to make a splash as round two of the preseason kicks off this evening.

Scattershooting around the ACC, while forgetting that today’s Virginia players are even younger than we think …

Mention sophomore wide receiver Tavares Kelly to Virginia quarterback Bryce Perkins and his eyes begin to light up with the thought of possibilities.

Stick around for the end of this show as Hootie interviews world-renowned ultra athlete Ray Zahab, who has run across the Sahara Desert (documentary with Matt Damon), 111 consecutive days with 40 to 45 miles per day; and braved minus-65 degree temperatures in races in Siberia and other frozen tundras. Hootie also talks UVA football with Dr. David Diduch, who explains the complications of “turf toe,” what it is, how it happens, and what are the recovery times for football players.

Jowon Briggs, a four-star defensive lineman out of Cincinnati, has practiced so well that he has been working with the starters.