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 Hilldrup, a global moving services company based out of the DC area that is a 4th generation family business and a large supporter of UVA and UVA athletics. One guest is Charles McDaniel – President and CEO of Hilldrup – and one of the greatest players to ever wear No. 30 for UVA. He is a 1986 UVA graduate and was a standout linebacker for the Wahoos, earning All-ACC and second-team All-American honors while playing under George Welsh. Joining him as a guest picker is his son, Charlie, who is a 2015 UVA graduate, and the manager of sales/branch operations at Hilldrup.

The panel is unanimous in its belief UVA will up its record to 3-1 with a win over Louisville Saturday. The panel also like this year’s dark horse pick in the ACC – Boston College – to keep on rolling with a win at Purdue.

This week’s picks:

Logo Dave Headshot Scott Headshot Jerry Headshot Charles Headshot Charlie Headshot
Dave Scott Jerry Charles McDaniel Charlie McDaniel
33-12 33-12 28-17 0-0 0-0
Louisville at UVA UVA UVA UVA UVA UVA
BC at Purdue BC BC BC BC BC
Notre Dame at Wake Notre Dame Notre Dame Notre Dame Notre Dame Notre Dame
Pitt at UNC Pitt Pitt Pitt UNC Pitt
Clemson at GT Clemson Clemson Clemson Clemson Clemson
No. Illinois at FSU FSU FSU FSU FSU FSU
N.C. State at Marshall N.C. State N.C. State N.C. State N.C. State Marshall
Texas A&M at Alabama Alabama Alabama Alabama Alabama Alabama
Kansas St. at West Va. WVU WVU WVU WVU WVU
TCU at Texas Texas TCU TCU TCU TCU
Miss. St. at Kentucky Miss. St. Kentucky Miss. St. Miss. St. Miss. St.
Texas Tech at Oka. St. Oka. St. Oka. St. Oka. St. Oka. St. Oka. St.
Michigan St. at Indiana Michigan St. Michigan St. Michigan St. Michigan St. Michigan St.
Stanford at Oregon Stanford Stanford Oregon Stanford Stanford
Wisconsin at Iowa Wisconsin Iowa Wisconsin Wisconsin Iowa

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The Week’s ACC Football Report With Hootie and Greg DePalma:

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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 Goes Foodie And Discovers Great Harvest Bread Co.

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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 […]