Scattershooting around the ACC, while wondering what Ralph Friedgen has in store for the Wahoos on Saturday ...

There’s absolutely no truth to the rumor that Craig Littlepage filed an application for Virginia to become members of the Big Ten late Saturday night.

In one of its most dominant performances in the past decade, Virginia dismantled Indiana, 47-7, winning its first home game since last October.

A bruiser at heart, Rashawn Jackson is chomping at the bit.

Yes, it might sound a little corny, but old-school Al Groh sat in the interview room at Carolina’s Kenan Stadium last Saturday and talked endlessly about how proud and appreciative he was of the efforts by his players in upsetting the Tar Heels in Chapel Hill.

During Virginia’s bye week on Sept. 26, while many of the Cavaliers watched football with teammates, Woods held a ceremony to publicly marry his high school sweetheart, Khama Deleston, at Charlottesville’s Mount Zion First African Baptist Church.

Collapsing down the stretch on offense, defense and special teams, the Cavaliers’ bid for an upset at Southern Mississippi went awry in monumental fashion during a 37-34 setback at M.M. Roberts Stadium.

Al Groh’s offense was broken and he did his best to fix it.

Southern Mississippi went into Saturday’s game here against Virginia not quite knowing what kind of opponent it would be facing.

After covering Al Groh’s football teams for eight-plus seasons, there’s one thing I’ve learned about the guy.

For the first time since 2006, Jameel Sewell did not have to look over his shoulder.

After a horrible start, an injured starting quarterback, an offensive line that hasn’t been able to adjust to the new spread offense, and heaps of criticism, this columnist believes there’s one thing that has to change for Virginia’s football team to win on Saturday at Southern Miss.

Magically, something clicked for the Golden Eagles. In fact, Virginia’s opponent on Saturday in Hattiesburg Miss., has won seven straight games dating back to the first day November of last year.

Two weeks and two lopsided losses into the new season, Virginia fans are looking around wondering what is wrong with their football team.

Virginia was trounced for the second consecutive week, losing this time to No. 16 Texas Christian 30-14 in front of 48,336 fans, the smallest crowd at Scott Stadium in a decade.