The two have far greater issues as the two teams tangle today at 4 p.m. at Byrd Stadium in College Park, Md., but with help, the winner could awake Sunday in first place in their division in the ACC.

If defense really wins championships, then Virginia still has a chance to make some noise in the ACC’s Coastal Division this season.

Since his arrival in Charlottesville, Virginia linebacker Cam Johnson has wowed teammates and forced quarterbacks into precarious situations.

Yet somehow, Maryland coach Ralph Friedgen has elected to take a positive approach to a season that could be his last in College Park, Md.

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

Lost in the shuffle during the recruiting wars for signal callers in 2007 was quarterback Torrey Smith.

Jess Rostedt’s goal with just one second remaining in regulation saved Virginia from its second straight ACC defeat as UVa and Maryland played to a 2-2 tie.

Scattershooting around the ACC, while wondering if the gap between the former Division I-A (now FBS) and I-AA (now FCS) football programs is narrowing ...

The 6-foot-6, 195-pound Parker chose the Terrapins over offers from Virginia, Miami, East Carolina, Clemson and Florida.

Scattershooting around the ACC, while betting that us media types didn’t correctly pick the conference championship football matchup during this week’s ACC kickoff at Grandover Resort…

Maryland stayed undefeated and advanced to the ACC championship game with a 15-7 victory in the tournament semifinals, pulling away after the break to leave Virginia perilously close to missing out on an NCAA tournament berth.

Maryland center fielder Dan Benick smashed a grand slam in the eighth inning off Virginia closer Matt Packer, changing the momentum and lifting the Terrapins to an 8-7 victory.

After having to lean on his bullpen in back-to-back weekends long before he desired, Virginia’s coach has penciled in sophomore RHP Tyler Wilson for the third game of a series that opens tonight against Maryland at Davenport Field at 7 p.m.

In the longest game in NCAA Division I history, No. 1-ranked Virginia — thanks to a goal by Towson, Md., native Brian Carroll in the seventh overtime (yes, seventh) — defeated No. 9 Maryland, 10-9, in front of a crowd of 5,019.

As the top-ranked Cavaliers prepare to face ninth-ranked Maryland in their ACC opener this afternoon at Klockner Stadium, they sit at 10-0.