Scattershooting around the ACC, while second-guessing myself concerning Miami coach Randy Shannon ...

Cooper piled up a quiet 131 yards on 24 carries, at a clip of 5.5 per carry against Virginia, and was a big reason the Cavaliers couldn’t keep dropping eight players into coverage during the loss to the Hurricanes. The sophomore’s running helped set up the play action pass too, which Miami used to perfection during its 95-yard fourth quarter drive that eventually tied the contest.

It took Virginia over a month and back-to-back victories over ranked opponents to climb into first place in the ACC’s Coastal Division.

Scattershooting around the ACC, while not ever remembering a school losing both its top two quarterbacks in the same game as Virginia Tech did last Saturday against Florida State ...

Miami will get its shot at revenge on Saturday — the Hurricanes (5-3, 2-2 ACC) invade Scott Stadium at noon with hopes of upending Virginia (5-3, 2-1) and jumbling the league’s Coastal Division standings even further.

Scattershooting around the ACC, while wondering if Virginia can snap its road woes in Atlanta on Saturday ...

Scattershooting around the ACC, while noting that the rest of the league better watch out for Florida State and Miami ...