Two University of Virginia football players charged with stealing beer from Club 216 were cleared Monday in Charlottesville General District Court.

Cedric Peerman returned to the field with his teammates in his truest form for the first time this season, using 17 carries to gain 110 yards, which included a game-sealing touchdown minutes after halftime.

School buses will provide a $5 shuttle service from downtown Charlottesville to Scott Stadium and back for the University of Virginia football game today.

Mark Hucek may be the only local business manager who will make money by catering exclusively to the cardinal-and-gold crowd this weekend.

Point is, football is a lot more fun when teams are competing against the best and that’s what this Saturday is all about. Southern California, the best college football program in the country this decade, comes to town for a 3:30 p.m. showdown with Al Groh’s Wahoos.

Raynard Horne — currently third string behind Cedric Peerman and Simpson — realizes that if he keeps working hard, he too could be just a few snaps from having the chance to make a major impact.

Vic Hall does a little bit of everything for the Cavaliers — starts at cornerback, returns punts, and was recently named one of the team’s co-captains along with John Phillips, Cedric Peerman and Clint Sintim.

Jimmy Howell, a 6-foot-6, 238-pound true freshman from Florence, S.C., is one of three punters on the UVa roster, joining senior John Thornton and sophomore Nathan Rathjen.

Yannick Reyering — who had exhausted his soccer eligibility — elected to give football a try after talking things over with Virginia soccer coach George Gelnovatch.

Rated a three-star recruit by both Scout and Rivals.com, the Norview High product is a good fit as a nose tackle in the Cavaliers’ 3-4 defense because of his space-eating size (6-foot-4, 290 pounds) and overall athletic ability (he also played high school basketball).

University of Virginia football fans will have a big reason to be excited about attending games at Scott Stadium next year.

On Monday, Perry Jones verbally committed to play football at Virginia, aware that he was most likely going to undergo a position switch, sliding from linebacker to safety. He became the ninth commitment for the Cavaliers in the Class of 2009 and the seventh from inside the state.

Perry Jones verbally committed to coach Al Groh. Jones, who is from Oscar Smith High in Chesapeake, becomes the ninth commitment in the Class of 2009.

Over the weekend, rising senior Tucker Windle, from Charlotte Catholic (N.C.), picked Virginia over three other ACC schools and Wisconsin, electing to follow in his father’s footsteps as a Cavalier linebacker.

J’Courtney Williams, a four-star linebacker prospect, is no longer a part of Virginia’s football program according to coach Al Groh.