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 ...

With a stellar 10-tackle performance against William & Mary, inside linebacker Steve Greer validated the high praise thrown in his direction for the past year.

William & Mary, from the Football Championship Subdivision, stunned Virginia 26-14 in one of the most telling losses for the Cavaliers in two-plus decades.

Virginia’s new spread offense laid an egg large enough to cover the Commonwealth in omelet Saturday night in a mistake-riddled, 26-14 home loss to William & Mary.

R.J. Archer’s memory of the November night in 1995 remains as clear as ever. There he was, 8 years old, sitting in his family’s usual seats on the 40-yard line in the upper deck of Scott Stadium, cheering the Wahoos on.

Thank goodness for the Virginia baseball team.

The Cavaliers (0-0) kick off the 2009 season against in-state foe William & Mary (0-0), which enters as a 19-point underdog.

R.J. Archer never has had a view this good at Scott Stadium. He’s also never faced odds this long.

A relative unknown since the day he strolled onto the football team at Virginia, Matt Snyder has worked day after day, inside and out of practice, as though it would his last.

Alan Swanson is back in a familiar place, despite the fact that just months ago it appeared that the St. Anne’s-Belfield’s baseball coach had hung it up for good.

Hagerman finally connected on a quick move around the cage during the second overtime to help give No. 7 Virginia a 10-9 victory over William & Mary.

Will Roberts fanned eight batters in his first career start on the mound for the Cavaliers, earning his first collegiate victory in the process as Virginia routed William & Mary 11-1 at Davenport Field on Tuesday afternoon.

The Cavaliers, who went 5-7 in two of the past three years, will open at Scott Stadium with William & Mary on Sept. 5.

McGrane’s prediction proved dead-on, as Goodloe weighed interest and offers from schools as wide-ranging as baseball power Florida State and Ivy League academic power Harvard. The senior found a perfect medium in his eventual choice, William and Mary.

Former Albemarle High standout R.J. Archer made his first career start at quarterback for William & Mary this past Saturday.