Greyson Lambert was the starting quarterback for the UVA opener at home against Top 10 UCLA on Aug. 30, but he didn’t even make it to halftime.

Matt Johns, on the depth chart for the UCLA game as the third-stringer, was inserted into the lineup after Lambert threw his second pick-six of the second quarter as the Bruins built a 21-3 lead that included a third defensive touchdown on a fumble recovery that was returned for a score.

Johns, behind Lambert and the 2013 starter, David Watford, on the depth chart, led Virginia to a touchdown on his first drive of the game, late in the second quarter, and had the Cavs within a score most of the second half in what turned into a 28-20 defeat.

And thus began thelatest quarterback controversy at Virginia, with Lambert and Johns splitting time in the next two games, wins over Richmond and Louisville, before Lambert went down to injury on the road at BYU, giving the job to Johns for a stretch that included wins over Kent State and Pitt and a narrow loss on the road at Duke.

Sitting at 4-3 after the Duke defeat, with the offense seemingly humming with Johns under center, coach Mike London went back to a healthy Lambert for a pivotal home game with UNC, and while the ‘Hoos led most of the way, it was a late Lambert mistake, an interception on a drive that had the potential to put the game out of reach, that ultimately doomed UVA to defeat.

Then came a lackluster