Funny, all this time I thought Chris Horne was married to TheSabre.com. Turns out he's been cheating on us for years with someone much prettier than this website, a homewrecker named Annmarie Mozeik.

Chris and Annmarie are getting married tomorrow at the UVa Chapel, so please join me in passing along congratulations and best wishes to both of them. Let me also encourage all of you to crash the wedding, a la Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson, and make sure to bring your Thundersticks. Create a "Sea of Orange" at the reception. Chris would love it, though Annmarie might not be amused.

For some reason, they've also decided to ditch us and go on a honeymoon, so Chris won't be providing his normal round-the-clock coverage of recruiting until they return Aug. 10. (Where are his priorities?) But he promises to shower us with love and affection when he gets back. After all, the Sabre will only be his mistress from now on, but we'll make sure to be a demanding one.

Virginia remains in the mix for two of its top targets in Fort Campbell (KY) star Micah Johnson and Highland Springs star Jarrell Miller. Both are key recruits because they are being recruited as inside linebackers, which is an area of need in the 2006 recruiting class.

Johnson, who is 6-2 and 260 pounds, transferred to Fort Campbell from West Potomac (VA) before his junior season. He has already committed to taking official visits to Michigan and Georgia. UVa is one of the seven or eight others being considered for the final three spots.

The 6-3, 235-pound Miller has narrowed his list to around 10 schools, but will not release the names until he speaks to all of the schools that have offered. Earlier in the process, Miller expressed a desire to stay closer to home, so I expect a good amount of his top 10 to be ACC programs. I believe Virginia will get an official visit, but Virginia Tech may be tough competition because of the comfort level he has with the coaches - Miller has gone to Virginia Tech's summer camp for a few years now and has several teammates currently on the Hokies' squad, including last year's TheSabre.com #1 overall player in Virginia, Victor Harris.

Virginia is off to a solid start with respect to inside linebacker recruiting. The Cavs have commitments from 6-4, 245-pound Conestoga (Wayne, PA) linebacker Mark Herzlich and 6-2, 235-pound Trenton Central (N.J.) star Almondo Sewell.

Of Virginia's four linebacker commitments for the 2006 recruiting class, each plays in a system similar to or exactly like the 3-4. Glassboro's (N.J.) George Johnson plays outside linebacker in his team's 3-4, Herzlich plays inside linebacker in his team's 5-2 and Sewell plays inside linebacker in his team's 3-4 (implemented last season). John-Kevin Dolce plays defensive end in more of a 4-3 defense, but does stand up on occasion and will have more pass coverage responsibilities this season.

The result could be very good for the 'Hoos, who may need some of these young players to step in immediately.

TheSabre.com caught up with West Deptford (N.J.) running back Kordell Young this week. We learned that Young's fastest 40 time is 4.3 seconds flat and he can squat 550 pounds. Here is a sample of his Q&A.

TheSabre.com: You were the starting varsity tailback your freshman year. Was that a difficult experience?

Kordell Young: Well, honestly I've always been the type where playing football has not been a problem. I've always been cocky about it, so I always thought I would start anyway (laughs). I've never sat the bench for a game my whole life, so I was expecting to start. The first game I didn't start, but I got in on the second series and then it was my position from there.

TheSabre.com: What did the coaches say they liked the most about you?

Kordell Young: Coach Al Groh said that, from watching my film, he can't tell which position I like more. He said that's a true football player because he can't tell what I like doing more - blocking, running the ball, catching it or playing defense. He said when he watched my film the first person that came to mind was [Alvin] Pearman.

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Who says this is a boring time of year? If you're a Sabre Edge subscriber, you know there have been some interesting discussions about Cavalier football over the past week. A few Edge articles generated some great threads on the message boards: Ask The Experts #10: The 3-4 Defense and State of the Program, Part 2: The Offense.

In the first article, George Welsh and Ty Smith analyze and explain the 3-4 defense. The other article is the second installment of a seven-part "State of the Program" series that will discuss each facet of the Al Groh era at UVa.

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Post of the Week

Subject: We've come a long way...
Posted by: Mikeysurf on Thu Jul 28 2005 2:07:47 PM
Message: Sometimes it's good to go back in time to put things in their proper perspective. Upon reading so many different posts about concerns over this and that as we head into the season, I began to reflect what life was like back in the mid 70s with the UVa football program.

I remember when we could barely attract 25K on a Saturday afternoon in the mid 70s. Indeed, Sonny (Randle) days were not here again. For those who have only known the good times of UVa football as a result of what GW rebuilt, let's just say if the Sabre was around during the mid 70s I could only imagine how those posts would have read. Matt, Mike, and John would likely have to shut the site down because the majority of today's posters couldn't have handled what we dealt with back then.

In '75, we were a one-point win over VMI from going winless for the season. How does 1-10 sound to you? This was a year that 3 different teams scored over 60 points on us, and one of those teams was Wake Forest.

The next year, we distinguished ourselves with two sparkling wins over Wake and Lehigh by a combined 2 points. During a stretch that started in the 2nd game of '75 to the 7th game of '76 we lost 15 games in a row, with two one point wins over VMI and Wake on each side of the streak that prevented the losing run from being longer. By the way, we lost to VMI that year by 6.

In '77, we lost at Texas by the score of 68-0 and not a single Longhorn starter played in the second half. This '77 UVa team was shut-out 5 TIMES that year and scored 7 or less points in all but 3 games and never produced more than 14 points in any single game. 1-9-1 was our record.

In four football seasons from '74-'77 I saw just 8 wins COMBINED! Talk about not having much motivation to get out of bed for a early afternoon game!!

This was how inept UVa football was before George Welsh took over from Dick Bestwick (who did a decent job for a few years prior to GW's arrival). And to be very frank, the 3-year stretch I highlighted above wasn't even the worst time block in our football history. We won one game from '58 through the '60 season, losing 28 in a row. Many in the media said when Welsh took over that no one could win consistently at UVa, GW did and Groh has continued it.

The fact that UVa now averages almost 61,000 for each home game, breaks its season ticket sales every year, and has a home record attendance of over 63,000 (Miami '04) is almost unthinkable for those of us who remember some of those dark football days of the past.

Groh has not achieved many of the goals he set forth when taking over the job in '01. However, he has energized this program like never before. When you consider where we were less than 30 years ago, it is simply amazing to watch what is now taking place on the field at Scott Stadium each fall.

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