Last week we asked you this question...

What's the craziest thing you've ever done as a UVa fan?

We received a bunch of entries, but the nuttiest one belongs to Ashley Reedinger (AshleyHoo05), who wins a free month of Sabre Edge for this story:

The craziest thing I've ever done as a fan (and probably as a person, period) occurred during my third year at UVa. I had been reading the Sabre instead of studying, as usual, and I came upon the rumor that Derrick Byars was considering transferring. He was definitely my favorite basketball player (both to watch play and as a person) while I was a student, and I was extremely upset upon hearing this news. I immediately called my friend Erika and shared the news. She jokingly said to me, "We should send him a card, tell him how much we love him and to please stay!" I proceeded to up the ante with, "While we're at it, we should make a top 100 reasons we love Derrick list," which was followed by a mutual agreement that we should just go all out and make a scrapbook. So we did.

The next day, Erika went to K-Mart to buy photo-printing paper and a scrapbook, and I conjured up every picture of Derrick from the Sabre Edge photo gallery and the Internet that I could get my hands on. I also stayed up late writing, "The Top 50 Reasons We Love Derrick Byars."

Erika and I spent the next 72 hours straight completely blowing off class and schoolwork to work on our project. We spent several hours printing off all of the pictures and cutting out cutesy captions and décor from old programs, newspaper articles, etc. Thank goodness I'm such a packrat. We put about three reasons per page and covered the rest of each page with photographs and captions. We easily filled the entire book. Lastly, we wrote a heartfelt letter telling him how much we loved him and how sad we were that he was unhappy at UVa, but that we would be devastated if he were gone.

After the project was complete, we were unsure how we should deliver it to him. We were concerned about coming off as completely psycho, so we opted to look his address up in the student phone book and leave it on his doorstep for him to find. We were able to later confirm that he received the scrapbook and appreciated the effort. Although we were unsuccessful in convincing him to stay, this project will go down as one of my favorite college memories and Derrick will always be one of my favorite UVa basketball players. I wish him the best at Vanderbilt.

Well done, Ashley. Hope the restraining order isn't still in effect.

Thanks to everyone who entered. (The top two runners-up are posted further down in SabreMail.) Now to this week's contest:..

What's your biggest pet peeve on game day?

Overbearing ushers? Fans who ask you to sit down? Lousy concessions? Describe anything that often annoys, irritates or frustrates you when watching a game at Scott Stadium. Winner will be based partly on the ability to convey those emotions. So get peeved and tell me a good story.

Please send your entry to [email protected] with the header: SabreMail Contest. Thanks, and good luck!

Football recruiting...

Things continue to be relatively quiet on the recruiting trail, though Virginia will host one uncommitted official visitor this weekend. Trey Womack, a 6-1, 175-pound defensive back recruit out of Malvern Prep High School (PA), is making his second official visit in as many weeks. He traveled to Northwestern last weekend and will head to Charlottesville this weekend.

Virginia, which was one of the first schools to offer, has been high on Womack's list for a long time. Trey has taken several unofficial visits to UVa and enjoyed both experiences. While he says he will probably take official visits to Rutgers and Tennessee, a great experience this weekend could change things.

Womack, who plays wide receiver and defensive back, has helped Malvern to an 8-0 record this season. Malvern is primed to capture another private school league title.

Highland Springs standout linebacker Jarrell Miller, who may be the top remaining target for the 'Hoos, was officially named to the 2006 Army All-American team yesterday. Miller has taken an official visit to Tennessee and plans to take an unofficial visit to Virginia Tech this weekend. He is scheduled to visit Virginia next weekend, Florida on November 25th and UNC on December 2nd. He will likely take an official visit to Virginia Tech as well.

Miller plans to announce his college decision at the Army All-American game.

Commitment update.

George Johnson, Jr., has helped Glassboro (N.J.) to an undefeated record in 2005. A tight end and defensive end for head coach Herb Neilio, Johnson is averaging close to 30 yards per catch on offense and has totaled close to 40 tackles with seven sacks on defense.

The 6-4, 235-pound linebacker recruit remains firm in his commitment to Virginia. He may take official visits to Penn State and/or Rutgers as well to make sure of his decision, but claims that he does not plan to go anywhere besides Virginia. Johnson is a big recruit for Virginia as he possesses the size and speed Coach Groh needs at linebacker.

Basketball recruiting.

Virginia landed Ben C. Rain (Mobile, AL) 6-8, 225-pound power forward Johnnie Lett earlier this week. Despite only having three available spots in the 2006 class and having three commitments already, Virginia may not be finished just yet. Will Harris, a 6-6, 230-pound Brewster Academy standout, is currently on an official visit to Virginia. Stay tuned for further updates on how his visit goes and if Virginia will have its fourth verbal commitment.

Lett is a nice pickup for the 'Hoos. He will bring defense and rebounding right away, two abilities Coach Leitao certainly covets. Lett was a finalist for 5A state player of the year last season. He averaged 18 points and 15 boards per game his junior year.

Yes, it's our favorite little video football game, and it's back and better than ever. The Kroger "Pro Challenge" now has different playing levels and more prizes. You know how to play, right? You have two minutes to score as many touchdowns as you can while calling and running the plays. You start at the high school level, then try to advance to the college level. If you make it to the pros, you can enter a sweepstakes drawing. First prize is $1,000 cash! Second prize is $250!

For playing at any level, you enter a random drawing for a $50 gift card once per week. Justin Hall was last week's winner. Way to go, Justin.

Kroger Food and Drug also is a great place to shop and save money. Just click here to find the Kroger location nearest to you and check out all the weekly specials online. Then simply head over to the store and pick out the items on sale. Cha-ching!

After an ugly loss to UNC and a bye week, and with Temple coming to town, the boards weren't exactly crackling with good football talk. So let's talk music...

Subject: What would you guys like to hear as our intro music?
Posted by: pfunk on Wed Nov 2 2005 1:57:38 PM
Message: I hate that we come onto the field to "Enter Sandman". It's the same music Tech uses and we need our own. I like how we've started using "Welcome to the Jungle" on 3rd downs a lot now instead of Ozzie. I feel Ozzie has been beaten to death and it isn't very inspiring to me. Some GNR would be good coming onto the field as well. Any opinions?

I know it's a sort of lame topic but just thinking about it after watching a Tech entrance video posted on the ESPN board.

To read the entire thread of music suggestions, please click the link below...

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