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Only 2 Open Practices Left
So far in spring practice, Christian Olsen is taking snaps as the No. 1 quarterback and he has looked the most accurate in the Cavaliers' offense. At running back. Jason Snelling looks strong and there appears to be good depth with Cedric Peerman, Michael Johnson, and Mikell Simpson. The Hoos are also loaded at wide receiver and tight end, while several new faces are working at the offensive line positions. On defense, Chris Long and Marcus Hamilton have looked like veterans, but some new faces are making some noise as well. Linebackers Clint Sintim and Antonio Appleby are leading that group, while Vic Hall, Chris Cook, and Byron Glaspy all have drawn attention in the secondary. On the defensive frontline, Keenan Carter and Allen Billyk are holding down the nose tackle slot while Alex Field is getting reps at defensive end. The best way to keep up with everything that's happening with spring football and Virginia athletics is to subscribe to the Sabre Edge. Sabre Edge Info and Sign Up
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This Week In Recruiting By Chris Horne Football recruiting . Saturday is a big day as far as UVa football recruiting is concerned. First off, the staff has invited all of the 2006 class signees to Charlottesville for a "welcoming" event. We spoke with Deep Creek standouts OL Billy Cuffee and DB/WR Ras-I Dowling earlier this week, and Cuffee said he may not make it while Dowling will definitely not be in attendance. Wakefield (NC) defensive tackle Gavin Smith will be in attendance, with most of the rest of the class will probably be there as well. In terms of 2007 recruits, we know the ones who have been offered have been invited. The ones who we have confirmed will be there include UVa commitments LB Jared Detrick, DB Dominique Joseph and RB Max Milien; and targets including Matoaca WR Kris Burd (possibility), Teaneck (N.J.) LB Randy Martinez and Stone Bridge OL Andrew Nuss. Stay tuned over the weekend as we will provide updates on this weekend's events.
Academically, Cuffee feels confident that he has completed the necessary work to attain qualification standards but he will take the SAT again soon. Dowling recently took the SAT and says he has a little ground to make up on the test before he will have attained the qualification standards. He says his GPA is in good shape. The 6-5, 320-pound Cuffee definitely plans on attending UVa's spring game, while the 6-2, 185-pound Dowling plans to be at practice next Saturday. Recently, Dowling and his teammates captured the Nike Indoor Nationals 4X200 relay championship title.
Basketball recruiting . Point guard Sammy Zeglinski led Penn Charter (Philadelphia, PA) to an 18-11 overall record including an 8-2 mark in the Inter-ac league, finishing second overall in the league to powerhouse Episcopal. Zeglinski, a junior who verbally committed to UVa last fall, averaged 19 points, 5 assists and 3 steals on the year. Zeglinski went over the 1,000-point mark for his career this season, but his coach says everyone may see a different type of player on the next level. Penn Charter head coach Jim Phillips says Zeglinski is more of a pass-first point guard who would much rather dish the ball to his teammates than be the primary scorer. Zeglinski has worked hard on his physique and has grown some as well. He is now a little over 6-1 and weighs in at close to 185 pounds.
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License Plate Gallery for Wahoowa Section Don't forget, the Sabre is looking for your UVa-related license plates! We're collecting photos of any Sabre users' plates that have Cavalier-related themes on their tags. (Take H8Tech for instance, who obviously is not a VT supporter!) We'll start the photo gallery in the Wahoowa section of the site once we get enough plates to start us off. All you need to do is snap a picture of your license plate and email it to [email protected] with the header: License Plate Photo. If you have a really cool ride (I don't know, maybe Xzibit pimped it for you) and want to include a photo of you with your car and plates, that's cool too. We'll let you know about the gallery once it gets started!
Hot Topics One of this week's hot-button issues concerned recruiting tactics. It appears that a large amount of schools use sports columnists' opinions as part of their recruiting mail. For instance, CollegeFootballNews.com produced an opinion piece that listed Virginia Tech's Frank Beamer as the ACC's best coach, while also calling Virginia's Al Groh and N.C. State's Chuck Amato the most overrated coaches in the league. Apparently, such statements are reproduced on recruiting mailings at various schools, which set off a message board debate about recruiting tactics. A few select posts on the matter:
Subject: My two cents (short version: it's no big deal) ...... My guess is that Tech (or anyone) does something like this mainly to get under Al's skin - and less so to actually influence players. Finally - I'm sure there's a lot more seamy negative recruiting that is "direct from coach's mouth to player's ear" and not put down on paper (mainly because it's either vicious, a misrepresentation, or an outright falsehood). I'll bet there is some negative recruiting going on related to perceptions of UVa as a stoner-laden team, or a place that can't keep kids eligible. We're probably doing similar stuff to some degree about Tech's program as "out of control" and one incident away from getting Frank ousted. **************************************************************************************
Subject: From that account, it seems as though it would have been very easy to include **************************************************************************************
Subject: UVa did a similiar things with the "studs" and "Duds" after the 2003 season The UVA recruiting (postcard/flyer) had both of the quotes on there. They were both from the same article.... fox/collegefootballnews think) but UVa didnt include any other studs or duds (others were listed). Did not chose to format it with just a quote. (Do you really think if VT had been praised it would have been sent that way?) Recuiting is a competitive sport. VT has, apparently, done much the same thing....by citing the negative quotes of others concerning Coach Groh and Amato. I agree with you though....if I were a recruit...it would (personally) turn me off. (But...as we know from politics...negative ads work) ************************************************************************************** Want to weigh in? The start of the thread can be found on the Football Message Board.
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Our resident recruiting expert, Chris Horne, provides updates for Edge subscribers about UVa's commitments and recruiting targets in football and men's basketball. To sign up for an Edge subscription, please see the sign-up promotion below. If you're already on board as an Edge subscriber, click the links below to catch up on recruiting. Sabre Edge recruiting updates from the past week ...
Fleming Has Plenty of Options
Burd Eyeing an Early Decision
Nuss Lands Two New Offers
Deep Creek Standouts Prepare for UVa
LB Randy Martinez to Visit Virginia
South Carolina's Top Prospect?
Robinson Has UVa Offer
UVa, VT Serious About Matthews
Zeglinski Produces Wherever Needed
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