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Hot Topic: John Paul Jones & Student Seating
The news led to an interesting exchange of thoughts, beginning with this thread on the Basketball Message Board. Some interesting posts are provided below, but share your thoughts on the topic through the link.
Subject: JPJ Seating Chart PLEASE LOOK Posted by: dajoka004 on Thu May 4 2006 10:23:10 AM Message: I guarantee there will be a huge fight over this. The biggest fans of Virginia basketball have been sold out. Those who camped out and waited hours in line last year to secure one of the few front row seats will now be sitting behind a bunch of kids who don't know the first thing about basketball granted the Hoo Crew gets more the 492 members next year. What makes me most upset is that the "forum" held in March to decide on a seating chart was a slap in the face. They didn't listen to a thing we said. Not even the Hoo Crew wanted that proposal. Essentially those who cannot make the required amount of games, or have friends they want to sit with that cannot make the required amount of games, are being forced to sit behind people with absolutely no basketball knowledge. Let me remind you that this is a group that was absolutely quiet every moment we were down last season. And one final thing: I thought the goal of all this was to try and bring the two groups together? This seating chart clearly creates the biggest divide between the two groups.
Subject: My experience over the years ... I agree with Grinch that the Athletics Dept overstepped its bounds in setting aside these seats, although I'm somewhat a fan of the Hoo Crew in principle. I've always felt the student body should decide what's best for the student body. Over time, I believe that will happen.
Subject: Sorry you feel that way about the Hoo Crew ... The problem was, as many can attest to, we simply didn't have enough rabid fans camping out to make anything more than the pathetic showing of the Gillen era. Now, those who were camping out (a practice that the athletic department and Casteen looked down upon, hence the reason for the SHOTS ticket system) can still get there plenty early to guarantee front row seats as memebers of Hoo Crew. I honestly wish that there never was a need to create a required attendance student group. If we had been packing the section with STUDENTS game in and game out, there would never have been a demand or need for this kind of group. Sorry for the long winded message, but we are all about bringing students together as an organized force to make JPJ a hellhole to play in. Not that anyone who chooses not to join is any less of a fan, but we would love to have all the lovers and the haters of Hoo Crew together in support of the WAHOOS.
Posted by: Faz d' Hoo on Thu May 4 2006 2:55:00 PM Message: 1. Hoo Crew gets no more than half the good seats reserved for them. Give them sections 101, 102, and 103. 2. Hoo Crew members are guaranteed a ticket. Everyone eles has to use SHOTS. However, Hoo Crew members are not guaranteed prime seats. For big games, showing up a half hour before hand might not be sufficient. 3. To get credit for attendance, they have to register with the man, on time, with ID card, etc. Other rules of membership apply. 4. Hoo Crew members can sit in any student section they want. If they want to sit in the Hoo Crew sections, they must wear the uniform. However, they can sit elsewhere and get credit as long as they register. 5. Any Hoo Crew seats not taken half an hour before tipoff are open to anyone.
Subject: HC represents much better deal than other fan groups
Screamin Demons (Wake Forest): $25 Those groups listed are some of the premier fan groups and a sampling of their prices. Note that the 'Hoo Crew membership fee is $20 and simply covers some of the operating expenses that the groups incurs as well the benefits that member's receive. For $20, members receive a Cavalier Corner subscription ($33 value), 'Hoo Crew shirt ($10), and membership card ($2) among other things. These things by themselves cost more than double ($45) the membership fee ($20). Given thsi breakdown, even if you don't go to a single game all year it benefits you to be a member so taht you can receive the Cav Corner subscription if nothing else. Note that each $20 membership fee is also counted as a donation to the VAF, so members receive VAF donor points as well.
That's just a sampling of the posts in the thread. Join the Discussion Now!
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This Week In Recruiting By Chris Horne Basketball recruiting . The AAU circuit comes to Charlottesville this weekend in the form of the Southern Invitational. TheSabre.com will be on hand for coverage of UVa basketball recruiting targets, so stay tuned for coverage on those players and more. Boo Williams Summer League, which boasts several UVa targets, is just one of the many excellent programs expected to be in Charlottesville this weekend.
Football recruiting . No new commitments just yet, though there are some prospects who could have decisions by the end of the month. Potential decision-makers include Pottsville (PA) OL Brad Hallick and Gloucester LB Aaron Taliaferro. Hallick has Virginia and Vanderbilt as his top two while Taliaferro may be waiting to see which other programs offer before making a decision. UVa was the first to extend an official offer. VT has not offered but is giving him a look. Kansas State and Missouri have offered as well. The Tidewater/Virginia Beach combines were held this week, and TheSabre.com was there to cover the Norfolk, Virginia Beach and Newport News events. A few new names on the recruiting radar are Clover Hill OL Blake DeChristopher and Kellam TE/OT Greg Nosal. DeChristopher is a 6-5, 290-pound offensive line prospect who turned in a solid performance at the Norfolk combine. He ran a 5.0 40 and benched 185 pounds 28 times. Virginia Tech has offered and Maryland has verbally offered. Virginia coaches have told DeChristopher's coach that they are "throwing their hat in the ring." Nosal plays tight end and defensive end for coach Chris DeWitt. He projects as a blocking type of tight end or an offensive tackle on the next level. At 6-7, 255-pounds, he benched 185 pounds 18 times and ran a 4.9 in the 40-yard dash. Virginia Tech has offered Nosal, while Virginia and North Carolina have been at Kellam during the evaluation period. UVa seems very interested. Stay tuned for more on the Newport News combine.
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Ask the Experts - Questions for Ahmad Hawkins
So, please submit your questions for Ahmad to [email protected]. We'll pick the best of the best for the article. Of course, our expert will do the rest by providing you with quality, in-depth knowledge about football. Remember Ahmad plays both defensive back and receiver for the AFL's Colorado Crush and he played both at Virginia. So he will be able to give you quality insight on those positions and the skills needed to play those positions. Ahmad spent some time in NFL training camps with the Falcons and Chiefs and he was on Kansas City's practice squad in the 2001 season. He played in NFL Europe in 2002 (second in the league in interceptions wth four) and helped lead the Berlin Thunder to the World Bowl title. In the AFL, he is the only player to appear in every game in Crush history. Ahmad was also the Defensive Player of the Game in ArenaBowl XIX after he forced a fumble and had an interception as the Crush won the league title. At Virginia, Ahmad was a four-year letterman at Virginia where he played wide receiver in his first three seasons before moving to cornerback as a senior. He started all 12 games as a senior in 2000 and finished with 43 tackles and a team-high four interceptions. Of course, no Hoo will forget one of Ahmad's plays as a sophomore receiver. He caught an out-pattern from Aaron Brooks and ran 47 yards for game-winning touchdown over archrival Virginia Tech to give the Cavs a 36-32 win in what is the largest comeback in school history. EDGE Subscribers, read archived versions of "Ask the Experts" here. (Make sure to see the related articles at the bottom of #11 with Chris Slade!)
License Plate section is up in Wahoowa! A few weeks ago, SabreMail made a request for anyone who had license plates that reflected your status as a Hoo fan. The responses have started to trickle in and the Plates Photos are up and running the Wahoowa! section of the site. The Wahoowa! section of the Sabre is dedicated to all things associated with UVa Fan-dom. There are various fan-related areas including desktop wallpaper, Fan of the Week photos, V-Sabres Worldwide, and more. If you have suggestions for new and interesting things in the Wahoowa! section, please email us at [email protected] with the header: Wahoowa! suggestion. We'd like to keep adding photos to the section so if your license plate shows that you're a Hoo fan, let us know so we can include you in our gallery. All you need to do is snap a picture of your license plate and email a jpeg version of the photo to [email protected] with the email header: License Plate Photo.
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