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SabreMail - October 9, 2006 |
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SabreMail Contest Returns! After a hiatus, the SabreMail Contest returns this week with basketball on the brain. Practice starts at the end of this week and the season is just more than a month away so Virginia fans should be getting excited. After all, there's the brand new John Paul Jones Arena and a lot of optimism surrounding the potential for the season. With that in mind, this week's SabreMail contest is simple. Choose an opponent on either the men's or women's hoops schedule and write a joke, riddle, lyric, poem, "smackdown" story, or haiku about that foe. The most entertaining one to me wins. Wins what? You'll win 2 free months of an EDGE subscription!
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This Week In Recruiting By Chris Horne Football recruiting. Last week, I put out the Countdown to Signing Day edition for defense. The staff has done an excellent job recruiting the defensive side of the ball for the 2007 class. They have star prospects (four four-stars, in fact) committed for the defensive line, linebacker, and defensive back positions. To find out who the staff has so far and where they may go with the future in the 2007 class, be sure to check out last week's article. I will continue to produce these articles each month up until Signing Day 2007. There has also been a recent update on 2006 signee turned 2007 commitment Ras-I Dowling. The 6-2, 180-pound prospect has been bumped up to a four-star recruit by Rivals.com. He has turned in an impressive performance at cornerback for Hargrave Military Academy and has impressed HMA Coach Robert Prunty from day one.
Look for updates on several remaining targets this week. Included on the list is an update with Henrico ATH Corey Mosley. The 5-9, 192-pound prospect is the target of an in-state battle between Virginia and Virginia Tech. He may be visiting UVa again for the Maryland game this weekend. UVa is recruiting Mosley as a defensive back initially, but he is being listed as an athlete because he could easily end up on offense.
Game balls . For the second consecutive week, West Springfield quarterback Peter Lalich gets one game ball. The other goes to Chase Minnifield, recipient of the first SabreMail game ball. The 6-5, 225-pound Lalich was a part of history. According to the VHSL record book, the 81-74 decision made for the highest scoring game between two Virginia opponents. Unfortunately for Lalich and his West Springfield teammates, West Potomac came out with the win. Lalich completed 26 of 37 passes for 459 yards and four touchdowns. He rushed nine times for 31 yards and one touchdown. Chase Minnifield helped Henry Clay to its eighth victory in as many games with a 48-20 win over Tates Creek. As usual, the 6'0", 185-pound Minnifield did it all for the Blue Devils. He took a punt 60 yards for a touchdown for the game's first score, rushed for an eight-yard score, and had 7 receptions for 127 yards.
Chris Horne, our resident recruiting expert, provides updates throughout the week for Edge subscribers about UVa's commitments and recruiting targets in football and men's basketball. To sign up for an Edge subscription, please check out the Sabre Edge Sign Up and Information Page. 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 ...
Checking in with Ras-I Dowling
Mihota Excited About UVa's Future
Countdown to Signing Day: The Defense Also from the past week ...
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Thread of the Week
Posted by: Bacon on Wed Oct 4 2006 6:36:37 PM Message:
RETURNING
NEW Following up on the thread below, our success will definitely depend on keeping the starting guards healthy and out of foul trouble. JR as the backup point guard isn't a great situation to be in - and far worse Tat or Diane would probably be the 3rd option. We will miss Campbell / TJ more than once this year. Frontcourt is also thin but we have more diverse talent there and can probably backfill pretty well with the new guys. Without having seen the new 7 play, but having read about them a little, it seems like it will be a deep/athletic/taller bench by '07 and definitely next year. Coaches have their hands full incorporating 7 new people, 5 of which expect to be a factor this year, into the system. I have to wonder, did we burn one too many scholarships on this class? Look at the schedule: Should Win (6 - 0): Morgan State, MD Eastern Shore, Hampton, App State, American, Longwood Solid Chance (9 - 3): UNC-Ash, @Purdue, NC St, Stanford, Central/Fl / Utah, MD, WF, Miami, VT, @WF, @ Miami, @NCST, Tough Games (3 - 4): AZ, San Juan Shootout title, Gonzaga, FSU, @ MD, @ Clem, @VT, Probable Losses (0 - 4): @UNC, Duke, @BC, GT 18-11 (8-8) going into the ACC tourney. Looks like we need to steal 1 or 2 on the road or knock off one of the big boys at home to make a case for the NCAA, but certainly doable. With the weak ACC and favorable schedule we have some more chances to steal a few, but that's also why we will need 20 wins after the ACC tourney to make the dance.
Subject: Don't know that I agree with that breakdown... here's my list: Should Win (8 - 0): Morgan State, MD Eastern Shore, Hampton, App State, American, Longwood, UNC-Ash, Central/Fl/Utah Solid Chance (10 - 3): @Purdue, NC St, Stanford, MD, WF, Miami, VT, @WF, @ Miami, @NCST, San Juan Shootout title, FSU, @ VT Tough Games (3 - 3): AZ, Gonzaga, @ MD, @ Clem, GT, @ BC Probable Losses (0 - 2): @UNC, Duke Total 21-8... IMO, that gets us at worst, a 5 seed in the dance and that's good enough for me
Posted by: hoomonger on Wed Oct 4 2006 7:49:24 PM Message: and 8.5 ACC wins with rounding but roughly these likelihoods:
Zona 40%
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Issue No. 212 - October 21, 2005 Post of the Week
Subject: Crow
Message: Not on this board, but in conversations with other fans I've recently been a grumbler and a Hagans non-believer. I parroted the criticisms of his being too short to find receivers hidden by bigger linemen. I speculated that his speed was not particularly effective against top-tier teams possessing equal quickness. I wondered about his decision-making, and I advised we might have been better off promoting one of the taller, younger QBs to starter and using Hagans as we did when Matt Schaub was around. Gutsy and competitive as is, I claimed we could never win a truly big game with him as our starting quarterback. Sunday morning, I bypassed my usual bacon and eggs and ate a hearty helping of crow. I've got to tell you, it was absolutely delicious. When I'm wrong, I'm very, very wrong. Thread of the Week
Subject: Marcus Hamilton's excellent night vs FSU, rest of secondary and UNC
Against FSU, Hamilton drew the receiver on the wide side of the field with limited safety help. He did a great job in shutting down his side of the field in coverage. Just as impressive was Hamilton's run defense. By my account, Weatherford threw to Hamilton's side 9 times on Saturday. He went 5/9 for 74yards and a pick in those attempts. Two of those completions were to safety valves in the short flat while Hamilton was sitting more back in zone coverage. A third completion for 22 yards was in a zone coverage shaded more inside of Hamilton and in front of the safeties. There was only pass for 28 yard where Hamilton got beat badly in man coverage. that was the jump ball to FSU's giant receiver where Hamilton never turned around to see the ball. All in all, an excellent game in pass coverage.
FSU didn't go after Hamilton but they really went after Mike Brown. Brown had a learning experience as Willie Reid really worked him over. On FSU's first drive, they repeatedly attacked Brown with great success. Brown was never beat badly but it was constantly in a poor position to make a play on the ball or was a few steps behind on a crossing pattern. Hopefully it was a good learning experience for Brown as Reid will be one of the better receivers he faces for a while. UVA really dropped the safeties back in coverage. The longest pass play was 28 yards which came late in the game(against Hamilton on that jump ball). But all in all, the coverage by the secondary didn't really break down. Think about last year when it seemed that receivers would roam free on a broken play. I think the zone coverage is still a bit loose with some big seams that FSU took advantage of. But hopefully those will tighten as the secondary matures. The safeties didn't make any bad mistakes on pass coverage...but they did make 2 poor plays on the TDs that cost us. Franklin got caught up outside on the TD run and everyone looked bad on the TD catch and run. UNC will be another test. Many of FSU's passes were dinks to the TE/RB and short inside tosses. That's where teams are attacking the defense and that won't change. UNC has the speed at receiver to attack the short zones effectively. I don't think that UNC can win the game unless they make big plays in their passing game. Baker leads the ACC in picks and i think the secondary will get 1 or 2 on Saturday. I'd guess that Baker focuses on attacking Mike Brown, the zone between the LB and the safeties and underneath crossing routes. FSU had no success and in fact threw pics when they went deep. If the secondary can prevent UNC from having success with the deep ball, UVA should win again. And Hamilton continue his march to first team All-ACC.
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Coming Soon October has arrived on the calendar, which means both football and basketball will be buzzing in just a few days. The Sabre is the place to be for all of your Cavalier content as we keep you up to date on all that's going on. Here's a sneak peak at some of the articles to expect on the site in the coming days:
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Keys to the Game - ECU
Sewell Taking Baby Steps Toward Success
Game Preview: East Carolina, Part 3
The Hawk's Nest - Mental Toughness Needed
Game Preview: East Carolina, Part 2
Hoos Tailgating With Mom - Calico Bean Bake & Slaw
Game Preview: East Carolina, Part 1
Hey, Remember When ... Dunn Came Up Short
The Turning Point - Duke
Greg's Game Grades: UVa 37, Duke 0
10 Things I Learned Against Duke
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