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Introducing "In Focus" The Sabre and video partner WCAV are teaming up after Cavalier home games to bring you an exciting new feature: In Focus. The feature is a multimedia look at one of the Hoos' football stars. WCAV uses one camera to focus on the chosen player throughout the game and then puts together a highlight package to showcase that player's weekend. The Sabre brings you several selected snapshots from the game so you can get an up close look at one of your favorite Cavs. Plus, we bring you a short story, quotes, and an analysis of the player's performance. The Duke home game gave us the opportunity to kick things off with one of UVa's biggest stars: Chris Long. Make sure you tune in late today for this FREE feature. Be sure to let us know what you think by voting on the article, posting message board feedback, or emailing us at [email protected].
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This Week In Recruiting Basketball recruiting ... Virginia hosted two important low post recruits this past weekend in John Brandenburg and Deshawn Painter. Brandenburg, a 6-11, 235-pound center out of De Smet Jesuit School in St. Louis (MO), was making an official visit to UVa. This visit was crucial, as it is Brandenburg's last before he makes a college decision. He has already made an unofficial visit to Stanford, which is the other finalist in this race. Brandenburg had a great visit to Stanford and an early report by The Daily Progress indicates that the UVa trip went well. Stay tuned as we hope to catch up with the 4-star recruit early this week for comments on his UVa experience. Brandenburg plans to make a decision soon, possibly as early as this week. He is UVa's top target at the center position.
Booker T Washington (Norfolk, VA) junior Deshawn Painter was spotted at Saturday's football game being escorted around by head coach Dave Leitao. Painter, who goes about 6-8 according to Booker T head coach Darren Sanderlin, is considered one of the top juniors in the nation at this point. Earlier this year, he attended the Southern Invitational, an AAU tournament played on UVa's grounds. Last month, UVa hosted another top junior low post prospect in 6-9 Ryan Kelly. Kelly, a top prospect out of Ravenscroft School in Raleigh, North Carolina, enjoyed his time in Charlottesville. He is also considering offers from N.C. State and Virginia Tech, among others. Holy Cross (Flushing, N.Y.) guard Sylven Landesberg made an extended unofficial visit to the University of Virginia on the previous weekend. Landesberg stayed in Charlottesville for five days before returning home last Monday. EDGE subscribers can read about his experience and get an overview of an important month for Virginia's men's basketball. The 6-5 Landesberg has narrowed his list to Georgia Tech, St. John's, and Virginia. He made an official visit to St. John's this past weekend and plans to head to Georgia Tech this weekend coming up. The top prospect expects to have a decision by the end of September.
Football recruiting ... Game ball ... It didn't take long for DeMatha Catholic (Hyattsville, MD) to rebound from its season-opening loss to St. Xavier (Cincinnati, OH). The Stags dominated Gilman 42-0 on Saturday, recovering quickly from the 28-7 defeat in the Kirk Herbstreit Ohio versus USA Classic. Virginia recruit Rodney McLeod, a 5-10, 180-pound CB/WR, jumpstarted the Stags by returning the opening kick-off 85 yards for a touchdown. He also hauled in a 41-yard touchdown reception in the second quarter.
This week, look for more updates on UVa 2008 recruits as well as a few articles on potential 2009 targets. One of the top seniors we will feature will be Centreville (Clifton, VA) defensive back Darryl Hamilton, who is the brother of former Virginia star cornerback Marcus Hamilton. Darryl has an offer from Virginia and plans to visit sometime this fall or winter.
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 ...
Landesberg's Visit Start of Big Month for UVa Other updates since the last SabreMail ...
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Issue No. 107 - October 3, 2003 Cavaliers win on Hughes' and Winborne's late-game heroics
As mentioned above, there were quite a few heroes on the day for the Hoos. Matt Schaub returned to action for the first time since the opening drive against Duke over a month ago. Schaub came out hot, completing 30 of his 45 pass attempts for 326 yards and two touchdowns. Schaub also showed some guts, breaking free from an apparent sack and diving into the end zone for a crucial two-point conversation to tie the game at the start of the fourth quarter. Virginia's defense should get some credit as well. While they did give up 47-yard touchdown pass to Wake in the third quarter, they dug down deep when the team needed it the most. When Virginia was coming back, Schaub threw two interceptions late in the game. Wake was unable to capitalize on either turnover. On a game-deciding 4th and 2 on UVa's 8-yard line, the Cavalier defense stopped Wake Forest to give Schaub a chance to move the team down the field for the tying score. And let's not forget Winborne's interception that put Virginia in field goal range to win the game, rather than going to overtime. This was a character-building win for the Hoos over an improving Wake Forest team. The win puts UVa at 2-0 in the conference and 3-1 overall, which puts them off to a better start than last year's 9-5 bowl-winning team (the 2002 team started 2-2).
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What's New on TheSabre.com? | |||||
Coming Soon The Sabre has you covered when it comes to Hoo news. Here are a few of the articles to expect on the site in the coming days:
In Case You Missed It ... Sabre articles since the last SabreMail
Inside The Game: Duke
UVa Pockets Win Over Duke
Best Seat in the House: Drew Diener
Wes' Ways To Win - Duke
UVa Vs. Duke Preview: Duke Special Teams
Best Seat in the House: Duke's Ted Roof
5 Duke Questions - The Durham Herald-Sun
UVa Vs. Duke Preview: Duke Offense
You Got To Know When To Hold 'Em
Best Seat In The House: Taylor Zarzour
Can Virginia Boost The Passing Game?
UVa Vs. Duke Preview: Duke Defense
The Hawk's Nest - Playing Man To Man
Tuesday Press Conference Notes - Duke
Point-Counterpoint: Quarterback Quandary
Greg's Game Grades '07: Wyoming
JHoo: 10 Things I Learned Vs. Wyoming
Sabre Roundtable - What Happened In Wyoming?
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