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Blog Banter: Deserving Support
There's been a lot written in the news and said on message boards and blogs regarding bowl game ticket sales and the support (or lack thereof) of UVa fans with regard to heading to the bowl or purchasing tickets through the athletic department. I'd like to weigh in and say that this team deserves the support of the UVa fan contingent, regardless of where the seats are located, the love fest shown to Virginia Tech on Nov. 24, or any other matter that seems to be more of an excuse than a reason for not supporting this year's team. If you cannot afford to go to the bowl game, or have conflicts that make it impossible to attend, that's understandable. But some of the excuses that are being thrown out have nothing to do with what the football team deserves in terms of your support. Seriously, think about where your loyalties lie. Is making a point to the UVa Athletics Department, for whatever reason, more important than supporting of one of the hardest working teams in recent memory? It's not like the Virginia coaches or players had anything to do with the festivities dedicated to the Hokies in November. And the ticket office really has no control over where bowl games decide to place fans. But, I have to admit the Gator Bowl has done a good job of positioning seats that aren't relegated to the end zone. It's a lot better than what Virginia fans were given for previous Peach and Continental Tire Bowls. This is a New Year's Day bowl game. Virginia football deserves better. Read the full blog entry here!
Mike Ingalls
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This Week In Recruiting Football recruiting ... Today is the first day of a recruiting dead period. For those who don't know what a dead period means, here is the official definition from the NCAA: "[It is] not permissible [for coaches] to make in-person recruiting contacts or evaluations on- or off-campus or permit official or unofficial visits." Coaches can stay in contact with recruits by phone - they are allowed to phone each recruit once per week - but that is about it. This dead period lasts through Jan. 3, with another taking place from Jan. 7-10. The next dead period comes around the time of National Signing Day, with the time in between being the true final stretch of 2008 class recruiting. Prospects may make official visits on the weekends of Jan. 4-6 and Jan. 11-13, but look for the 18th to be Virginia's big recruiting weekend. A number of commitments will be in town on official visits, and the staff is trying to get in some top prospects as well. Easton (PA) CB Jarred Holley and South Lakes (Reston, VA) WR A.J. Price are also expected to visit that weekend. After landing commitments from 6-6, 310-pound Fork Union OL Austin Pasztor and 6-3, 240-pound Highland Springs TE Rod Wheeler last week, Virginia now has 16 verbal commitments in total for the 2008 recruiting class. Look for the staff to take about 3 or 4 more recruits in this class. At this point, only two of Virginia's current targets seem like possibilities to make commitments this month. Eleanor Roosevelt (Greenbelt, MD) S Okechuckwu Okoroha and South Lakes WR A.J. Price could have decisions, though both could wait until January. Stay tuned for the latest on both prospects this week. Also stay tuned this week for more on Virginia's previous commitments, including today's article on 6-7, 280-pound offensive lineman Corey Lewis. Lewis, a standout out of East Stroudsburg South in Pennsylvania, enjoyed a very good senior season. As a result, he earned scholarship offers from Illinois and Penn State and was considering making official visits to each program. I checked in with the talented prospect this weekend, so stay tuned later today for the latest.
While the primary focus of the Virginia staff is on 2008 prospects, a number of 2009 class offers have gone out. This week, we'll focus on Deep Run (Glen Allen, VA) DE Jake Snyder and Stone Bridge (Ashburn, VA) DE Zach Thompson. Virginia offered both juniors recently, so we'll check in for reaction.
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 ...
Fork Union OL Commits to Hoos
Highland Springs Standout Commits to Virginia
Checking in with Ugo Uzodinma
Postseason Q&A: TE/DE Colter Phillips More recent recruiting updates on The Sabre ...
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Issue No. 272 - Dec. 18, 2006 Leitao's Ejection A Hot Topic
In some ways, all the discussion makes sense. After all, Leitao became the first UVa coach to be ejected from a game since Terry Holland, who was dismissed on Jan. 14, 1976 against Virginia Tech in a 91-69 loss. But it was also the first ejection of Leitao's career and he wasn't too thrilled about it afterward. "Before I talk about the game, I just want to apologize to the University for getting kicked out of the game and my actions that led to it," Leitao said after the game. "Even though I'm demonstrative and I try to challenge everybody, it's not to leave my players without some level of leadership. That's not why I came here and that's not what I'm about. So, to President Casteen, Craig Littlepage, my boss, and everybody included, I apologize." Those words may ring hollow with some people, but they seemed genuine to me. Normally, Leitao is in command of the room as soon as he walks in for this postgame press conferences. He opens with some points and is direct with his assessments. This time, he started the conference with the above apology and he seemed somewhat shaken about the whole ordeal. He took several sips from a water bottle and was a little bit fidgety while talking about it. When he started to talk about the game, he was back to his usual composed self. To me, that's a sign that Leitao truly didn't mean to get ejected or draw so much attention. Still, the debate on the message board has continued. Did he mean to do it? Why would he do something like that? Why did Duke Edsall cause so much trouble and why does he officiate? Should Virginia fans still be upset? All the conversation is valid because people are curious and want to talk about it. That's what makes a topic hot after all.
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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
Photo Gallery: Virginia 76, Longwood 57
The Hawk's Nest: Bowl Preparation |
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