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Blog Banter: Depth, I guess When you get stuck with 10 pounds of crap, it's an improvement if fate lightens the load by a couple ounces. And that's sort of what this possible news from The Richmond Times-Dispatch about Jameel Sewel and Chris Cook is like.
"I think they're probably less definitive at this time than Jameel and Chris," Groh said. In January, UVa suspended Sewell, Cook, Dalton and Carter for academic reasons. So, that's a good thing, I guess. Now, I don't think Jameel will play too much if and when he returns. If Sewell ends up being anything more than a backup to Peter Lalich, that would mean something went disastrously wrong with 2008. I don't expect too much next season, but I certainly don't think we'll be seeing some sort of train wreck unfold at the quarterback position. So, Jameel will likely be holding a clipboard when he gets back. Of course, it would be nice to have an experienced, talented guy on the bench in case of injuries. And it would be nice to have a change-of-pace type weapon on hand. And it would be nice to have a well liked leader back in the locker room. All nice things, but not 10 pounds worth of nice things. I'm more interested in Cook's return. Again, after a year of being away from collegiate football, he might also find it difficult to supplant younger and experienced talent like Dowling and Hall at cornerback. But, again, it would be nice to have Chris providing solid depth at that position. He was a damn good cornerback, and he provide some key moments off the bench in between studying up for his not-failing-out-again-or-your-really-done-this-time course load. Read the full entry here. And make sure to check out The Good Ol' Blog for regular posts about your Hoos. Rob Mahini (Vandy-Hoo)
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This Week In Recruiting Football recruiting ... UVa was able to seal the deal with two more juniors last week, bringing its total number of 2009 class commitments to 10. Eight of the 10 commitments hail from the state of Virginia. Last week, the Cavaliers went defensive in scoring 5-9, 185-pound safety prospect Perry Jones and 5-11, 190-pound safety/outside linebacker prospect LoVante' Battle. Jones, a first-team all-state selection in 2007, is Oscar Smith High School's (Chesapeake, VA) all-time leading tackler. Battle led the Phoebus Phantoms (Hampton, VA) in tackling this past season. Possessing excellent speed, Battle has run the 100 meters in 10.76 seconds. Jones possesses excellent speed as well, having run an electronically timed 4.5 in the 40-yard dash at a recent Nike Combine held at Oscar Smith. Virginia is off and running in the 2009 recruiting class. The 2005 class was the last time the Cavaliers had double-digit commitments by the end of May, and the class finished with a national ranking (by Rivals.com) of 19. In 2007, nine of Virginia's signees had committed by the end of May, and the national ranking was 25. Should past history continue, Virginia's 2009 class should be a strong one come Signing Day.
May, a month in which the staff scored four commitments, was a big one for the Virginia coaching staff, but June should be a big month as well. On the 14th, the staff will host an Elite Junior Day, an event that has been a big success for head coach Al Groh and company. Last year, Virginia came away with four commitments from the event. Later in the month, UVa football will hold a summer camp as well as a 7-on-7 tournament, so there should be plenty of news to report throughout the month. Today, we'll have the latest on Henry Clay (Lexington, KY) offensive lineman Samuel Simpson, who plans to attend the camp and who also plans to narrow his list of schools to "three to five" by the end of the month. Stay tuned for more on the key targets who plan to be in Charlottesville on the 14th and for the camp and/or the 7-on-7 tournament later in the month. And we'll also continue to check in on those prospects Virginia offered late in the Evaluation Period as well as those top targets. One of Virginia's top in-state targets, Deep Run (Glen Allen, VA) defensive end Jake Snyder, plans to sit down with his family within the next week or so and there is a possibility a decision could come. For more on Jake, who is also considering offers from Boston College, Colorado, Louisville, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue, Richmond, and Virginia Tech, check out Saturday's EDGE update. Top 30 The Top 30 will be released no later than Wednesday, so stay tuned to find out which players made TheSabre.com's Pre-Summer In-State Top 30.
Basketball recruiting ... The month of June will not only be big for Virginia football, but for Virginia basketball as well. The NBPA Top 100 Camp, which draws top talents from all across the country, is scheduled to take place on the campus of UVa from June 16th-June 21st. TheSabre.com will be on hand to cover the event and to profile Virginia's top targets.
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 ...
Battle Discusses Commitment to UVa
Oscar Smith Star Talks UVa Commitment
Snyder to Focus on Decision Making Process More recent recruiting updates on The Sabre ...
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Issue No. 190 - May 20, 2005 Directors' Cup Virginia currently ranks 34th in the Directors' Cup standings for the 2004-05 school year. What does that mean? Is that good enough? And should we even care? Well, what the Cup measures, so to speak, is a school's performance across the board in NCAA championship competition. Points are awarded based on how teams finish in NCAA tournaments, meets, regattas, football polls, etc. For instance, UVa received 100 points last year for its women's lacrosse national title, 55 for finishing seventh in women's rowing, and so on. The Cavaliers totaled 577 points, good for 30th in the country. Virginia has finished in the top 30 all 11 years of the Cup's existence, with a high of #8 in 1998-99.
But in that respect, Littlepage says, the Directors' Cup means something to him. When asked if finishing in the top 20 was a goal for the department, he said yes. "That is our strategic directive: to be competitive across the board in all our sports." The good news is that Virginia has an excellent shot of achieving that goal. Despite accumulating just 317 points in the fall and winter, the Cavs are poised for a banner spring. They may add around 400 more points, as I wrote in an Edge column, Spring Sports Should Fill UVa's Cup. The women's lacrosse, men's lacrosse, men's tennis, women's rowing and women's golf teams all figure to be big point producers. Baseball, men's golf and track also may help the Cavalier cause. Granted, we shouldn't put too much stock in a system that ignores regular-season and conference championships. It's also hard to take something seriously that awards points for women's bowling, water polo, fencing and skiing along with football and men's basketball. Please, give me a football championship over a Directors' Cup any day. But for a department that prides itself on broad-based excellence, as Virginia's does, the Cup ought to carry some water. So if UVa finishes in the top 20, I'll drink to that.
John Galinsky
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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 soon:
In Case You Missed It ... Sabre articles since the last SabreMail
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