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Meet Former Players! The Sabre and its media partners do a great job of setting up events where you can meet former Cavaliers in person! As you get fired up for the big Florida State game this week, there are several opportunities in Richmond and Charlottesville. On Saturday, you can meet two former NFL standouts on your way to the game! The Sabre hosts the ChalkTalk series as part of "Football Weekends" at Alumni Hall in Charlottesville. This week The Sabre ChalkTalk, which is open to the public, features Doug Karczewski (Jets) and Elton Brown (Cardinals) at 10:30 a.m. Karczewski played at UVa from 1994-1997, while Brown played at UVa from 2001-2004. Both players served as team captains. Prizes will be awarded through trivia questions.
Hoos Talking, our radio partner in Richmond, is having a live remote broadcast on Wednesday at Richmond BMW (8710 W Broad St.) from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Come out to meet Hoos Fontel Mines and Jameel Sewell. You can also win prizes and enjoy appetizers from TGI Friday's. Hoos Talking will air from 6 to 8 p.m. Check out The Sabre's Hoos Talking page for archived audio from this year's first four shows and for a "listen live" link if you're not in the Richmond area.
The Best Seat in the House, our radio partner in Charlottesville, is having a live remote broadcast on Thursday at Cheeseburger in Paradise in Charlottesville (1101 Seminole Trail) from 6 to 8 p.m. Come out to meet Hoos like Ahmad Hawkins, Marques Hagans, and Tyrone Lewis as well as The Sabre's own Kris Wright. You can also be in the running to win prizes, including tickets to the FSU game. For more information on the show, check out The Sabre's Best Seat page or listen to The Best Seat blitz every weekday on the home page.
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This Week In Recruiting FUMA Fork Union Military Academy postgraduate head coach John Shuman provides an update this week on his 2010 squad, which includes former DeMatha Catholic (Hyattsville, MD) safety Kyrrel Latimer. Latimer, a 5-11, 190-pound prospect, originally committed to UVa in the summer of 2009. He did not sign a letter of intent, however, and was told by UVa that he needed to go to prep school despite having qualified under NCAA guidelines. According to Shuman, Latimer intends on staying a full year at FUMA and enrolling at UVa. Stay tuned for more from the Fork Union coach in an EDGE update to be posted this week.
Visitors Hermitage (Richmond, VA) linebacker Curtis Grant did make the trek to Charlottesville on Saturday. Commitments in town included Grant's teammate, Hermitage defensive end Diamonte Bailey, as well as Phoebus (Hampton, VA) linebacker Caleb Taylor and DeMatha Catholic (Hyattsville, MD) standouts Kelby Johnson and Jordan Lomax. I plan to have reports on all of these prospects throughout the week. So far, I've spoken with Taylor and Johnson and both enjoyed their time in Charlottesville on Saturday. "I loved everything," said Johnson, a 6-8, 285-pound offensive tackle. "Everything is just so great. I can't wait to get down there, to get on the field playing." Taylor said, "The team was real energetic. They were hyped. I liked that they didn't lower to the competition. They kept playing throughout the game." On the target front, I hope to have more this week with a pair of senior linebacker targets out of the state of Georgia - North Cobb (Kennesaw, GA) star Troy Gray and Newton (Covington, GA) standout D.J. Hill.
On The Good Ol Blog If you're interested in how Virginia's football commitments and their teams did this week on the high school fields, click here!
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 ...
Breaking Down UVa Commit Darion Atkins
Commitment Spotlight: CB Brandon Phelps More recent recruiting updates on The Sabre ...
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Blog Banter: More On Dominique Wallace When news broke last Monday that redshirt freshman running back Dominique Wallace left the football team for personal reasons, message board speculation immediately kicked into high gear despite the fact that Wallace remains enrolled at the University. The main guess about Wallace's departure in those threads? Grades, or more specifically, poor grades. Fans may have been running with the "what is best for me in regards to my academic interests" line in the official news release. Well, you know what they say about assuming. As mentioned in this article from The Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star, the decision isn't about grades even though it is about academics. "When I was referring to my academics in that article I was referring to the fact that I can truly major in what I want to major in and that's computer science," Wallace told TheSabre.com on Wednesday morning. Wallace wanted to clear up the speculation among fans and he said he is not in academic jeopardy at all. Wallace appeared in both of the Cavaliers' games this season on special teams; he also had 2 carries for 5 yards against Richmond in the opener. Last season, he appeared in three games and rushed for 49 yards on 14 carries before being sidelined with a foot injury. He eventually received a hardship waiver for the year and redshirted.
"White Out" Florida State! Virginia's home football game against Florida State on Saturday, Oct. 2 has been dubbed a "white out" by the Virginia athletics department. White Virginia football t-shirts will be distributed for free to fans upon entry to Scott Stadium. All Cavalier fans are asked to wear the t-shirt in support of the 2010 Virginia football team. "This effort is designed for all of us to show that we're unified in our support of Mike London and our football team," Virginia Executive Associate Director of Athletics Jon Oliver said. "The fans created an exciting atmosphere at the home opener. It's time to take this effort to another level to create a great home field advantage for the first ACC game under Coach London against one of the most storied programs in college football."
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Issue No. 414 - Oct. 5, 2009 Basketball class wraps up ... Last week, I wrote about the possibility of Virginia's 2010 recruiting class perhaps wrapping up shortly. Well, it did happen, only the final recruit is not named Kyle Collinsworth or Josh Henderson. Instead, Akil Mitchell, a 6-7, 210-pound forward out of Charlotte Christian (Charlotte, N.C.), rounds out Tony Bennett's 2010 class. Although he wasn't heavily recruited by many major Division 1 programs, Mitchell is a player the Virginia staff has monitored closely throughout the spring and summer. The heavy interest began after Mitchell turned in a good showing at Virginia's Elite Camp in June. The Cavaliers would check up on Mitchell several more times before deciding to extend an official offer last Tuesday. Mitchell, who has always wanted to play in the ACC, committed a day later. An outstanding student athlete, Mitchell carries a 4.0 GPA in the classroom. On the basketball court, he has ability on the perimeter and in the post. His coach, Shonn Brown, believes the standout senior's best basketball is yet to come. Mitchell describes himself as a late bloomer and is anxious to prove his worth in his senior season and beyond. "You see a kid once and he's great. That's good, but you want to see him multiple times," said Brown, who coached the Curry brothers - Stephen and Seth - at Charlotte Christian. "Coach Bennett and his staff have seen him in a 4-man workout setting, an open gym setting and at their camp. They wanted to see him in all phases. They came down at various times to watch him. Coach Bennett has a good grasp of what he wants and he really took his time. He likes Akil's progression."
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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 soon:
In Case You Missed It ... Sabre articles since the last SabreMail
The Sunday Sampler - VMI
Hoos Hammer VMI
Minnifield's Big Day Helps Hoos Roll
Game Preview 2010: VMI
Press Conference Notes 2010: VMI
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