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TheSabre.com's Hoo Preview Returns Each August, TheSabre.com rolls out its "Hoo Preview" for football season and the 2011 edition begins today! Nearly every day for the next four weeks, we'll have articles on your Cavaliers as we preview the 2011 season, Mike London's second year at the helm. The "Hoo Preview" features position-by-position breakdowns, schedule analysis, interviews, columns, and more! So if you're tired of newspapers in your area barely paying attention to the Hoos or the short write-ups by national media, the Sabre EDGE is the place to be in August. And it costs less to join the EDGE for one month than to buy a preseason magazine. For just $5.99, you have access to the EDGE throughout August and our entire EDGE archives! Subscribe here. On tap for this week are "By The Numbers", "Take Five", Editor Kris Wright's column on the season, and a look at the running backs. Plus, The Sabre will be at media day on Wednesday and open practice over the weekend to keep you in touch with what's going on with the Hoos.
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This Week In Recruiting Ocean Lakes (Virginia Beach, VA) defensive end Eli Harold, one of the state's top 2012 class prospects, will announce his college choice Tuesday at a 5 p.m. press conference at his high school. TheSabre.com will be on hand for complete coverage. Florida, Penn State and UVa are the finalists for the 6'4", 220-pound rising senior, who boasted offers from more than 20 major FBS-level schools before narrowing the list. Virginia was the favorite back in May and hopes to outlast the Gators and Nittany Lions on Tuesday night. If the Hoos win out, the coaches would have made a big difference. "He is a great guy. He is a great guy," Harold said of Mike London in a May interview. "Coach West is a great guy. Coach Hanson, great guy. Coach Moore. All them guys, they are just great people to be around. I'm not saying that's where I'm going, but I'm saying they are great people. My brother has a good relationship with them. My mother passed, and he's my older brother. He's my guardian helping me with my recruitment." Harold's mother's birthday is Aug. 2, so certainly the announcement date carries much significance to the Dolphins star. With recent commitments from wide receiver/safety Anthony Cooper, tight end/wide receiver Kyle Dockins, and cornerback C.J. Moore, Virginia has 18 commitments heading into this week. Also this week, we check in with one of UVa's early commits in the class in Norfolk Christian (Norfolk, VA) linebacker Kwontie Moore. The 6'1", 240-pound middle linebacker recruit has enjoyed a successful offseason and is highly confident as he heads into his senior season. Moore talks about the offseason, which included participation in two national events, as well as his teammate, Courtnye Wynn's, recent commitment to the Cavaliers. Plus, I'll have more on wide receiver target Canaan Severin of Worcester, Massachusetts. The 6'3", 210-pound Severin is considering a handful of schools at this point, including the University of Virginia. Severin was a teammate of Kwontie Moore's at the recent 7-on-7 Gridiron Kings tournament in Florida. He called the Cavaliers' commit a "man-child." On the basketball front, in case you missed it there is an update on DeMatha (Hyattsville, MD) rising senior point guard James Robinson up on the EDGE (link below). Robinson, who is one of Virginia's top remaining targets left in the 2012 class, gives his thoughts on the Cavaliers and more in this latest update. We'll have more on the basketball front as well this week, so stay tuned.
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 ...
Harold Decision One Week Away
Robinson Talks AAU Play, Recruiting
London, West Sold Cooper On UVa More recent recruiting updates on The Sabre ...
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Meet the Team Day Set for Aug. 14 UVa Athletics Media Relations, Official Release The Virginia football team will hold its annual "Meet the Team Day" this year on Sunday, Aug. 14. Cavalier fans will have the chance to interact with the players on Virginia's 2011 squad, head coach Mike London and the other members of the UVa coaching staff. Meet the Team Day takes place at the Carl Smith Center, home of David A. Harrison III Field at Scott Stadium. Players will be available for photos and autographs from 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Gates to the stadium open at 1:30 p.m.?? "Our team looks forward to this event every year," London said. "This is a fun day for our players and it's a great break during preseason camp. Our fans have been very supportive and I know everyone's looking forward to the start of the season on Sept. 3 against William & Mary." Fans will be able to pick up copies of the 2011 Cavalier Football schedule poster, schedule magnet and schedule cards. Tours of the locker room will take place and concession stands will be in operation. The first 500 youth in attendance will receive a free UVa-Nike mini football. All fans in attendance also have the opportunity to win door prizes. There will be plenty of activities for young Cavalier fans. A kid's zone will feature inflatable games and other activities. The Cavalier and his horse, Sabre, will be in attendance along with members of the Virginia spirit team. Parking is free for the event in both the East and West lots adjacent to Scott Stadium. The football program also has announced open practice dates for the public:
Five Hoos Sign Undrafted Free Agent Contracts UVa Athletics Media Relations Official Release Three Virginia Cavaliers signed free agent contracts with NFL teams on Tuesday, the first day undrafted free agents were able to do so after the end of the lockout. Danny Aiken (Buffalo Bills), Dontrelle Inman (Jacksonville Jaguars) and Zane Parr (Houston Texans) all signed free agent contracts. Keith Payne (New York Giants) became the fourth former Cavalier to sign a free agent contract when he inked his deal on Thursday morning. Marc Verica (Washington Redskins) became the fifth to sign a free agent contract when he signed on Saturday morning. Stay tuned for updates as more Cavaliers sign free agent contracts.
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Issue No. 36 - May 9, 2002 Football gets two commitments Last week, Virginia football received commitments from two players, Marvin Richardson of New Jersey and Conner Hughes of Virginia. Richardson is the first commitment for the 2003 class and was under the radar screen for most colleges. Richardson, a 6-4, 210-pound linebacker from Bishop Francis Essex Catholic High in East Orange, N.J, was impressed with Virginia during an unofficial visit during the Spring Football Festival in April, and committed shortly after. Richardson has good speed at 4.5 in the forty and is a versatile athlete. He's not only a standout in football; Richardson plays on the varsity basketball team and participates in track and field events, such as the high hurdles and 4x100 relay. Richardson received his first scholarship offer from UVa but has received many others since his early decision to commit to the Cavaliers. Richardson is the first of about 20 recruits Virginia can take for the 2003 recruiting class. Hughes is one of the state's best kicking prospects and chose Virginia over Virginia Tech. Virginia Tech apparently offered Hughes a partial scholarship for soccer, with the intent on letting him try out for football next spring. The Virginia coaching staff is taking Hughes as a walk-on with the intent on using him solely for football. Hughes will have the opportunity to receive a full scholarship at UVa if he performs well. Hughes played for Lafayette High in Williamsburg and was named first-team Group AA as a senior. As a quarterback and kicker, Hughes helped lead Lafayette to a win in the Group AA Division IV state championship game. In that game, Hughes rushed for 169 yards, threw for one touchdown and kicked two field goals, one of which was 49 yards and tied an earlier record he set in the semifinals. "I'm very impressed with his athletic ability. He was an All-State kicker and kicked for us for four years," Head Coach Paul Wheeler said, "He was the best kicker I've been around in 22 years. By the end of the year, he proved to be one of the best athletes in the state. He quarterbacked our football team to the state championship, and had never played quarterback before. He took on the responsibility right before the first game. He took the football team through some rocky times early and did a great job. He's a fine young man and a very good student. Conner proved he was a winner by leading a team to the state championship that was probably not expected to be there. "The thing that makes him an excellent candidate to be a very fine college kicker is the fact that he is a very good athlete, and he hasn't even hit his ceiling yet. I think, with maturity and strength training, he's going to get better because he has athletic ability in him. He's a very fine soccer player. I think that his best kicking is ahead of him. He holds the state playoff record with 49 yards. He set it in the state semifinal game and did it again the next week in the final. His longest in practice is around 60 yards. [In terms of confidence in his ability], I felt that we had a chance at any time, and of course that made us a much better football team." |
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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:
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