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Darryl Blackstock - NR, DL (post grad school)
Brad Butler - #70, OT
Braden Campbell - #22, strong side DE
Keenan Carter - #32, DT
Willie Davis - #56, S
Tony Franklin - #21, all-purpose RB
Ton Hagan - #7, P
Anthony Martinez - #4, pro-style QB
Stefan Orange - #34, CB
Jason Snelling - NR, FB
Damian Spradlin - #5, C
Kenneth Tynes - #58, RB (is projected DB in college)  

Here's a list of just some of UVa's top targets who are listing the Hoos in their top two or three schools of choice.  

D.J. Bell - #58, OT
Ahmad Brooks - #1, LB
D'Brickashaw Ferguson - #16, OG
Marcus Hamilton - #13, CB
Randy Hand - #8, OT
Devin Hester - #2, CB
Michael Johnson - #2, all-purpose RB
Jonathan Lewis - #13, DT
Brian Mattes - #15, TE
Ron Morton - #45, WR
Kai Parham - #1, weak side DE
Stephen Sene - #37, OT
Maurice Stovall - #8, WR
Marcus Vick - #1, dual-threat QB
Jimmy Williams - #45, S

If Virginia lands only half of the players on the second list above, they'll likely have a Top 10 class nationally.  While it's still very early in the recruiting season, Virginia is ranked #14 nationally (by Rivals100.com) for their class thus far.

Our hearts and prayers go out to Randy Jones, a true freshman cornerback who was severely injured in an automobile accident last month. It is being reported that Jones recently came out of a three-week long coma.

Three people were killed in the accident, including Randy's brother, Moses Wilson.

Jones was considered one of top recruits in the state of North Carolina last season, and one of the nation's best at his position. He was red-shirted this season by Virginia and would have competed for playing time at cornerback next season.

For anyone wishing to send letters of encouragement to Randy and his family, please do so at the following address:

Randy Jones
c/o University of Virginia Football
McCue Center
P.O. Box 400837
Charlottesville, VA 22904

The Virginia-Wake Forest football game is scheduled for noon this Saturday, November 3rd. The game will be televised regionally on the Jefferson Pilot-ACC Sports Network. The Virginia-Georgia Tech football game is scheduled for 3:30 PM on November 10th. This is an ESPN nationally televised event. Tickets for both games are still available. If interested in reserved seating, please contact the UVa Ticket Office at 1-800-542-8821 or 434-924-8821.

A hot topic on the TheSabre.com basketball message board of late has been the interest in the team's new uniforms. UVa Basketball switched from Reebok to AND1 over the summer, and everyone is interested in knowing what the new uniforms will look like. This writer got a glimpse of the new threads yesterday. Impressive. Sharp. Very professional. So you want to know what they look like? Well, it's too hard to explain in words. You can either wait for the photos to appear next week on TheSabre.com, or you can take in the exhibition game tomorrow night .

Virginia Basketball opens up its season with two exhibition games in early November. The first is a contest with the Nantucket Nectars on Friday, November 2nd at 7:30 PM. The second exhibition game is with the Los Angeles Stars on Sunday, November 11th at 2:00 PM. Both games will be played at University Hall. Admission is only $5.00 for children and adults.

For more info on future basketball games, please see our schedule and notes page. By the way, if you cannot make it to the exhibition games, and you live too far away to hear the WINA broadcast, try tuning into www.virginiasports.com or www.wina.com for the online radio broadcast.

The Virginia basketball program received an additional $20 million donation in support of a new basketball arena. This is the second such gift this year. For more info on this generous gift, please see the news release.

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Another message board poster has decided to donate two Sabre Newsletter subscriptions. 'crutch' has followed SWFLHoo's lead to help us increase the number of SN subscribers.

The first goes to the person who lives the farthest away from Charlottesville, and does not already have an SN subscription. Since we don't have the time to 'confirm' your actual location, it's going to be 'on your honor' to tell us where you PRESENTLY live. Please send an email to [email protected] with your CITY and STATE, as well as your FIRST and LAST NAME and we'll consider you for the prize. Deadline for this entry is this Friday, 5PM EST.

The second Sabre Newsletter subscription goes to the person who can predict the closest final score of the upcoming UVa-Wake Forest football contest. Please do not respond to this post with your answer. Instead, email [email protected] and put your prediction in the subject block of the email. In the event of a tie, the names will be put into a drawing. Deadline for your entry is this Friday, 5PM EST. [email protected]

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