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Last year, the UVa football staff lured many top athletes to Charlottesville and finished the recruiting season with one of the nation's top ten classes. Things do not appear to be much different this year. The Cavaliers already have a commitment from one four-star recruit (Rivals.com), QB Kevin McCabe. The Cavs have also secured commitments from six three-star recruits, which include RB James Terry, OT Eddie Pinigis, OG Marshall Ausberry, OG Gordie Sammis, OLB Marvin Richardson and S Robbie Catterton.

The list of top recruits that have UVa on the radar screen is growing quickly. As of now, Rivals.com is listing 15 four- and five-star athletes that have interest in Virginia. They include QB Tommy Zbikowski, TE Greg Olsen, TE Vernon Davis, TE Jonathan Stupar, OT Eric Young, C Jordy Lipsey, DE Chris Ellis, ILB Wesley Jefferson, ILB LaMarr Woodley, OLB Jermaine Dias, OLB Joe Kedra, CB Phillip Brown, S Ryan Mundy, S Ambrose Wooden and S Cody Wells.

If Virginia secures commitments from just a handful of these recruits, they'll be well on their way to securing another top ten recruiting class.

Virginia Football kicks off college football season tonight

Don't forget to check out the Virginia vs. Colorado State game at Scott Stadium tonight at 7:30 PM. If you cannot make it to the game, you can watch it on television regionally on Fox Sports Net or Comcast Sports Net (formally Home Team Sports). In the Charlottesville area, it will be shown on Adelphia Cable Channel 37.

Outside the Charlottesville area, please check your local listings. I find that www.tvguide.com is an excellent source for up-to-date listings. If you cannot get the game on TV, please try either www.virginiasports.com or www.wina.com for the live Internet radio broadcast.

For pregame and post game news articles, weather updates and post game stats and photos, please check out TheSabre.com's Colorado State Game News page:

CavTalk returns for third season

The popular Richmond based radio call-in show CavTalk returns for its third consecutive season. The independent program, which originates from AM 950 WXGI, offers Cavalier fans extensive coverage of University of Virginia sports and is the exclusive source for Cavalier recruiting coverage on the air.

Hosted by Virginia graduate Mike Andrews and Greg Waters, CavTalk airs every Wednesday evening from 7:00-9:00 PM in Richmond and on The Sports Authority, Supertalk AM1050 in Lynchburg. The program's live broadcast and show archives are also available on the Internet at TheSabre.com. CavTalk producer Greg Waters says the group is currently in discussion with other stations throughout Virginia and is hoping to include some additional affiliates later this season.

The show's first broadcast and preseason Cavalier preview will be on Thursday, August 22nd from 5:00-7:00 PM, on location from Scott Stadium. Guests include nationally known college football analyst Phil Steele, Colorado State head football coach Sonny Lubick and Virginia head football coach Al Groh.

Football Practice Photos

Didn't get a chance to attend the open football practices last week? Never fear, some photos are here! Apologies for not getting enough defensive photos. Photographers were only allowed 30 minutes to shoot photos, and none of the defensive players were on the practice field closest to the media.

Football Practice Photos

New SkipCastro column

Message board poster and humorist SkipCastro (no affiliation with the Skip Castro Band) has released yet another Doug Doubty parody column. Read the column here.

2002 Virginia Football Roster

TheSabre.com will update the football roster and player bios around the end of August. Until then, we have provided a printable PDF version of the most recent roster that UVa has sent out. In order to access the printable roster, please refer to the Player Roster page. The printable roster includes alphabetical as well as numerical listings:

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