Wahoo fans,

With the holiday season, and UVa taking time off for exams, you'd think that this week's SabreMail would be short and sweet. Au contraire. Scroll down for information on the bowl game, men's hoops action, recruiting news and links to new Sabre Edge and site content.

As always, have a safe and happy holiday season. And thank you for continuing to make TheSabre.com a success.

Here's to you and yours!

This weekend is another big weekend for the Cavaliers recruiting-wise, as they host at least eight top prospects. The following are the names I know will be in town this weekend.

Carlos Feliciano
Elizabeth High School (NJ)
Offensive Lineman/Defensive Lineman
6-6, 285 pounds
Ohio State, UVA, MD, IOWA

Dwayne Jarrett
New Brunswick High School (NJ)
Wide Receiver
6-5, 200 pounds
So Cal leads UVA, Pitt, Iowa

Marquise Liverpool
Don Bosco Prep (Wykoff, NJ)
Wide Receiver/Cornerback
5-8, 180 pounds
UVA, BC, Rut, So Cal, TN

Nate Lyles
Hubbard High School (Chicago, IL)
Safety
6-0, 195 pounds
BC, UVA, ND, IOWA

Jerod Mayo
Kecoughtan High School (Hampton, VA)
Outside Linebacker
6-2, 215 pounds
NCSU, UVA, PUR, TN, VT

Rory Nicol
Beaver Area High School (Beaver, PA)
Tight End
6-5, 250 pounds
Pitt, FL, Ohio State, GT, UVA

Clint Sintim
Gar-Field High School (Woodbridge, VA)
Linebacker/Defensive End
6-3, 247 pounds
UVA, MD, VT, OSU, TN

Phil Trautwein
Eastern Regional High School (Voorhees, NJ)
Offensive Tackle
6-7, 300 pounds
Michigan State, TN, BC, UVA, FL

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As of Thursday night, UVa had sold close to 20,000 tickets through their ticket office in Charlottesville for the Continental Tire Bowl. Of course, that number does not include the thousands of tickets sold to UVa fans through other agencies. Thus far, more tickets have been sold to Cavalier fans than for last year's Tire Bowl meeting with West Virginia. This makes the second straight year that UVa fans have 'traveled well' to bowl games. While the proximity of Charlotte to most UVa supporters has something to do with this, some credit should be giving to Coach Al Groh and the UVa team for building a positive fan atmosphere the last couple of seasons.

For information regarding the bowl game, please refer to our Tire Bowl Game News page, linked below. Closer to the start of the contest, we will load this page with weather information, stats, depth chart, roster card and full media notes as well as tons of pre-game articles. Stay tuned.

With the recent launch of their new ninety-day Trial Membership Program, TheSabre.com community can now take Keswick Club for a test drive. Designed to give you full access to the membership of your choice, their program offers prospective members the opportunity to experience the Club for a full ninety days and explore all the benefits, amenities and services they have to offer.

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Take a look at the Sabre Edge features provided this week. Sean Corso provides a nice story on defensive tackle Brennan Schmidt and the always-entertaining Michael Gillespie provides a column on the state of the BCS in college football, the Dudley Award and more. And Chris Horne, our resident recruiting guru, provides a ton of recruiting updates as well as the latest Recruiting War Room. Direct links below.

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