The Crown Sweepstakes Winner Is...

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Virginia has not received a verbal commitment since late October, and fans are getting a little restless. With the Signing Day (Wednesday, Feb. 4th) drawing closer, many top prospects will begin to make decisions, and Coach Groh and company should land their share. UVA fans can expect decisions from in-state prospects Ahmad Bradshaw and Andrew Bowman likely within the next few weeks. Bradshaw may be favoring UVA while Bowman is not tipping his hand among Virginia, Virginia Tech, and Tennessee. It appears Ahmad will not be making any more official visits. Bowman was scheduled to visit UNC this weekend but decided to cancel and start thinking about his decision.

Last weekend's Army Bowl featured several top UVA targets including wide receivers Doug Dutch and Dwayne Jarrett. The 'Hoos are in the top two and looking good for Jarrett, however appear to be trailing for Dutch at the moment. Doug visits Florida this weekend and hopes to decide within the next few weeks. Jarrett could decide any time between UVA and USC.he has made official visits to both.

This weekend, there will be no official visitors for the 2004 class, but there will be juniors on hand for a football junior day on Sunday. The football players will be on hand for the Duke at Virginia basketball contest.

UVa quarterback Matt Schaub has been chosen to play in the 2004 Senior Bowl in Mobile Alabama on January 24th. Sources indicate that Schaub will start for the South team, which also features quarterbacks Philip Rivers (N.C. State) and J.P. Losman (Tulane). The North team features three of the nation's top quarterbacks in Jon Navarre (Michigan), Cody Pickett (Washington) and Josh Harris (Bowling Green). Full rosters should be released on or just prior to January 18th.

Schaub broke just about every quarterback record at UVa, including touchdown passes for a career. His touchdown strike to sophomore tight end Heath Miller in the 2003 Continental Tire Bowl broke Shawn Moore's record of 55. Schaub also holds records for passing yardage in a career, pass completions in a career, pass attempts in a career, as well as 300 and 200-yard passing games in a career.

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Sabre Edge subscribers can enjoy 111 new photos from the Continental Tire Bowl. The set includes lots of photos of fans, game action and post game. Please see the link below for access. Also check out other photos from the year, including every home football contest and several home basketball contests. There are over 1,000 exclusive photos in the gallery from 2003.

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