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Does anyone know when fall camp start? My apologies if it’s already been discussed. Preseason awesomeness disease has reach full capacity 😂

What happens to the ACC and what should UVA do to put themselves into the best position moving forward??

Really glad we signed the alliance agreement with the Pac 10 and Big 10 that pledged support of the student athlete and diversity of academic opportunity. I'm not sure that the presidents, chancellors, and ACC athletic directors in concert with the league personnel are qualified to run a freaking rec league.

Good evening and happy Friday. Just left McCue after the open practice period, and will be heading back out there in a bit for player interviews. Notes are light today because we didn’t see much but here goes:

-Guys in yellow, not participating: Will Simpkins, Noah Vaughn, Davis Lane, Donovan Johnson, Dak Twitty, Titus Ivy Devon Sherwood. Not a huge change from Wednesday. Simpkins did have a boot on, though.

-Xavier Brown was in a sling and street clothes. He seemed to be in good spirits, and I heard someone call him “Coach Brown”. Looks like he’ll be out a while though.

-We had referees out there today, as well as a drone circling practice from above, and NFL scouts. The Panthers, Falcons and Saints were represented today.

-After stretching we got FG and punt team work. Will Bettridge made 37 yard attempts from both hashes, as did 34-year old walk-on Matt Ganyard, who showed some real power on his attempt.

-We saw quite a bit of punt work, and most of the team was either involved in that or watching. Sparks had some really nice punts and a few shorter ones, with none blocked. Kam Butler and other up men shouted out instructions and snap count. As for returners, Ethan Davies, Suderian Harrison, Jaden Gibson and TyLyric Coleman were back there. Coleman had the lone fumble on a booming kick, and recovered the drop with a bunch of guys around.

-Wanted to shout out Eli Wood too, as he nearly blocked a few punts off the edge, and flashed a high motor out there on the block team.

-After special teams, we saw offense work on ball security again, and defense on form tackling (hitting dummies, etc). Tony Elliott was involved again with ball security, and did a lot of hands on coaching, including with Tony Muskett.

Other observations:
-Josh Rawlings is huge. Not sure if he’s a factor or not but he looks like Jelani Woods out there.

-Freshman safety Devin Clark has a long frame too, and sort of towered over Aidan Ryan in a special teams rep.

-I forgot how much the coaches rotate and work with different groups, be it special teams or in different individual drills like ball security. I didn’t see that much rotation from other staffs here.

-I think Miles Green was DNP today too, he went to the indoor facility, though he wasn’t in yellow or anything.

Good afternoon! Just left McCue and fall camp is officially underway for UVa. We’ll be back over there in a bit to interview some players along with Tony Elliott, but here are my takeaways from the brief period open to the media today:

-Mike Hollins, appropriately, broke the team down to begin practice.

-All we got to see today was the opening stretching period and about 2.5 sessions. There was quite a bit of special teams and individual work in those periods, with no team vs team stuff in there.

-Oddly, they switched the Jersey colors, so the offense wears white and the defense wears blue now. Certainly going to look different in the highlights.

-The team is as healthy as I’ve seen them to open fall camp. It’s worth noting that the off-season came early for UVa, so guys had their surgeries earlier and so on, allowing for that team to be healthier now. With that said there were three guys in yellow jerseys on the bike, not participating: McKale Boley, Will Simpkins and Donovan Johnson.

-There were a few other players in green pennies, but participating: Chico Bennett, Houston Curry and Kendall Cross. There may have been one or two others out there, hard to see everyone across 3 fields.

-As for players who looked healthy, Amaad Foston was out there without a brace, and Dak Twitty had a brace on but was moving well.

-I spent most of my team watching skill guys mostly doing ball security but I watched the offensive line for a bit too. Heffernan seems very detail oriented and was doing a lot of hands on instruction.

-All if the coaches were preaching urgency today, getting in and out of drills, etc. Keith Gaither made the receiver group so up downs after they were a little slow to get lined up for a drill.

-In ball security drills, TeKai Kirby had a “welcome to college football” moment. He was stripped by Gaither in a ball security drill and didn’t go fall on the loose ball, and both Gaither and Elliott let him have it and had him fall on two loose balls.

-The QB room looks thin. Three scholarship guys and walk-ons. Rayman wasn’t working with the QBs when I watched, but he was the holder on FG work.

-If Demick Starling can put it all together..man. He just has elite speed.

-Suderian Harrison looks the part from what I saw. Quick and smooth out there. TyLyric Coleman has the frame to develop into a big-time player, he looks very lanky out there. And freshman RB Donte Hawthorne looks more like a linebacker than a RB. He’s huge.

If I think of anything else, I’ll add it. Open practice #2 is on Friday evening.

Virginia grabbed another 2024 football commit this afternoon, with Cincinnati native Jewett Hayes making the call for the Hoos. Hayes is a 3-star prospect who plays DE and TE at Moeller High, and chose UVa over offers from Kentucky, West Virginia, Indiana, Illinois and others.

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I have spent the week with my son-in-law at the beach and he is a big VT fan. He mentioned their recruitning as being really good this year. I took a look and with yesterday's announcment it seems they are kicking out butts with this class. Mutiple 4 stars and a much higher ranking coming off a season about as bad as ours from a football perspective. Sorry to see it. The last kid was recruitied by our former receiver Fontel Mines.

On Episode 522 of the CavsCorner Podcast (“We Do What We Want”), we finish out our all-time best UVa football team to round out the summer and then focus on the start of fall practice.

Site: https://virginia.rivals.com/news/cavscorner-podcast-episode-522

: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-cavscorner-podcast/id1072370337?I=1000623266809

Overcast: https://overcast.fm/+F0vhKOOlg

When UVa starts fall practice later today, a number of transfers will play big roles in how things shake out. @justin ferber relays what several of their coaches had to say about their impact and outlook.

This was anticipated from the 3* QB.

With UVa set to start practice tomorrow, our Countdown to Camp series wraps up today as @justin ferber breaks down the situation at linebacker.

With the time difference from Japan, the first day of semifinals and finals will either be in-progress or done depending on where you are, but hopefully you can tune in on Peacock or YouTube highlights.

Here's the Day 1 morning Prelims recap -
200 IM - Kate Douglass and Alex Walsh are 1st and 3rd (tie) going into semis and set up well. Douglass is favored, and Walsh is defending World Champion.
100 Fly - Gretchen Walsh is 8th going into semis in a loaded and tight field
4x100 Free Relay - Douglass and Walsh will both be on the Finals relay after the morning US team qualified 2nd behind the Australians. Maxine Parker was on the morning lineup to qualify.

More to come - if you're interested in the evening semis and Finals recap, you'll be able to find it in the same SwimSwam site easily. I'll probably still be asleep in Seattle.

Ahead of the start of fall practice next week, Countdown to Camp begins to wind down as @justin ferber takes a look at UVa’s safeties and the playable depth the Hoos should have there.

The penultimate installment of our annual Countdown to Camp series focuses on UVa’s offensive line, where @justin ferber breaks down a group that once again must sort through youth and inexperience.

Three-star forward Matthew Hodge talked to @HoustonWilson about his recent offer from UVa, the connections to the program and how he sees the Wahoos, and what his visit schedule looks right now.

So glad the discussion on this board is about sports and not painfully un-clever wordplay and adolescent, middle school ogling of board trolls with breasts. Boobs! OMG boobs!

On Episode 521 of the CavsCorner Podcast (“In the Weeds”), we give you the first part of our last summer topic as we put together the best all-time UVa football offense.

Site: https://virginia.rivals.com/news/cavscorner-podcast-episode-521

: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-cavscorner-podcast/id1072370337?I=1000622478215

Overcast: https://overcast.fm/+F0vg0Gedk

I always get shot down on this one, but it is time for Williford to flex some of that Richmond muscle that he supposedly possesses. Invariably, the response is that in-state recruiting just does not matter in basketball. But when you identify a Virginia kid as a target, you’d like to think that having a coach from that kid’s city would help. Thus far, Williford has struck out on the Richmond kids we have wanted. Time to change that.

Among several recent targets to be offered by UVa, fast-rising forward David Punch talked to @HoustonWilson about the Hoos, the entire staff being on the call when the offer came, and when he’d like to make his college decision.

Our Countdown to Camp series continues today as @justin ferber looks at UVa’s quarterback situation, a position group that has even more limited depth now than it did a week ago.