Groh: Hall will start … at punt returner
Still no word on who Virginia will be starting at quarterback Saturday in the season opener at home against William & Mary. But we do now know that Vic Hall will be returning punts.
“That’s one thing we know for sure, that we will have Vic back there returning,” UVa. coach Al Groh told reporters on Monday.
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UVa. names football captains
Virginia football coach Al Groh announced today the captains for the 2009 season. The players, selected by a team vote this week, are OT Will Barker (Bryn Mawr, Pa.), LB Denzel Burrell (South Orange, N.J.), LB Aaron Clark (Fairfield, Va.), DT Nate Collins (Port Chester, N.Y.), CB Chris Cook (Lynchburg, Va.) and QB Vic Hall (Gretna, Va.). All six players are seniors on this year’s Cavalier team. Hall served as a captain on the 2008 UVa team. Continue reading “UVa. names football captains” »
Trying to get a read on the ’09 Cavs
Barack Obama rode the change we need to the White House. Al Groh will have to see some change indeed to keep his job.
“I don’t know if there’s a number of games he has to win. It’s hard to say that on the front end, because a lot depends on how the season unfolds,” said Jeff White, formerly of The Times-Dispatch, now the new news editor at VirginiaSports.com, establishing the conventional wisdom for University of Virginia football heading into the 2009 season. Continue reading “Trying to get a read on the ’09 Cavs” »
Tech picked to win ACC, UVa. slotted fifth in Coastal
The media attending the 2009 ACC Football Kickoff have Virginia Tech winning the ACC championship, UVa. finishing fifth in the six-team Coastal and Tech quarterback Tyrod Taylor and Virginia quarterback Vic Hall competing for conference player-of-the-year honors. Continue reading “Tech picked to win ACC, UVa. slotted fifth in Coastal” »
Hall at QB? And more from Groh on the eve of spring practice
Vic Hall was a record-setting quarterback in high school, and his numbers – 13,770 total yards, 166 touchdowns – had Virginia fans salivating at the prospect of what he could do in the ACC. A surprise start at QB in the season finale at Virginia Tech last November that pushed the Cavs to the brink of an upset of the eventual Orange Bowl champions got the message boards going about why he had been used at corner primarily his first three years in Charlottesville, but it did something else for coach Al Groh. Continue reading “Hall at QB? And more from Groh on the eve of spring practice” »
Photocast: UVa.-Miami
Photos by Kent Iberg
Miami tailback Javaris James (5) runs to the outside in the second quarter of Saturday’s game. James ran for 55 yards on nine carries and also caught one pass for eight yards.
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