The Virginia football team plays its second game of the season Saturday when its neighbors from Richmond come to town. Mike London, UVa's former defensive coordinator, leads the 1-0 Spiders into Scott Stadium for the 3:45 p.m. contest. What do Vic Hall and the Cavaliers expect from London's team? Hall sat down with the media earlier this week and answered questions about London, UR, and moving on after USC.
Lafayette (Williamsburg, VA) defensive end Will Hill told TheSabre.com earlier this summer that Virginia had slowed its communication. The 6-4, 260-pound prospect was in Charlottesville last Saturday, however, and it seems as though he is still on the staff's recruiting radar.
Top wide receiver recruit Justin Brown has had a busy week, and not just on the field in preparing for his team's regular season opener. The 6-3, 205-pound Concord (Wilmington, DE) standout has already received double-digit phone calls from college recruiters this week, which is the first week Division 1A coaches may phone 2009 recruits this fall.
Growing up in Baton Rouge, hurricanes, afternoon rainstorms, and humidity are nothing new for Cary Koch. So don't expect Koch to blink at the thought of playing in the rain this weekend as weather associated with Hurricane Hanna could be passing by the Charlottesville area. Much of his football life has been conducted in wet conditions. Besides, you have to be focused to catch the football no matter what. "I mean it's always tough to catch the ball whether it's dry or wet," Koch said.
Thirty-three and five as a starter in his varsity football career, Sherando (Stephens City, VA) quarterback Ross Metheny is ready to take the field for his senior season. The 6-3, 190-pound lefty signal caller's last actual game was last year's Group AA, Division 4 state championship game, in which he left early on after suffering a broken fibula.