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UVa's 'original' London proud of brother - www.roanoke.com
Roanoke Times — Paul London hopes to be on the sideline for his sibling's first game as the Cavs' head coach.CHARLOTTESVILLE -- Paul London isn't sure what kind of vantage point his relatives will have for Virginia's football opener Saturday against Richmond, but he plans to be on the UVa sideline. After all, when it comes to UVa football, he is the original London.
15 hours agoNew lease on life for Spiders' Corp - www.roanoke.com
Roanoke Times — Aaron Corp transferred to Division I-AA Richmond in January from Southern California after losing his starting job in preseason drills last season because of injury.Aaron Corp began preseason practice last year as the No. 1 quarterback at storied Southern California. Then he got hurt, opening the door for Matt Barkley to take his job. Now Corp is at a new school. On a new coast. In a new division.
September 2, 2010Coaching change benefits McLeod - www.roanoke.com
Roanoke Times — The junior safety is working with UVa great Anthony Poindexter, who is coaching just safeties under Mike London.CHARLOTTESVILLE -- Among the first decisions made by Virginia football coach Mike London as he assembled his first staff was the separation of the cornerbacks and safeties. Take Rodney McLeod's word for it. It makes a difference.
September 1, 2010London not settled on backup QB - www.roanoke.com
Roanoke Times — Virginia redshirt freshman Ross Metheny and true freshman Mike Rocco are listed behind senior Marc Verica.CHARLOTTESVILLE --Readers of Mike London's Twitter page were led to believe that Virginia's new football coach would reveal the identity of his No. 2 quarterback Monday. For London's sake, maybe he'll be better at delivering victories than delivering scoops.
August 31, 2010Thankful for all of life's opportunities - www.roanoke.com
Roanoke Times — Mike London's road to becoming the head coach at Virginia was a winding one that included a brush with death as a police officer.Coaching was never in Mike London's master plan. Once he was convinced he had given professional football his best shot, he had visions of becoming a Secret Service agent or United States Marshal. London only turned to coaching when somebody put a gun to his head.
August 29, 2010RB Horne impresses London - www.roanoke.com
Roanoke Times — At a time when Virginia might have liked to whittle the candidates for its ball-carrying duties this season, an oft-forgotten figure keeps inserting himself into the conversation. Fifth-year senior Raynard Horne, with five career rushing attempts to his credit, has caught the eye of new head coach Mike London and his staff.
August 24, 2010Burd settles into offense - www.roanoke.com
Roanoke Times — Virginia wide receiver Kris Burd has impressed since building a rapport with quarterback Marc Verica.CHARLOTTESVILLE -- In the first game of Virginia's 2009 football season, wide receiver Kris Burd had the distinction of catching passes from three different quarterbacks. That, in itself, should have suggested that the Cavaliers had problems.
August 24, 2010SPORTS MINUTE - www.roanoke.com
Roanoke Times — Readin goes right here.BASKETBALL Brogdon commits to Virginia Less than 24 hours after returning from a weekend visit to Virginia, Georgia player of the year Malcolm Brogdon committed Monday to play basketball for the Cavaliers.
August 24, 2010London rewards ex-Eagle Keys - www.roanoke.com
Roanoke Times — When last heard from, Ray Keys was putting an exclamation point on Virginia's spring football game by catching a 57-yard touchdown pass on the next-to-last play. Apparently, new Cavaliers head coach Mike London was paying attention.
August 18, 2010Well-traveled Aboushi finally finds a home - www.roanoke.com
Roanoke Times — The offensive lineman initially committed to Boston College.CHARLOTTESVILLE -- It wasn't too long after his commitment to Boston College in the fall of 2008 before Staten Island, N.Y. offensive lineman Oday Aboushi started to get negative vibes about the Eagles' coaching situation.
August 17, 2010
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- Trustees' chair backs Davis, Baddour Observations from 50-yard Line | Charlotte Observer UNC Board of Trustees chair Bob Winston said he is "extremely saddened and disappointed" with the school's football scandal today, but said he backs coach Butch Davis and athletic director Dick Baddour as the Tar Heels move forward.Twelve UNC players are being held out of Saturday's season opener against LSU, and three more have not made the trip to Atlanta for the game but may be cleared in time to play."I think we have the right guy as our coach," Winston said. "I feel that Butch Davis is going to take a look at what’s happened and will figure the best way to move forward. And I think he is ...
- Former UNC president on football: "Great sadness" Observations from 50-yard Line | Charlotte Observer In the early 1960s, then-UNC President William Friday had to deal with a point-shaving scandal involving basketball players at UNC-Chapel Hill and N.C. State.Now long retired, Friday, 90, has been thinking about those bad old days a good bit lately as he follows the scandal enveloping the football program at Carolina."For people who care about the university, this is a moment of great sadness," Friday said today. "We've gone 50 years without even the remotest allegation of wrongdoing at Chapel Hill.Athletic ethics is an issue dear to Friday's heart. For more than 15 years, he co-chaired the Kn...
- Grading Hurricanes vs. FAMU (plus Shannon talks 2003 Fiesta Bowl and other notes) 'Canes Watch | Palm Beach Post Remember that class in college where you barely paid attention and still received an ‘A’? That’s probably the way UM felt following its season-opening 45-0 victory against Florida A&M.; OFFENSE: Hard to quibble with anything here. UM’s first-team offense scored on each of its first-half possessions (with the exception of its ...
- Breaking down Georgia Tech and S.C. State Tech Blog | Atlanta Journal-Constitution 3 keys to the game Establish the A-backs. The keys to stopping an option team are to take away the quarterback and B-back. Assuming that S.C. State tries to do that, the A-backs will need to make big plays on the edge. Neither Roddy Jones nor Embry Peeples provided a home-run rushing threat last season. Look for them to break a big play early. Find a wide receiver. Who will provide the downfield threat that Demaryius Thomas was last season? Few remember that Thomas posted relatively modest numbers in 2008 (627 yards receiving), before totaling 1,154 yards last year. Will it be Kevin Cone? Will...
- Board of governors member: Scandal "humiliating" Observations from 50-yard Line | Charlotte Observer A member of the UNC board of governors said today that he was disappointed and embarrassed by the news that at least 12 North Carolina football players will be withheld from Saturday's season-opener against Louisiana State, calling it a "sad, sad day in the life of a great university.""It's humiliating by any measure," said Brent Barringer, a Cary attorney and UNC graduate. "It's not what we're about."Just six years ago I was at a seminar in Chapel Hill and heard (the late) Myles Brand, then the president of the NCAA, hold up UNC-Chapel Hill as a paragon of the student-athlete model. Here we a...