Efforts by first-year Virginia assistant Chad Wilt to recruit in Florida paid dividends Monday with an oral commitment from Pablo Alvarez, a 6-foot-3, 205-pound defensive back and wide receiver from Belen Jesuit School in Miami.

Some fans of Old Dominion football believe the team will do well this year since it has not lost a game since 1940.

Former Cavaliers Eugene Monroe and Clint Sintim still have not signed contracts with their respective NFL teams.

Former Cavalier defensive end Alex Field is in search of a new team, after being waived by the New York Giants on Monday.

Predictably, the procession off the bus was slow. These were, after all, teenagers at 8:30 a.m., in early July.

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Hargrave Military Academy football coach Robert Prunty said Wednesday that two 2009 Virginia Tech signees from the Richmond area, defensive tackle DeAntre Rhodes from Varina High School and safety Theron Norman from Hermitage, will play for his postgraduate team this fall.

Head coach: Al Groh 9th year: 56-44 15th year overall: 82-84 Returning Lettermen: Off.

In the past few years, Virginia has been tough on the defensive side of the ball and quality linebacker play was a big part of the equation.

Capsules of the men being enshrined in the College Football Hall of Fame Saturday in South Bend, Ind.: Players -Troy Aikman, quarterback, Oklahoma 1984-85, UCLA , 1987-88: Led Bruins to a 20-4 record.