Posted by Tinkertoy on September 5th, 2008
For those of you who don’t keep up with UVA sports, here’s a little op-ed piece from ESPN on UVA’s decision to ban signs at football games this season:
Do you miss Beijing? Are you pining for some good ol’ fashioned totalitarianism? Enjoy seeing any small voice squashed like a ladybug under a Hummer?Then come to the University of Virginia!
At Virginia a new rule bans signs of any kind at all sporting events, including football and basketball.
Not advertising signs, of course. Not “Beer: $8″ signs. Not “Give to the Virginia Scholarship Endowment” signs. No, only signs about Virginia teams, such as the one then third-year bio-medical engineering student David Becker held up at last year’s Duke football game, which read, “Fire Groh!” That’s Al Groh, the Virginia football coach who always manages to beat the Davids, but rarely the Goliaths.
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Posted by Thor on August 28th, 2008
It’s pretty obvious to me that most of Charlottesville goes to UVA football games, but I’ve always wondered “what do you do when you decide not to go to the game?” Charlottesville’s population disappears into Scott Stadium and the town feels like some zombie town, but it’s kinda exciting to see how empty it can get. Anyway, I’m curious as to what you do when you skip UVA football!
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Posted by Francesco on August 27th, 2008
The other night I heard that the UVa football team has in house masseuses/chiropractors that work on the team as part of their training. This isn’t that rare I think. Most schools, especially with great sports programs have mini physical therapy centers solely dedicated to their athletes.
ANYWAYS, so the NY Times reports that neck manipulations have a high-correlation to people getting strokes. Yes, very scary indeed. It seems a
technique called cervical spinal manipulation, involving a forceful twisting of the neck, could damage two major arteries that lead through the neck to the back of the brain. Strokes in people under age 45 are relatively rare, but these cervical arterial dissections are a leading cause of them.
In light of this weekend’s upcoming game…we might want to stay away from our athletes’ necks! Has anyone experienced really bad side-effects after a session with the chiropractor?
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Posted by Scowly on July 28th, 2008
A little birdie sent this in from The Sabre…
The following geniuses from the UVa football team were arrested over the weekend for allegedly stealing beer from a cooler at 216. If true, upcoming Senior Will Barker and upcoming Sophomore Dave Roberts should be applauded for their allegedly stupid acts. Dave really steals the show…he is 19 and allegedly had a fake ID on him, allegedly.
This is what they look like when are doing what they are supposed to be doing (from Facebook):
And this is what they look like when they are arrested:
Will Barker
Dave Roberts
Read more on NBC29.
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Posted by Vanillavy on July 24th, 2008
What is it with UVa sports players and running into Johnny law? The current QB, Peter Lalich, is reportedly just tying up his court nonsense for unlawfully purchasing and possessing alcohol. According to his Facebook profile he is part of the Class of 2011. Doesn’t that make him crazy young to get caught doing this nonsense? He should spend less time reading the playbook and more time figuring out how the rest of the Class of 2011 gets their drink on…he obviously missed that workshop during orientation
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