The Afternoon Break – 5/8/2012
May 8th, 2012 by Kris
Virginia linebacker Steve Greer earned some prestigious recognition this week.
Greer has been named to the 2012 Lott IMPACT Trophy Watch List, honoring the top collegiate defensive player in the country according to this VirginiaSports.com release.
The Ohio native piled up 103 tackles in 2011, which led UVa’s defense and ranked seventh in the ACC. That earned Greer a spot on the All-ACC second team.
A national voter panel, made up of more than 200 former collegiate stars, former college coaches, members of the media and both the Lott IMPACT Board of Directors and Board of Advisors, will select the four finalists who will be honored at the annual Lott IMPACT Trophy banquet Dec. 9.
Hoo-Tube Video Of The Day
TheSabre.com produced a pair of articles on legendary Cavalier running back Frank Quayle last week. Read those articles here and here. The Virginia Athletics department allowed The Sabre to share this video of Quayle in action!
Break Links
- Hoos-SJ met Coach London at an event and posted about the experience here. Fellow poster dardenhoo heard Coach London speak as well and talk about it here.
- The football board has also had some conference shuffle talk again with rumors of FSU and Clemson possibly joining the Big 12. There’s also an EDGE board thread reviewing the angle of Notre Dame and the ACC.
- Poster blah says the ACC should start its own TV network and that sparked a lot of discussion here.
- There’s an interesting basketball board conversation about the priorities for 2013 recruiting here. There is also talk about Mike Scott’s draft potential here (courtesy tpain) and here (courtesy of klofron). This thread talks about Jeff White’s VirginiaSports.com article with Tony Bennett.
- This thread talks about the potential for the women’s basketball team next season.
- With the baseball team about to return from its exam break, there’s talk about postseason prospects and pitching on the baseball board.
- Lacrosse fans are having a haiku contest here. There’s also a thread on first round matchups.
- hoos73 asked about the best viewing spots for the NCAA tennis matches this weekend. Share your thoughts in this thread.
- The Corner has a thread on an upcoming miniseries. CavMan1 needs some hotel suggestions for Manhattan.
Daily Retweet
This new portion of the break looks at TheSabre.com’s favorite Twitter retweet of the day. Follow @thesabre.
Today’s retweet comes from @BIGN98. Nate Collins played defensive line for the Hoos!
@BIGN98: Took me 6 years to finish but I’m proud to say that I’m finally done!
Congratulations to Nate!
