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BRIEFLY TOLD; PORTAL OPEN ... NO INDICATION IRISH LEAVING ACC (YET)

Now, it begins … the rush to the transfer portal. Virginia’s   JA’SON PREVARD , a defensive back, will leave for  parts unknown (at the moment) and plans to skip the  Cavaliers’ Dec. 27 appearance in the Gator Bowl Also gone from Charlottesville, often-injured 6-4, 308  pound O-lineman  TYSHAWN WYATT  from  Richmond’s Henrico High by way of James Madison U.  He played in two games this season after missing the  entire 2004 campaign, his last at JMU. NOTRE DAME’s decision not to go bowling after being  snubbed by the CFP selection committee was done with  vthe approval of the team’s captains … who told athletic  director  PETE BEVACQUA  several NFL-bound  teammates would not participate. At his press conference Tuesday, Bevacqua apparently  gave no hints the Irish might leave the ACC for, say, the  Big Ten … even though he continued to insist the  conference, by pushing Miami over Notre Dame for the...
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VIRGINIA MIGHT HAVE LOST ON PRE-KICKOFF DECISION

  Trying To Catch Up (Again) … at least we’re going to try … On ABC Saturday night, before Virginia and Duke  seemingly made sure the ACC would not be represented  in the college football playoffs,  SEAN McDONOUGH   and  GREG McELROY  said what many (most?) Cavalier  fans had to be thinking. To paraphrase: Is  TONY ELLIOTT  out of his mind? What could the  UVA coach be thinking … winning the coin toss and  electing to defer … instead of taking the ball, kicking off  and, as it turned out, helping the five-loss Blue Devils to  an early lead? Surely Elliott didn’t forget his team’s recent 34-17 victory  over Duke … in which the Hoos scored on the first  possession, and the Blue Devils never recovered. He  didn’t, did he? Then, despite being out-hit, out-worked, out-coached and  outplayed, favored UVA somehow scored 10 late points  to force overtime. The 17th-ranked, regular-season  champion...
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