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Every year following the season's final game, head coach Al Groh gathers his Cavaliers for one final time. At this time, he thanks the fourth-year players for their service and tells the returning players that the task now becomes "to put the team back together." These players are no longer part of the "team," but have instead moved on to be part of the extended football "family" as they embark on the next phase of their lives. The returnees form the "next" Cavalier squad and the current team is no longer.

The Cavalier football family increased by only 19 lettermen leaving Groh and his coaching staff with an excellent foundation to start "putting the team back together." Losing three starters is the fewest for the program since at least the late 1960s.

Despite the return of so many starters, one can be sure there will be plenty of competition for playing time once training camp begins. Groh's philosophy is that playing time is earned through continual competition. For the first time in his six years at Virginia, Groh played only one true freshman in 2006, so there will be 15 hungry redshirt freshmen looking to make an impact once drills commence as Groh looks for those players "who give us the best chance to win."

CAVALIERS POISED FOR RUN IN 2007 :: Playing time to be determined through competition during training camp.

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the rest of the ACC had better watch out