Elton Brown

With Wednesday’s pair of practices, the Virginia football team wrapped up its most physical training camp in Al Groh’s four years as head coach. Tomorrow the players will move out of the Cavalier Inn, where they have stayed the past two weeks, and get the day off. Friday they will reconvene and begin preparing specifically for Temple.

In recent years, UVa has relied mainly on finesse and execution to win games. But Groh believes this team has the personnel to be powerful, so he emphasized toughness and physical play throughout camp.

“It’s been tough but it’s worth it,” said senior guard Elton Brown. “We want to play power football, so that’s what we’re working on. It’s getting back to basics. Beating the guy in front of you. Hitting guys in the mouth. We want to be stronger, meaner and nastier.”

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