When Jared Green hauled in his first career touchdown catch against Miami last Saturday, it’s a good bet that his father was more excited about it than was the young Virginia receiver.

Marc Verica entered the third quarter of Saturday’s game with as many incomplete passes as those that found receivers.

Jared Green essentially raced from the festivities to Charlottesville to report for the start of Virginia’s training camp. The Cavaliers opened practice last night at 6:30 p.m.

The school-issued paraphernalia sent to encourage voting for the 21-year-old graduate student could have included numerous catchy slogans, which now could include: Pastor Peerman. In July, Peerman was ordained as a minister at Charlottesville’s Mt. Zion First African Church.