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Virginia builds team unity thanks to wrestling icon DDP and his yoga

Related Topics: Diamond Dallas Page, Yoga

A few times a week over the summer, Virginia football players gathered inside one of their team rooms and turned their attention to the DVD playing on the big screen.

Diamond Dallas Page came into view. Forget his long flowing locks and trademark taunts. A slimmer, trimmer DDP started doing stretches and threw in a diamond cutter or two. The players followed along eagerly, taking their cues from a former professional wrestler turned new-age yogi.