Saturday News ---March 13th 2010

Another article on Boston College's Mike McLaughlin with references to his father Mike and uncle Joe, both of whom played for UMass.

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Brian Bozek, a 5-10 195 pd athlete from Laconia HS signed with St. Alsems (remember when we played them in basketball?). That's the same HS as UMass RSFr DB Christian Birt. The article has a number of UMass references.

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Back on March 1st I did a blog post with a link to a Bleacher Report on how the UMass Marching band was one of the top bands in football. The UMass Daily Collegian follows up with an article on the band , with some interesting facts about the UMB's history.

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Over on the FCS website "Championship Subdivision.com" , there is a post on the results of some Pro Day workouts. The complete post is here and worth reading. From the post:

RB Tony Nelson, UMASS
5091, 208 pounds
40- 4.55-4.57
reps- 17
vertical- 36
broad jump- 10'4
3-cone- 6.62
short shuttle- 4.33

DT Kyle Harrington, UMASS
6036, 287 pounds
40- 4.93-4.95
reps- 40 (Wow!)
vertical- 27.5
broad jump- 8'9
3-cone- 7.23
short shuttle- 4.40

WR Victor Cruz, UMASS
5114, 208 pounds
40- 4.48-4.50
reps- 13
vertical- 41.5
broad jump- 10'5
short shuttle- 4.33

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I believe Maine Black Bears are among the leaders in the FCS division producing NFL players over the last decade or so. The Bangor Daily News has an article on Maine's Pro Day. I first spotted the article over on the Draft Daddy Blog.

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Alabama LB and NFL prospect Rolando McClain reveals that he has Crohn's Disease. So do I. Good luck to Rolando. He's going to have an interesting life.

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