Friday News--- August 6th, 2010

Victor Cruz is the subject of this article from the Giants training camp.

Matt Lawrence is eager to return to football after a knee injury at the Ravens camp.

You remember that Clarence Brooks is still coaching with the Ravens.

Vladimir Ducasse gets a mention in this article about the top 2011 non-BCS NFL prospects.

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Adam Nettina, who once wrote a guest blog post for the UMass Football Blog when we played Navy, has an excellent article from his new beat in the WAC. Adam is a talented sports writer.

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Craig Haley has an article in his "In the FCS Huddle" column: Delaware's Pat Devlin is unflappable.

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Former UMass HC Jim Reid is the current DC in Virginia. This story talks about his days in Boston College.

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Terrance Thomas of CSN is back with interviews of Micky Matthews and K.C. Keeler from CAA Media Day.

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Today is twenty-nine days until the 2010 season starts. Wearing #29 for UMass this year is Ryan Carter, a 5-11 180 pd RS FR DB from North Laurel MD. Carter had a red shirt year in 2009.