Tuesday, October 04, 2016

Tuesday before Old Dominion--October 4th, 2016

Mrs Blog and I drove to Virginia Beach by way of US17 from Fredericksburg to the bridge crossing over to the Norfork/Virginia Beach side of Tidewater. We stopped at George Washington's Birthplace National Monument. It's a real nice place. The atmosphere is quiet and serene. Far different from the I-95 and I-64 corridor craziness. If you like history, I highly recommend it. Listening to the Ranger give a talk on Washington's early life, both Mrs Blog and I were struck by contrast between Washington and the choices in the 2016 Presidential election...


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UMass has their game notes for Old Dominion up.

Monarch's HC Bobby Wilder's weekly press conference transcript.

Video interview with Wilder on Old Dominion's victory over Charlotte and the upcoming UMass game.

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NOLA.com has a post on Tulane's big offensive day against the Minutemen.

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Keeper's college football rankings has UMass at #113 after week #5 (.pdf download).

Keeper has Old Dominion a 16.5+ point favorite over the Minutemen (another .pdf download)

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Pilot Online says UMass players will join Old Dominion's Circle of Protest prior to Saturday's game.

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ESPN reports Victor Cruz feels like an athlete again.

Victor had five catches for 50 yards against the Vikings.

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Tajae Sharpe, battling a hamstring problem, was held to two catches against the Texans.

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