Saturday -- July 7th, 2012

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One thing about vacationing in Canada, I don't have to search for Canadian football. Mrs. Blog and I watched Brandon London and the Larks defeat the Blue Bombers 41-30 while eating pizza at a local restaurant. London had three catches for 24 yards.

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UConn has the fewest verbals in the Big East.

More on the status of UConn football.

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A economic paper says football wins increase a school's donations, applications, academic reputation, in-state enrollment and SAT scores. If UMass can build a winning FBS program, I believe it will help tremendously with state funding and support for all the programs at the University.

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Victor Cruz will have a book event in Queens this month.

Amazon has a prerelease order for "Out of the Blue" here.

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"Pats Pulpit" looks at the Patriots safeties including James Ihedigbo.

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