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Thursday, July 16, 2009

An Update From Riderville

Not much to report from Riderville today. The most popular players may have been 3rd and 4th string quarterbacks Dalton Bell and Cole Bergquist as a couple of people had to ask if they think their days as a Rider might be over considering Graham Harrell will soon be here. I've gotten a lot of e-mails about Harrell and his potential. As I have said, he has the credentials of a top notch quarterback but lets see what happens when he gets here. The one thing I will say is I hope Rider fans show some patience. Harrell is not going to come in here, watch the Canadian game for a couple of weeks, and then start lighting it up. That just doesn't happen. Anyone calling for Harrell to see action this year is wearing his or her watermelon too tight.



Lance Frazier looks like he will play Saturday. He looked close to 100 percent at practice today after leaving the Toronto game with a hip pointer.



I don't know who they were, but a group of people in wheelchairs were at practice today being looked after by Maureen Miller---the wife of Ken. For those who don't know Maureen, she is just a tremendous woman and someone that everyone should get a chance to know. Instead of retreating to their locker-room and to interviews once the practice was over, every player went over to have some talk time with the guests--who I think were army vets. Its things like this that should be reported on more often. Players get roasted when they stray off that line and get into trouble---and well they should depending on the severity of the crime--but they should also be saluted for things like this.

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