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April 13th, 2009, 11:30 PM
04-13-2009 10:25 PM

Lamar football coach looks at 39 walk-on candidates

They came out of the stands and from across Texas to take a chance on a sun-splashed field that had not seen that kind of action in 20 years.

Some of the 39 participants at Lamar University’s open football tryouts on Monday looked as though they belonged. Others looked as though they were there as part of a fraternity stunt. Some were smooth and practiced. Others clumsy and overmatched. But they were all at Provost Umphrey Stadium competing for what likely will be only a couple spots on Lamar’s 2010 football team.

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TexasTerror
April 13th, 2009, 11:34 PM
If you read the article - they got a transfer from Grambling. Any of the SWAC people know anything there?

Figure a good bunch of these guys - especially the ones who "looked as though they belonged" will make the squad for 2010. Need a few of these guys so Woodard can have some balance with the classes. Who knows? Maybe there's a scholarship-quality athlete in the midst...

TexasTerror
April 14th, 2009, 07:54 PM
Here's another story on Lamar, similar subject, different paper...

http://www.panews.com/local/local_story_104094124.html