Archives for March 11, 2010

‘Posluszny addressed the students about his educational history and his path to Penn State University after high school. He said that when he was recruited in high school to play football in college he would get nervous talking with coaches. He thought they were going to ask intense football questions regarding what type of player he was. He was surprised to find out that the first questions asked were, “What kind of student are you?” and, “What kind of relationship do you have with your teachers?”‘

‘Where does one start with Gibran Hamdan, the second quarterback in two days signed by the previously pivot-free Toronto Argonauts?’

‘The Bills need more size on the defensive line, particularly at nose tackle, with their planned move to the 3-4 scheme. The 6-foot-5, 320-pound Kennedy has been in 4-3 defenses since entering the league, but lined up over the center in St. Louis.’

‘The Bills need to upgrade their line, and Kennedy could fill a void. He’s coming off a strong season and is turning into a late bloomer after being labeled a first-round bust in St. Louis.’

‘Hamdan probably could have taken more money to remain in the U.S., but he did not want to sit on the bench anymore. “I had options,” Hamdan said. “But I’m looking for an opportunity to help lead a team to a championship, to make an imprint on an organization, and this is the best place for me to do that. I don’t want to toil on a roster with no role. That became difficult.”‘

‘Hamdan was recently released by the Buffalo Bills after being their third-stringer last season but that scrap of data hardly speaks to those qualities that continue to open doors for him as an athlete. Hamdan hails from a unique background. His father, Latif, is Palestinian; his mother Laila is Pakistani. The dad is a nuclear engineer with a PhD who now works for the U.S. government. The mom owns several beauty schools in the Washington, D.C. area. She started off by cutting hair to support her family when all was lost in Kuwait.’