Jenn Menendez reports on college sports.
Defensive lineman Bryan Grier - all 344 pounds of him - will be especially pumped for today's 7 p.m. kickoff against Connecticut.
Right tackle Chris Parcells who left Maine's season opener with an ankle injury will be a game-day decision tomorrow.
Parcells (Yes he's related: nephew of Bill Parcells) is also Maine's long snapper.
The college football world is still talking about Appalachian State's stunning upset of Michigan last week: 34-32.
Not only is the Maine football team off to a 1-0 start on the 2007 season
but the men's futbol...okay, soccer team...is also off to a 1-0 start.
This after an 0-17 season last year.
Becks?
Maine beat Monmouth 21-14 to pick up a win its season opener Saturday night under the lights at Morse Field.
Quarterback Michael Brusko picked up 109 rushing yards on 16 carries in his debut as Maine's starter.
Tailback Jhamal Fluellen had another 129 yards on 25 carries.
With kickoff of Maine's season opener just minutes away, some impressive news is circulating around Orono concerning some former players.
Mike DeVito, Maine's all-conference tackle last year, made the New York Jets roster. DeVito, 6-foot-3, 298 pounds, called Maine staff today to share the news.
Four former Maine football players from the past two seasons are still keeping the dream alive at various NFL camps.
T-minus two days until the University of Maine football team opens the 2007 season at home against Monmouth (NEC).
No, they're not playing Nebraska or Mississippi State this year, but some interesting storylines have come out of preseason.
