Around the Dog Park: Spring practice begins in the AAC

General G5 Football

• In the spirit of March Madness the mothership has created a 68-team bracket. The seeding for the G5 teams are interesting but I think they did a good job overall.
• We roundup all the free agency moves made by our Underdogs in the NFL.

American

• Spring practice has started at Tulane and East Carolina and will begin this week for UConn.
• A position review for UCF linebackers.
• USF gets pegged as a potential cinderella team that can vie for the College Football Playoff.

Conference USA

• Spring practice is underway at Charlotte and though the 49ers made some strides in 2016 they are aware that they didn’t turn the corner just yet.
• Lane Kiffin is playing things close to the vest as only four practices will be open to the public this spring.
• There are some elite prospects coming out of Houston this recruiting class and a few are on UTSA’s radar.
• Our spring preview series on FAU and FIU continues: We take a look at FAU’s defensive line and take a glance at the Panthers’ offensive line.

Independents

• Here’s an interesting read on Army linemen Hunter Adams and his quest to make it to the NFL.

Sun Belt

• Louisiana-Lafayette has finished their fifth practice session and Mark Hudspeth shares his thoughts after their second week of practice.

Not a whole lot going on right now with March Madness underway. If you happen to find any links feel free to put them in the comments section.