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Around the Dog Park is our daily round up of G5 football news around the internet. Feel free to submit any news we may have missed in the comments section.
General G5
- Temple is highlighted in a feature on how beneficial a successful football program is to a university. Exposure is everything folks.
- Take a look at the facilities for every FBS program in Texas.
American
- Hassan Childs, the USF football player who was shot over the weekend, has been dismissed by Charlie Strong.
- With Riley Ferguson entrenched as the starting quarterback the competition to be his backup rages on with Brady Davis returning from a knee injury suffered last year.
- Houston held their Pro Day yesterday and with all eyes on Greg Ward’s transition to wide receiver, it was Brandon Wilson who stole the show.
- Randy Edsall wants a faster pace on offense which could in turn get his defense acclimated to the uptempo offenses in the AAC.
Conference USA
- Western Kentucky basketball player Justin Johnson will see if he can succeed on the gridiron as he wants to participate in spring practice as a tight end.
- The Marshall Athletic Hall of Fame has announced their new members and Ahmad Bradshaw is one of them.
- In other Marshall news, Doc Holliday has weeded out some players this spring following last year’s 3-9 season.
- Foreman Field is still a work in progress at Old Dominion, but progress is being made nonetheless.
- FAU’s offense isn’t going to be Kiffin’s or Briles’, but rather a mixture of both of their philosophies.