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While the U.S. Open is set to battle the rain once again, the Dartmouth Friends of Football Golf Classic here in Hanover today might be spared. The sky is a pale shade of gray this morning and the weather.com forecast is for just a 15 percent chance of rain this afternoon. Keep your fingers crossed.

Three Ivy Leaguers were chosen in the first United Football League draft. That would be the United Football League, which is slated to play on Thursday and Friday nights in the fall with one game a week televised by Versus. Chosen by the San Francisco franchise were Harvard quarterback Liam O'Hagan and Brown defensive lineman Kai Brown. Wide receiver Chas Gessner, who has bounced around various pro football venues since graduating from Brown, was taken by Orlando.

Say what you will about the UFL (Wikipedia page) it has taken an interesting approach with former NFL coaches heading up the "Original Four." Dennis Green will coach San Francisco, Jim Haslett will be in Orlando, Ted Cottrell in New York and Jim Fassel will run the show in Las Vegas. While saying he didn't see the league as an NFL feeder, Fassel did tell the Arizona Republic:

"There are a lot of guys just out of college that get released because they're just not quite there. Give him another year or two of seasoning, and you'll find him right back in the (NFL) playing. Like Kurt Warner. He needed a few years in the Arena league to develop, and the next thing you know the guy is an MVP player. There are guys out there just like that."

Be sure to check out the photo gallery from the sixth Wearers of the Green celebration in Boston last month.