Langman was first-team all-state for Class 8A this fall as chosen by the IHSFCA (Illinois High School Football Coaches Association). He has been a two-year all-conference player (DuPage Valley Class 8A) and was selected unanimously this year.
Chosen the conference's “Offensive Lineman of the Year,” he's also a two-year member of the conference all-academic team and was named academic all-state this year.
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Harvard grad, Super Bowl and 15-year NFL veteran Matt Birk is announcing his retirement today according to the Baltimore Sun.
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Two years ago it was a Florida high school recruit who newspapers and bloggers wrote was treated unfairly by Princeton. He ended up as a late addition to the Penn recruiting class. This time it is Penn in the headlines as a Florida high school coach tells the Tampa Bay Times the Quakers treated his star quarterback unfairly. Whether there were extenuating circumstances is unclear because, as the story notes, "(Penn coach Al) Bagnoli Bagnoli and the Penn athletics department have declined comment, citing NCAA regulations preventing coaches from talking about specific recruits."The Daily Pennsylvanian's blog The Buzz also has a note about the situation.
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So you want to be a college football coach and hit the road recruiting? Maybe not. Watch this interview with Maryland coach Randy Edsall, who feared for his well-being – if not his life – on a trip to Florida.
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Former Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine as AD at Sacred Heart University? Sounds as if it could happen according to the Connecticut Post. (Thanks for the link.)
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Oh, and I'm giving you one more day to cast your vote in the poll (upper right).
