Big Ups to College Boys

Despite the weather, it looks as though Dom and his selectors have pulled together another outstanding Maine college team. Here's his communication and recap of events this weekend that he shared with his squad:

"Gentlemen,

Thank you so much for your commitment on Saturday - it was an honor to
be part of such a classy team. We went down having some guys bail at the
last minute and without any significant practice time and played two
teams stacked with Division I players to a drop-dead standstill. I think
this speaks volumes about your professionalism and the hard-nosed games
you all brought down.

It was really cool to see how the players from the different teams that
have such a strong rivalry came together so quickly into a cohesive
unit. The backline was a perfect mix of Colby and Bowdoin studs that
looked like it had played together for years. They shredded both the
Boston backline and the New Hampshire backline, which was mostly from
the Dartmouth team (seeded ninth in the Division I Sweet Sixteen this
year). The centers Nick Reid from Bowdoin and Nate Mylrea from Colby
looked like they'd played together since kids, both in the timing of
their crushing defensive coverage and in their combinations
ball-in-hand.

With such a strong showing, we of course placed some players on the
NERFU East team that is the next step up. I'd like to congratulate the
following guys on playing their way onto the side that will feed the NRU
team that goes to the Inter-Territorial Competition - where the National
Team will be picked:

Eric Brockmeyer (Colby)
Bill Dow (UMaine)
Brennan Moore (Colby)
Brian Durant (Bowdoin)
John Wheelock (Colby)
Nick Reid (Bowdoin)

I thought everyone did Maine proud and some other guys were very unlucky
to miss out, particularly Bill Reichl of UMaine and Nate Mylrea of
Colby, but there were some positions that had a very strong field of
competition.

Once again, thank you for your efforts and we'll talk to you soon. Best,

Dominic

PS On a side note, I spoke with some of you about coming to Portland
after graduation or over the summer to play for the Portland RFC. For
the rest of you, we have a fantastic program and Portland is a great
place to live and work. Send me a note if you are interested in having
us use our network of job contacts to help you explore living, working
and playing the game in the best city on the East Coast! "

Er, Dom...could you put me in touch with that "network of job contacts"?