david mccarty

Drew Smith admits that its difficult not to notice the vacant spot in the weight room, in the Physical Education building, at the University at Albany. There are NCAA tournament banners hanging for the volleyball team and the men's basketball team, but where the football sign hangs -- nothing...

There’s an old Chinese proverb about a bamboo tree, which University at Albany coach Bob Ford equates to his running game. The story goes that you must water the bamboo seeds without any results for quite some time and eventually, the tree will explode out of the ground, growing very quickly.