04-13-2009 10:25 PM

Lamar football coach looks at 39 walk-on candidates

They came out of the stands and from across Texas to take a chance on a sun-splashed field that had not seen that kind of action in 20 years.

Some of the 39 participants at Lamar University’s open football tryouts on Monday looked as though they belonged. Others looked as though they were there as part of a fraternity stunt. Some were smooth and practiced. Others clumsy and overmatched. But they were all at Provost Umphrey Stadium competing for what likely will be only a couple spots on Lamar’s 2010 football team.

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