Canisius College men’s lacrosse goalkeeper junior Sean Callahan was named MAAC Defensive Player of the Week after helping the Griffs to a 5-4 victory against Manhattan during the weekend.
Callahan anchored the Golden Griffins in a defensive battle, recording nine saves and yielding only four goals to earn the win.
The Canisius goalkeeper has made the most of his opportunities when playing conference opponents this season as he leads the MAAC in league games with a 8.61 goals against average, while ranking third with a .552 save percentage. This is the first time Callahan has earned a weekly honor in his career, while it also marks the first time this season that a Canisius player has earned a MAAC accolade.
The Griffs finished the season going 3-3 in the MAAC with a 3-9 overall record.
After months of never-ending speculation, rumors and more mock drafts than one cares to remember, the 2011 NFL draft has come to its conclusion. The Buffalo Bills unmistakably took a sensible, if not elegant approach to their incoming rookie class. While most thought it was a matter of who and when, not if Buddy Nix would tab a quarterback to groom under Ryan Fitzpatrick, his staff judiciously committed themselves to refurbishing a defense worst in the entire NFL at stopping the run.
It’s not like Buffalo didn’t have ample opportunity to land their quarterback of the future. They flat-out passed on Blaine Gabbert and Jake Locker in the first round, Andy Dalton and Colin Kaepernick in the second, Ryan Mallet in round three and Ricky Stanzi in the fifth. Whether it was a case of not being sold on as many quarterback prospects as most, being higher on Fitzpatrick everyone else being unable to form a consensus on one specific guy, Nix literally ignored the position for the duration of the draft.
Drafting heavy for defense isn’t always sexy but with the makeup of this current roster, it was the wise thing to do.
Here are six things we categorically learned about the Buffalo Bills over the past three days.
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The Buffalo Bandits narrowly advanced to the East Division Finals Saturday night with a one goal victory over the Boston Blazers. The game will be at the HSBC Arena on May 7.
If you think you’ve seen the end of the mock drafts for the time being, think again. Brian Galliford from SB Nation already has a 2012 mock up. And with the fifth pick of the 2012 NFL draft, the Buffalo Bills select quarterback Landry Jones from Oklahoma. With all due respect, I think it’s a little fairy tale to think the 49ers will have the worst record in the NFL and reunite with Andrew Luck.
Allen Wilson of the Buffalo News writes taht the Bills are in a Southern comfort zone.
Here was an outstanding video on NFL.com in the days leading up to Marcell Dareus heading to New York for the NFL draft.
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