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RMU Football Selected in to Finish Third in NEC
The university's football team is selected by a poll of league head coaches.
football team has been picked to finish third this season in the Northeast Conference by a poll of league head coaches.
The team, which is coming off a 2010 overall record of 8-3, received one first-place vote in the conference's preseason coach's poll.
The team last year earned the NEC's inaugural bid to the NCAA Football Championship subdivision playoffs after a home victory over Central Connecticut State University.
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Duquesne was selected to finish second in the NEC in 2010. Central Connecticut State University was picked as first.
The team begins its training camp Aug. 9 at Joe Walton Stadium on the university's campus. RMU will open its 2011 season Sept. 3 against the University of Dayton. Nine starters will return to the team's lineup from last season.
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