By Harry Minium
You often don't learn much about a college football team by watching its first summer practice. Guys are in helmets and jerseys and there's no blocking and tackling. It's a day of mostly running drills and catching and throwing.
But I can say this with confidence after watching Old Dominion's first practice Thursday – ODU is not the second-worst Football Bowl Subdivision team in the country, as CBSsports.com claims in its FBS ratings.
Nor do I think the Monarchs will finish last in the Conference USA East Division, as every publication in America has predicted.