Good morning. On the gridiron, they may look mean and tough… but in reality? Richmond football is full of comedians. If you ever need a laugh, the team votes Bryson Parker and Nick DeGennaro as their top jokesters.

What else are we mixing into today’s edition?

🥣 Ryan Coll on Reese’s Senior Bowl Watch List
🏈 Get to know punter Aaron Trusler
🕷️ And much, much more!

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📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Perfect Combination. The only combo better than Ryan Coll and the Reese’s Senior Bowl Watch List is peanut butter and chocolate, folks—and the Richmond offensive lineman (along with the rest of the offensive line) did their job last year, allowing quarterback Reece Udinski to throw for 3,614 yards and 29 touchdown passes.

Coll has been raking in the preseason honors: Bluebloods, Phil Steele, Stats Perform All-America, and Preseason All-CAA nods. The Reese’s Senior Bowl Watch list has 720 position players on it, and the select finalists will play in what is known as the best college football all-star game and the first stage in the NFL Draft process.

👀 Read more about Ryan Coll’s journey and the Reese’s Senior Bowl Watch List here.

🔼 Punter From Down Under. In his third year at Richmond, Australian native Aaron Trusler has gained a whole bunch of toughness and has loved his time being a Spider.

And while the Aussie didn’t have a high school season, he did go through the Pro Kick program and said the main difference between Aussie rules and U.S. rules is how specific you have to be. It was more free-flowing in Australia, and Trusler had to get used to being more tedious with every move he makes playing in the States.

🎙️ Listen more to what Aaron Trusler has to say about his American football career.

🤔 SPIDERS TRIVIA

Flashback Friday. Let’s see how good your memory and math skills are this morning.

Richmond women’s basketball finished last season with a .656 winning percentage off of 32 games played.

Today’s question—how many games does that mean the squad won?

Think you got it? Scroll on down to the bottom of this email for the answer!

🕷️ ONE BIG THING

The secret is out. Richmond women’s basketball released their first non-conference schedule game. The Spiders will play at Duke on Nov. 6. The team will look to get revenge on the Blue Devils this season after taking a loss last season.

Be ready to see how the nine returners and six newbies on the team do this year.

📅 THE WEEK AHEAD

Friday, August 25

🏑 Field Hockey vs. Longwood @ 6:00pm ET (Season Opener)

Saturday, September 2

🎽 Cross Country @ Spider Alumni Open

🏈 Football vs. Morgan State @ 6:00pm ET on 106.1 ESPN | Listen Live | Get Tickets Today

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🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: 21!

🕷️ Have a great Friday!