plus 1, Donovan McNabb goes against Michael Vick, the man he endorsed for job - Boston Herald

Donovan McNabb goes against Michael Vick, the man he endorsed for job - Boston Herald

Posted: 02 Oct 2010 06:44 AM PDT

Speaking of those mysterious ways, last April, when Reid dispatched McNabb to Washington, would he have thought twice if he'd known he'd end up changing quarterbacks again after Week 2?

"Well, since I didn't think about all that, and I traded Donovan, I'm not going to worry about that," Reid said. "I mean, that's a fully loaded question, and I'm not Plato."

Reid also is not Nostradamus.

"You hope that he would be able to get back to this level and even better," Reid said, when asked if the best three-game stretch of Vick's career has surprised his coach. "But that was an unknown, and the preseason was a little bit up and down. So I think we were all hoping that he could get there, but did we know that was going to be a reality? No. I don't think anybody knew that.

How did we get from there to here?

"I think it was just a matter of playing," Reid said. "Extended plays, that's what I think it was, and just getting back in the swing of that. His preseason (started late in 2009) and then all of a sudden, you're into the season, and he's getting a handful of plays, here, there. He gets hurt, and then he comes back and he gets a handful here and there. There was nothing back-to-back-to-back, so I think that he needed that. This preseason was important for him."

McNabb said he sees the difference in Vick, watching from afar.

"I've seen a different type of person, a guy who is truly determined now," McNabb told a conference call with Philadelphia-area reporters Wednesday. "He's accepting of his role and what's been asked of him, a guy who understands there's not many more chances left. He's took full advantage of that. He went in through the offseason with the mind-set of getting better, getting himself back and ready to go. You see obviously a guy out there who is making big plays for his team."

Obviously, the McNabb trade puts some pressure on Vick this week _ not as much as would have fallen on Kolb, probably, but a lot. Vick saw that reinforced when he had to burrow through a huge scrum of waiting media to get to his locker Wednesday.

"I've been under pressure my whole life," Vick said. "You know, pressure to take care of my family and a lot of other things. This is football; there is pressure, but you also have to make fun of it and make light of the whole situation. That's what I try to do. There's always going to be pressure. That's the great part of this game, because it brings the best out of you."

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WSU's Office of Career Services having job fair [The Wichita Eagle, Kan.] - Insurance News Net

Posted: 10 Sep 2010 10:38 AM PDT

Sept. 10--Wichita State University's Office of Career Services will have its Fall Career Fair from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday in Charles Koch Arena.

Recruiters from local, regional and national companies are expected to attend, to talk with students and graduates about full-time and internship opportunities.

WSU said companies registered for the event include AFLAC, AgVantis, Axa Advisors, Boeing, BROCADE, Consolidated Graphics, CPI Qualified Consultants, Defense Contract Audit Agency, Department of Corrections -- Juvenile Detention Facility, Edward Jones Investment, Enterprise Holdings, Farmers Insurance, Garmin International, Great Bend Chamber of Commerce, Journal Broadcast, Kansas Department of Commerce, KMUW, Koch Industries, LSI Corp., Menards, Morrow Engineering, Northwestern Mutual Financial Network, Oklahoma City University, Primerica Financial Services, Pulse Systems, Rensenhouse Electric Supply, Shawnee County Department of Corrections, Social Security Administration, Spirit AeroSystems, Target, TFI Family Services, Tinker Air Force Base-Civilian Employment, University of Kansas School of Law, Vanity, Vermillion, Walmart, Washburn University School of Law, Wells Fargo Financial, Westar Energy, Wheatland Systems, Wichita Police Department, Wichita Radio Reading Service, Wolf Creek and WSU Media Resources Department.

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