7:30 A.M. — Former O'Connell QB Has It Tough

Former O'Connell QB Gibran Hamdan's Bio: http://www.buffalobills.com/team/player.jsp?player_id=122771

Democrat and Chronicle Feature on Hamdan: http://www.democratandchronicle.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080807/SPORTS03/808070356/1007/SPORTS

He got blasted by the Washington Redskins on Saturday night, but the local product also did some good things. Finished 7-of-13 for 65 yards as the No. 3 starter. The guy who replaced Antwaan Randle-El at Indiana, he's actually a former Skin. And Seahawk, and 49er and Dolphin.

Among the interesting parts of the Hamdan: his brother is a QB at Boise State, his father is Palestinian and had to cut hair after his Kuwaiti house was bombed by Iraqis, he had a college girlfriend pass away from cancer and somehow he lost his house. Damn.