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Manufactured for the NFL

And yet another way I'm showing my age ...

I can remember a time when it was an insult to refer to a college as a football factory, with the idea being that the university had abandoned its principal mission of developing minds in favor of filling the stadium on Saturdays. But the NFL Network's NFL's Top 10 (tomorrow, 9 p.m.) is titled "Football Factories" and takes a look at the following schools that have churned out NFL talent: Alabama, Miami, Michigan, Mid-American Conference, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Penn State, Syracuse, Tennessee and USC.

And how proud I am that my alma mater, Rider University of Lawrenceville, N.J. -- school motto: "We're right off Route 206" -- does not appear on that list. Of course, that could have something to do with our not having a football team.

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About Ray Frager

Ray Frager joined The Baltimore Sun’s sports department in 1985 and has been an assistant sports editor for more than 15 years. This is his second stint writing a sports media column for The Baltimore Sun. Most sequels aren't as good as the original, but then, the original wasn't all that great either.

Frager, born in 1957, grew up in northern Delaware (graduating from a high school that since has shut down) and received his bachelor's degree in journalism from Rider College in Lawrenceville, N.J. He worked as a reporter and copy editor at The Trenton Times and The Dallas Morning News before coming to Baltimore.

Surprisingly, if you look at his accompanying photo, Frager is married and has a son and daughter. He enjoys playing basketball and has organized pickup games among members of The Baltimore Sun staff for many years, which means they don't get too mad at him for shooting way too much.

He has a good beat and is easy to dance to. I'd give him an 85.