Article: Bears luring recruits to head north UMaine football program unfazed by challenges of location, weather

ORONO - Bitter cold enveloped the University of Maine campus again Friday, just in time to greet 20 Black Bear football recruits and their parents here for a weekend visit.

Cold and snow are inescapable realities of winter in Orono. Head coach Jack Cosgrove and his staff tackle that subject, and others related to UMaine, head on with recruits.

"We walk them in the cold. We show the young people as honestly as we can what a UMaine experience would be like," Cosgrove said. "We want to establish a level of communication and trust."

UMaine football has learned to work around the challenges of being in northern New England. The program has created a warm, nurturing atmosphere which has ...

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