Moving on with the New Orleans Saints, it’s time to put the blog to bed

Former UNLV defensive end/outside linebacker Jason Beauchamp wraps up his two-year run as the Rebels’ resident blogger for the Sun with one last entry. It comes two days after he signed a free agent deal to go to camp with the defending Super Bowl champion New Orleans Saints. Beauchamp led the Mountain West Conference in tackles as a junior in 2008, then as a senior led the Rebels in tackles (95), tackles for loss (12) and sacks (6.5).

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With the East-West Shrine Game finished, it’s now onto the NFL scouting combine … and beyond

Hello again, everyone. I just recently got done with a week in Orlando for the 2010 East-West Shrine Game. Our West team lost, 13-10, but I took plenty away from it all. The experience was huge, just because I’ve never been a part of anything like that. It was definitely an eye-opener. It’s intense all the time, the coaches are very straight-forward and they expect a lot from everybody. Just dealing with being at the meetings 15 minutes early, making sure everything is taken care of and dealing with scouts and agents was just something totally new.

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Journey to the next level begins with the East-West Shrine Game

After the conclusion of my senior season, I took I guess about a week, a week-and-a-half off, and tried to finish strong with school. I'm just figuring out exactly all ...

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A strange few days …

Situations like these are always serious. It's people's lives, and their families are affected. At that point, you have to feel empathy towards anyone. I think for the most part, ...

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Getting closer to where we want to be

By Jason Beauchamp Last week, winning in a do-or-die situation, it felt great. I think the whole thing with pressure is that this team plays better with pressure. We enjoy ...

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Gearing up for a final push

After going down to Fort Worth and taking on TCU, I think they're definitely a standout team. They're running on all cylinders right now. It's the timing. They've got the ...

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Winning was nice, but there’s still work to be done

Starting with last weekend's win at New Mexico, I'd been enjoying it, but I guess that was over on Sunday. We enjoyed having no practice and being able to enjoy ...

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We’re not the only ones facing adversity …

After last weekend's game against Utah, this team is still very optimistic. I feel like last week, it was all about practice. The whole thing was that we had nothing ...

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Who’s afraid of a little contact?

In preparing for Utah after the last two weeks, I think we're just getting back to playing football, and the guys have a chip on their shoulders. The best way ...

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Back to the basics …

Looking back at last weekend ... The thing is, football, you can make it too complicated. It's a mental thing. I just see it as I think that all of ...

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