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double bump

Almost positive, but don't remember when or where I heard that

He's there but we don't have anyone at the academy. Chris Mortensen tweeted that he would have something on Bray today.

I e-mailed the media relations director of the MPA on Friday morning and still haven't heard back from him.

Only word that matters would be that of an honest spy, and such a person wouldn't get in to watch if he were honest. Bottom line: The Mannings are a classy bunch, and they demand those that work for them be classy, so the official word from MPA's "media relations director" is almost certainly gonna be that "he," whoever he is, is doing just great, I tells ya.

I seriously doubt honest appraisals are forthcoming. It's always possible some truth could leak out, but your best shot is to simply ask Bray what he worked on when he gets back and see if he tells you, since each of the kids probably gets "asked" to do some extra work on what they in particular need to work on.