UMass Football News--August 18th, 2025

 

Tyler Martin and Ryan Mosesso have been selected for the Michael Boland Inspirational Award.

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Hustle Belt previews the 2025 Ball State Cardinals. Ball State went 3-9 in 2024 and really, really got hammered in the transfer portal. UMass and Ball State do not meet in 2025.

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Sports Illustrated reports on the return of Dequan Finn to the MAC. Finn was the 2023 MAC MVP and Offensive Player-of-the-Year. He should provide an instant boost to Miami (Ohio). UMass and the Redhawks do not play in 2025.

BTW, the Redhawks open on Thursday, August 28th against Wisconsin. The game will be televised on the Big Ten Network. 

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Alabama's $19.9 million NIL roster takes a significant injury hit.

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UMass Football News--August 16th, 2025

 

The Minuteman Command has video of UMass punter Keegan Andrews and safety Zeraun Daniel talking to reporters after Thursday's practice.

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Temple continues to update their training camp blog through this past week. 

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The NY Post's headline writers are not in sync with the people who write the sports stories. 

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Owls Daily has a number of articles about Temple (requires 247Sports subscription). 

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The Coastal (ex-Colonial) Conference previews Bryant football.  The Bulldogs are in their second year in the CAA.

UMass Football News--August 15th, 2025

 

UMass Special Teams coordinator Joe Castellitto talks to reports after Thursday's practice.

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Hustle Belt previews the 2025 Akron Zips. Akron went 4-8 (3-5 in the MAC in 2025 . Athlon picks Akron 10th in the preseason MAC ranking. Lindy's picked them 9th.

One UMass-Akron connection is Minuteman DL line coach Nyeem Wartman, who joined UMass after three seasons with the Zips. 

Again, Akron is a mid-level MAC team that we should be competitive with. UMass needs a road win against the Zips.

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Hustle Belt also previews Miami (Ohio). Athlon picks the Red Hawks 3rd in preseason rankings and Lindys picks them fourth. Miami (Ohio) went 9-5 (7-1 in the MAC) in 2024. UMass gets a break in 2025 as the Minutemen do not play Toledo or the Red Hawks.

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Fox Sports reports the MAC conference heads into the 2025 season with a number of experienced quarterbacks  playing for the conference's top teams.

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UMass Football News--August 14th, 2025

 The Flagship Podcast interviews UMass Strength and Conditions coach George Greene.

Back before the 1970's college football teams did not do much in the way of strength training preferring to do on-the-field running around  conditioning. Nebraska was the first major program to really emphasize lifting and for a period of about four years (until everyone caught up) the Huskers just crushed opponents.

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Hustle Belt previews the 2025 Central Michigan team. Lindy's picks Central Michigan 5th in their preseason rankings and Athlon picks them 6th. The Chippewas went 4-8 (2-6 in the MAC) in 2024. They should be the caliber of team we would be shooting to be competitive with.

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The Amherst Bulletin reports the Minuteman defense is showing promise. 

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OT but UMass' women's soccer is ranked high in the MAC preseason poll.

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The NY Post on why Toledo will win the MAC championship in 2025. 

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UMass Football News--August 13th, 2025

 

The Minuteman Command has an interview with OL Ryan Mosesso.

Unless injuries happen, I would think the starting OL would be Benjamin Roy at center. The two All-Ivy transfers Kyle Brown and Michael Entwhistle (probably at guards) and Ryan Mosesso and maybe Luke Painton or Zachary Franks at the remaining spot.

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Hustle Belt previews the 2025 Bowling Green Falcons. UMass and Bowling Green meet in the last game of the season. For the Minutemen, there could be a lot riding on that game. Lindy's picks the Falcons 11th in preseason and Athlon picks them 7th. They should be a mid-level MAC team that we should be able to compete with. 

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Hustle Belt also previews the Buffalo Bulls. Buffalo returns 14 starters, which is almost unheard of in the portal era for Group-of-Five teams. They add former UConn starting QB Ta'Quan Robinson. The Bulls should contend for the MAC championship again this year.

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UMass Football News--August 12th, 2025

 The Minuteman Command talks with UMass OC Mike Bajakian.

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The Democrat looks back at Bishop Kearney football and has extensive coverage of Rene Ingoglia.

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Hustle Belt previews  2025 opponent Kent State. The Golden Flashes do not have a permanent head coach or defensive coordinator..

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Toledo receives 13 votes in the AP preseason Top-25 voting. The Rockets went 4-4 in the MAC last year but beat two Power Four teams, both on the road.

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Sports Information Services places UMass' Benjamin Roy on the 1st team preseason offensive All-MAC team.

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UMass Football News--August 11th, 2025

 Hustle Belt previews the UMass Minutemen. Mercifully, it does not appear to have been AI written, but they did miss Brandon Rose.

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Fox Sports writer RJ Young has a minimal-effort ranking of UMass. 

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Andrew Baughs visits McGuirk for his 118th stadium visit---and likes it. 

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 MAC conference 2025 hype video.

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Ty Harding and Grant Jordan make this article's top 2025 Fantasy picks.

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