Saturday Morning Odds & Ends 07/12/08

Bob Behler has a farewell video on the main UMass website page . This Blog will miss his calls of UMass football and basketball. The video contains his list of his all-time favorite football broadcasts.

For the teams playing in the FCS Division of football, making the playoffs is the primary goal of the season. I was surprised to find that 18 FCS teams play two BCS teams this season. Although a BCS loss does not count against a team for playoff eligibility, it does reduce the number of possible FCS wins to a razor thin margin.

I just received Phill Steele's PAC-10 version of his football preview magazine through the mail yesterday. I bought it because it has a hundred pages of FCS info. Every FCS team has a half page of details. He picks UMass #5 starting the season.