Three Days Until Football 08/27/08

The Boston Herald, which always does the best job of covering UMass in the Boston area has two articles about the 2008 Minutemen. John Connelly has an article about UMass-UNH in the CAA North here . Connelly has a three page article about UMass here .

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Rivals.com has an excellent article about FCS Vs FBS games called Guarantee games don't always go as planned . It has a writeup about the UMass $450,000 guarantee for playing Texas Tech and Sean Smalls head to head matchup with Michael Crabtree.

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ESPN has an article about Sean Smalls here .

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The Charleston News has an article how FCS/I-AA teams are recruiting speed to counter the spread option offense.

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The Worcester Telegram has an article about Holy Cross' Ryan McGuire a 6-4 230 pd TE whom we will meet on Sept. 6th.

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Meanwhile down at Rhode Island, Darren Rizzi's Rams have 45% of their players new this year.

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The Providence Journal has an article on our Oct 25 foe Bryant's first year in FCS/I-AA.

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We'll be getting Delaware at home on Oct 4th. They still can't pick a quarterback .

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UPDATE: The Texas Tech-UMass game is close to a sellout.

UPDATE II: Matty Vautour looks at this year's offense .