Thursday Morning News 09/04/08

Jeff Larnard of the the Daily Collegian has an article about the Holy Cross game here and Ryan Fleming of the Collegian has another here .

Eli Rosenswaike finishes a Collegian trifecta here .

There is an article about the Crusaders TB Terrance Gass 5-8 192 here .

Remember Coach Brown's show tonight at 7:00 pm and available over the internet from the UMass Audio and Video page.

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This week's FCS/I-AA games on TV are listed here . The 1:00 pm UNH @ Army game on ESPN Classic and 3:45 pm pm Richmond @ Virginia on ESPNU (both available on Dish Network and Direct TV) would be good VCR material for UMass fans.

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Rhode Island lost Senior FB Joe Casey (who was a first team preseason All-American) for the season with a compound leg fracture.

The new clock rules for 2008 were intended to speed up games. That has worked; it also has reduced the number of plays in an average I-A game by almost nine per game.

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In yesterday's blog post we mentioned how well UMass LB Antony Rouzier played in opening game against Albany. Right on cue, Matty Vautour has an article about him here .

Tony Nelson won the weekly New England Gold Helmet Award from the New England College Football writers for his efforts against Albany.

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It's still supposed to rain for Saturday's game against Holy Cross .

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UPDATE: Expected starting QB for Hofstra, Bryan Savage has a disc problem and will be lost for the season. This article was brought to my attention by Alan Koepplin, who still keeps an eye on UMass Football. Thanks Alan!