Thursday-before-the-Maine-game articles

Liam Coen won this week's New England Gold Helmet Award. Saturday is also Liam's 23 rd birthday.

Maine is looking to snap a six game loosing streak to UMass .

The Black Bear's DE 6-2 228 pd DE Jovan Belcher is on the Buchanan Watch list .

David Coulson looks at the FCS playoff picture .

New Hampshire-Villanova is the biggest game of the week for the CAA .

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The Texas Tech-Texas game was the highest rated football game this year and ABC's fifth -highest regular season game in history.

Kansas State, UMass' 2009 FBS opponent fired their coach yesterday .

If you are planning to go the K-State game next year, as I am, UMass will play the Cats on September 5th .

This has been your Big 12 news for the day.

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