The first 2009 Pre-season All-American team has been published by Consensus Draft Services. the Appalachian State Web site has the list here (I couldn't find the original source material on Consensus Draft Services site). They list a number of UMass players including Vladimir Ducasse on the First Team.
Jeromy Miles is not on the list, which is probably an oversight.
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Former UMass AD Bob Marcum intends to retire when his current contract with Marshall is up.
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Former UMass punter Christian Koegel is a cast member on "Real World Cancun".
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The o5/08/09 issue of Draft Daddy's NFL Blog has Josh Buchanan's top 25 "small school" NFL prospects for 2009. Vladimir Ducasse is #5 and Jeromy Miles is #15.
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Roger Brown of New Hampshire Football Report a report on UNH football this spring.
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The CAA has published it's complete 2009 football schedule. Article here. Printable schedule here (pdf).
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Record setting Texas Tech QB Graham Harrell (34-27-0 322 yards 4 TD's against UMass) is still looking for work.
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Kansas State has a 58-page Spring Prospectus here (pdf).
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