Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Eleven Days to Kansas State --- 08/25/09

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I forgot to mention that I have about 15 images from the UMass Media Day in a Picassa web album here. There's also a link in the sidebar under the "2009 UMass Images" heading.

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UMass was ranked #18 the FCS Pre-season Coaches poll. The Minutemen also received one #1 vote.

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You remember the on-going soap opera about the state of Delaware allowing sports betting (See the last item in this blog post). The proposed sports betting would include betting on College football games. The NCAA has threatened to ban all playoff games in the state of Delaware.

Yesterday the Third Circuit Court of Appeals absolutely blew the state of Delaware out of the water by ruling the State's plan was contrary to Federal Law and could not proceed.

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Matt Vautour has an article on Chris Zardas. The Blog thinks Zardas, when all his body parts are working, is a heckofa player. Hope he stays healthy this year and makes an impact for the Minutemen.

Matt also says Jonathan Hernandez and Cedric Gonnet are likely to be the 2nd and third string TBs for UMass in 2009.

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I watched the Jets-Ravens game last night. James Ihedigbo had an interception on a play that produced three different penalties. The refs ruled offsetting fouls, so James did not get credit for the INT. The game stats listed Matt Lawrence as having one carry, but I must have missed it.

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Keron Williams is playing for the Montreal Alouettes. His Alouettes bio here. His Wikipedia page here.

Anyone know what an "Alouette" is?

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Keepers College Football Ratings and Prediction has moved to a new site.

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Montana plans to bid for the 2010 FCS National Championship game. Now that would be fun to attend.

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