Saturday News---Jan 30th, 2010

Vladimir Ducasse is ranked #1 in Josh Buchanan's latest "Small Schools" NFL Draft List. Jeromy Miles and Chris Zardas also make the list.

On the same site, Appalachian State's Armanti Edwards has started a Draft Journal.

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Matty Vautour reports the UMass AD John McCutcheon is a top candidate for the AD job at San Diego State. The UMass Football Blog would be sorry to see McCutcheon go. He has been a strong supporter of UMass football and has overseen the revival of McGuirk Stadium.

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Vladimir Ducasse will play in the Senior Bowl today at 4:00 pm EST. The game is on the NFL network.

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A commenter has made a number of posts, which I have moderated, saying UMass has a verbal from a FBS-level QB recruit. I'll run those---and apologize for moderating the comments--as soon as I can get some independent verification of the information.

As everybody knows, the last few days are really hectic in FCS/I-AA recruiting circles. Players who have been holding out for I-A offers don't get the call and suddenly want to commit. Players that have been committed to UMass leave when they receive a last minute FBS offer. That's life in I-AA.