Saturday News----June 26th, 2010

Tickets for UMass-UNH at Gillette Stadium will be available on Monday. The ticket price includes parking, which is a nice perk.

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Josh Buchanan has expanded his list of "Top Small School NFL prospects" to fifty players. The only UMass player is Northeastern transfer John Griffin at #43.

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Matty Vautour has a UMass news post with several items relating to Minutemen football.

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Craig Haley of The Sports Network looks at some spoilers ready to step up for the 2010 FCS season.

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The NCAA is moving to ban early scholarship offers. Key quote: "Some coaches in high-profile sports have extended scholarship offers to prospects as early as eighth grade, and members of the Division I Student-Athlete Advisory Committee voiced concerns about the ethics of such tactics at the 2010 NCAA Convention."

The NCAA proposal would ban scholarship offers before the student's Junior year.

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Today is seventy days until the 2010 season starts. Wearing #70 for UMass this year will be Northeastern transfer Greg Niland. He's a 6-5 305 pd RS SR OL from East Bridgewater, MA. Niland started at LT for the Huskies last year and should be a strong candidate to move into Vladimir Ducasse's spot on the Minutemen offensive line.