Good Morning from New Holland, PA where I am accompanying Mrs. Blog on an emergency shopping trip.
UMass Captain Emil Igwenagu is the subject of this article from MassLive.com.
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The Virginia Gazette has a story on UMass' opening foe William & Mary. The Tribe was picked second in the preseason CAA poll.
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Delaware feels good about their chances in the CAA this year.
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The Richmond Times has some notes about Richmond, JMU and William & Mary.
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A Michigan fan wants Rich Rodriguez to win eleven games or go home.
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Saturday, July 31, 2010
Friday, July 30, 2010
Friday News----- July 30th, 2010
Tyler Holmes and Emil Igwenagu have been named UMass captains for the 2010 season. There have been a number of Junior captains for UMass in the past, but this is the first time I can remember where there were two. This is probably because UMass returns only nine starters (second lowest in the CAA) and only six, by my count, are seniors.
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The CAA's website has the coach's and player's video from Media Day fixed.
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UMass' 2010 OOC opponent Stony Brook was picked second in the Big South on their Media Day.
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The UMass JATAM has a story with four links concerning Vladimir Ducasse and James Ihedigbo.
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It's been a while since New Hampshire did not have any preseason All-CAA candidates on offense.
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According to this newspaper blog, Michigan has the 5th best schedule in the Big Ten.
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Delaware's Pat Devlin has reason to be motivated.
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Speaking of QB's, it looks like former Oregon player Jeremiah Masoli is going to be playing for Old Miss instead of an FCS team.
Key Quote:"Hopefully we've put in a good stead in terms with the court and the DA's office."
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Today is thirty-six days until the 2010 season starts. Wearing #36 for UMass is Tyler Holmes, a 6-0 215 pd RS JR LB from Blacksburg, VA. In 2009 Homes was the leading tackler on defense as he went 50 UT 60 AT 110 TT 6.5-14 TFL 1.0-9 SACKS 4-12 INT 5 BkUp 1 FF. Besides tackles, Holmes lead the team in INT's. Holmes was the second leading tackler in the CAA with 11 Avg/G. He has been named one of the UMass Captains for 2010.
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The CAA's website has the coach's and player's video from Media Day fixed.
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UMass' 2010 OOC opponent Stony Brook was picked second in the Big South on their Media Day.
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The UMass JATAM has a story with four links concerning Vladimir Ducasse and James Ihedigbo.
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It's been a while since New Hampshire did not have any preseason All-CAA candidates on offense.
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According to this newspaper blog, Michigan has the 5th best schedule in the Big Ten.
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Delaware's Pat Devlin has reason to be motivated.
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Speaking of QB's, it looks like former Oregon player Jeremiah Masoli is going to be playing for Old Miss instead of an FCS team.
Key Quote:"Hopefully we've put in a good stead in terms with the court and the DA's office."
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Today is thirty-six days until the 2010 season starts. Wearing #36 for UMass is Tyler Holmes, a 6-0 215 pd RS JR LB from Blacksburg, VA. In 2009 Homes was the leading tackler on defense as he went 50 UT 60 AT 110 TT 6.5-14 TFL 1.0-9 SACKS 4-12 INT 5 BkUp 1 FF. Besides tackles, Holmes lead the team in INT's. Holmes was the second leading tackler in the CAA with 11 Avg/G. He has been named one of the UMass Captains for 2010.
Thursday, July 29, 2010
thursday News--- July, 29th, 2010
Lots of coverage from the CAA Media Day on the UMass web site and the CAA site.
Video interviews with Tyler Holmes and Emil Igwenagu here.
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Matty Vautour has a Media Day article here.
Craig Haley of The Sports Network says it's not easy to catch your breath in the CAA.
Maine did not get any players on the CAA preseason team.
The Coaches Preseason All-CAA team here.
The CAA has the FCS' largest TV package.
More than a dozen Google news links to articles on various CAA teams related to the Media Day here.
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Villanova's Matt Sczcur has hit safely in every game he's played in the Cubs farm system.
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There's an article on the changing face of the FCS Championship game and the playoffs here.
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Today is thirty-seven day until the season starts. Wearing #37 for UMass this year will be Tom Brandt, a 6-0 200 pd RS FR LB from Natick, MA. Brandt had a redshirt year in 2009.
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New Hampshire, Land of Excitement.
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Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Revised Summer Roster up
UMass has a revised 2010 roster up. It includes some additions to the roster and the 2010 recruits have been assigned numbers.
The revisions are probably not complete. Coach Morris mentioned JUCO QB Ian Shultis at the Friends of Football meeting Monday night. He also stated UMass will have FBS/I-A transfers from Temple and Syracuse and those do not yet appear on the roster. He also mentioned UMass might add further players later in the summer.
The one every one will be interested in is #3 Ian Shultis, 6-2 200 pd SO QB from Moorpark JUCO in CA.
His Scout.com page here. He broke Moorepark records in his freshman year. His 2009 YouTube highlights are here.
In HS, Schultis drew recruiting interest from Boston College, Harvard, Holy Cross, San Diego State, TCU, U Cal Davis and Utah.
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Also new on the roster is Raymond Pendagast, a 6-5 195 pd FR QB from Bridgeport CT. I've blogged about Pendagast twice before.
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Wearing #30 will be Igor Garcia, a 6-1 180 pd FR K from Medford, MA. I've previously blogged about him.
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Wearing #32 is Ryan Collins, a 6-0 180 pd FR DB from Walpole, MA.
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Travis Poston, a 6-6 330 pd RS SO OL from Amber PA , actually transferred from Villanova last year and had to sit out 2009 because he was a laterial transfer. I have four previous blog posts about Poston.
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Wearing #98 is Daniel Maynes, a 6-2 265 pd FR DL from Waltham, MA. I've blogged about Maynes before.
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Tuesday News ---- July 27th, 2010
UMass LB Tyler Holmes has been named to The Sports Network's Preseason All-America team.
More from The Sports Network on the Preseason All-America Team.
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The UMass Athletic web site has added a very cool feature. They now have an All-Time UMass Football Achieves page. Nice work by media relations assistant Johnathan Gasparoni.
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The UMass Just-a-Minute blog has three links to former UMass RB Matt Lawrence's second season with the Baltimore Ravens.
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The Montana Grizzlies will open 2011 at the University of Tennessee.
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Today is thirty-nine days until football opens. Wearing #39 for UMass this year is James Carven, a 6-0 210 pd RS SR from Hanover, MA. Carven played in nine games in 2009 and had 7 UT 1 AT 8 TT 1-8 INT 1 FF.
More from The Sports Network on the Preseason All-America Team.
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The UMass Athletic web site has added a very cool feature. They now have an All-Time UMass Football Achieves page. Nice work by media relations assistant Johnathan Gasparoni.
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The UMass Just-a-Minute blog has three links to former UMass RB Matt Lawrence's second season with the Baltimore Ravens.
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The Montana Grizzlies will open 2011 at the University of Tennessee.
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Today is thirty-nine days until football opens. Wearing #39 for UMass this year is James Carven, a 6-0 210 pd RS SR from Hanover, MA. Carven played in nine games in 2009 and had 7 UT 1 AT 8 TT 1-8 INT 1 FF.
Monday, July 26, 2010
Monday News ----- July 26th, 2010
The Brown University newspaper has a story on Liam Coen's joining the Brown staff. We all knew that Liam was going to be an excellent coach.
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The Bleacher Report talks about ten breakout players for the NY Jets and Vladimir Ducasse is one of them.
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The Diamondback blog says this year is a big one for Don Brown.
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Former UMass star Keron Williams is interviewed by Vancouver Sun. The article has several UMass references. Anton McKenzie is is also on the Lions roster.
In more British Columbia news, a brewery accident blew 32,000 liters of beer foam into downtown Vernon, B.C.
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Boston College LB Mark Herzlich talks about his battle with cancer.
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As most of you remember, I'm an amateur astronomer. This image appeared on the Astronomy Picture-of-the-Day site on July 24th. It's by UMass astronomy Prof. Stephen Schneider. Wish I could have taken a course with him, but I missed it by a couple of decades.
Another source of UMie pride is the Astronomy Dept's 2MASS all-sky survey. I use the Two Micron sky images a lot in my astronomy work. The 2MASS survey is cited in a huge number of astronomical research papers.
I have another story about the 2MASS Sky Survey that has a UMass football connection. Somebody remind me of it when we're having a slow football news day.
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Catching up on the player countdown. Yesterday was forty-one days to football. Wearing #41 for UMass this year is Jeff Strait, a 6-0 190 pd RS FR P from Manheim, PA. Strait was redshirted in 2009.
Today is forty days until the start of the season and wearing #40 for UMass is Scott Duggan, 5-11 225 pd RS SO LB from Hudson, MA. Duggan appeared in eight games and had 4 UT 4 AT 8 TT in 2009.
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The Bleacher Report talks about ten breakout players for the NY Jets and Vladimir Ducasse is one of them.
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The Diamondback blog says this year is a big one for Don Brown.
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Former UMass star Keron Williams is interviewed by Vancouver Sun. The article has several UMass references. Anton McKenzie is is also on the Lions roster.
In more British Columbia news, a brewery accident blew 32,000 liters of beer foam into downtown Vernon, B.C.
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Boston College LB Mark Herzlich talks about his battle with cancer.
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As most of you remember, I'm an amateur astronomer. This image appeared on the Astronomy Picture-of-the-Day site on July 24th. It's by UMass astronomy Prof. Stephen Schneider. Wish I could have taken a course with him, but I missed it by a couple of decades.
Another source of UMie pride is the Astronomy Dept's 2MASS all-sky survey. I use the Two Micron sky images a lot in my astronomy work. The 2MASS survey is cited in a huge number of astronomical research papers.
I have another story about the 2MASS Sky Survey that has a UMass football connection. Somebody remind me of it when we're having a slow football news day.
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Catching up on the player countdown. Yesterday was forty-one days to football. Wearing #41 for UMass this year is Jeff Strait, a 6-0 190 pd RS FR P from Manheim, PA. Strait was redshirted in 2009.
Today is forty days until the start of the season and wearing #40 for UMass is Scott Duggan, 5-11 225 pd RS SO LB from Hudson, MA. Duggan appeared in eight games and had 4 UT 4 AT 8 TT in 2009.
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Saturday, July 24, 2010
Saturday News-----July 24th, 2010
UMass LB Tyler Holmes talks about his summer on Youtube.
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UMass restructures the external and development staff at the Athletic Dept.
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Bob Behler is back for his third year as play-by-play for Boise State.
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J & B Scouting looks at Richmond CB Justin Rogers. UMass fans will get to see Rogers in person at Homecoming on Oct 16th.
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Today is forty-two days until football. Wearing 342 for UMass this year will be Devin Lindsey, a 6-0 225 pd RS FR LB from University City, MO. Lindsey was redshirted in 2009.
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UMass restructures the external and development staff at the Athletic Dept.
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Bob Behler is back for his third year as play-by-play for Boise State.
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J & B Scouting looks at Richmond CB Justin Rogers. UMass fans will get to see Rogers in person at Homecoming on Oct 16th.
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Today is forty-two days until football. Wearing 342 for UMass this year will be Devin Lindsey, a 6-0 225 pd RS FR LB from University City, MO. Lindsey was redshirted in 2009.
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Friday, July 23, 2010
Friday News ------- July 23rd, 2010
The CAA Media Day on July 28th is coming up. I just tried the streaming audio for ESPN 1370 and it worked for me. I previous years the Hofstra radio station was the lead audio link.
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Speaking of the CAA, the CAA blogger has an article about Delaware's Pat Devlin being named to the Unitas Golden Arm Watch List.
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Craig Haley has his latest FCS column up. He notes that "The NFL travels through Orono, Me"
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New CAA program Old Dominion loses four players.
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There will be a number of good FCS-FCS games this season. There will even be some competitive FCS-FBS matchups. ESPNU is televising the Alabama-Georgia State game. Arrgghh!
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Speaking of the CAA, the CAA blogger has an article about Delaware's Pat Devlin being named to the Unitas Golden Arm Watch List.
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Craig Haley has his latest FCS column up. He notes that "The NFL travels through Orono, Me"
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New CAA program Old Dominion loses four players.
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There will be a number of good FCS-FCS games this season. There will even be some competitive FCS-FBS matchups. ESPNU is televising the Alabama-Georgia State game. Arrgghh!
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Thursday, July 22, 2010
Thursday News ---- July 22nd, 2010
Vladimir Ducasse gets a mention in this article.
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The 2010 CAA Media Guide is available through the CAA's website. The CAA blogger has details here.
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UMass RB John Griffin and TE Emil Igwenagu are on the preseason All-CAA team. Tyler Holmes makes the defense.
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Former Tennessee QB Nick Lamaison is looking for a new home, but is not exactly available.
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Speaking of quarterbacks, 6-5 Erich Berzinskas of the Morgan School in Ct, does not have an offer yet according to Roger Brown. Bleacher Report says he's one of the top QB prospects in the Northeast and a top-30 QB nationally.
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Today is forty-four days until football. Wearing #44 for UMass this year is Perry McIntyre, a 6-0 215 pd SO LB from Royal Palm Beach, FL. McIntyre played in all 11 games in 2009 and started seven times. He was the third leading tackler going 22 UT 42 AT 64 TT 2.5-9 TFL 1 INT 3 BrUp.
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The 2010 CAA Media Guide is available through the CAA's website. The CAA blogger has details here.
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UMass RB John Griffin and TE Emil Igwenagu are on the preseason All-CAA team. Tyler Holmes makes the defense.
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Former Tennessee QB Nick Lamaison is looking for a new home, but is not exactly available.
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Speaking of quarterbacks, 6-5 Erich Berzinskas of the Morgan School in Ct, does not have an offer yet according to Roger Brown. Bleacher Report says he's one of the top QB prospects in the Northeast and a top-30 QB nationally.
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Today is forty-four days until football. Wearing #44 for UMass this year is Perry McIntyre, a 6-0 215 pd SO LB from Royal Palm Beach, FL. McIntyre played in all 11 games in 2009 and started seven times. He was the third leading tackler going 22 UT 42 AT 64 TT 2.5-9 TFL 1 INT 3 BrUp.
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Wednesday News----July 21, st, 2010
CBS3 Springfield on the enshrinement of Coach MacPherson and Milt Morin into the College Hall of Fame.
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Ole Miss says "No" to former Oregeon QB Jeremiah Masoli. The Bleacher Report says he might go FCS/I-AA, but nobody really wants a player who will be doing time in a couple of years.
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The Richmond Spiders think they've got the best stadium in the Division.
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William & Mary has named their weight room after their strength coach.
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Today is forty-five days until football starts. Wearing #45 for UMass this year will be Chris Chamberlin a 6-2 240 pd RS SO LB from South Easton, MA. Chamberlin played in 10 games last year and had 5 TT in 2009.
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Ole Miss says "No" to former Oregeon QB Jeremiah Masoli. The Bleacher Report says he might go FCS/I-AA, but nobody really wants a player who will be doing time in a couple of years.
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The Richmond Spiders think they've got the best stadium in the Division.
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William & Mary has named their weight room after their strength coach.
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Today is forty-five days until football starts. Wearing #45 for UMass this year will be Chris Chamberlin a 6-2 240 pd RS SO LB from South Easton, MA. Chamberlin played in 10 games last year and had 5 TT in 2009.
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Tuesday News -----July 20th, 2010
The Union Leader has an article discussing some of the details of the UMass-UNH game at Gillette Stadium on Oct. 23rd.
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The Sports Network has released their Buchanan Award Watch List for the best defensive player in FCS. IMHO, the list is a little strange. Six of the 20 nominees come from two schools: Appalachian State and Richmond. According to my literature, the Spiders only return four starters on defense. Three of the four are amoung the top 20 defensive players in the division?
The official CAA blogger has more details on the three plus LB Terrance Thomas of Villanova.
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J&B Scouting has a new Q&A Monday article up.
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Villanova has a 2010 Pump Up video on YouTube. It's good to be National Champion.
BTW, the Wildcats highlight film from their win over Montana here. Matt Szczur's touchdown run right through a Montana LB reminds me of the famous Bo Jackson-Brian Bosworth run-over.
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UMass loses a recruiting battle to Iowa as Danvers, MA native Mike Orloff commits to the Hawkeyes.
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Former UMass player and assistant coach Matt Dawson has returned to Fordham for his second coaching stint, this time as Defensive Coordinator.
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Catching up on the player countdown. Wearing #48 this year will be Dawan Nolton a 5-11 212 pd RS SO LB from Irvington , NJ. Dawan appeared in two game in 2009. Did not have a tackle.
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Wearing #47 for the Minutemen in 2010 will be Tom Brandt a 6-0 200 pd RS FR LB from Natick, MA. Brandt was redshirted on 2009.
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Today is forty-six days until the season opens. Wearing #46 for UMass will be Chad Hunte, a 6-0 205 pd SO LB from Brookline, MA. Hunte transferred from Northeastern. He played as a true freshman for the Pride and racked up 18 UT 15 AT 33 TT 1 INT.
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The Sports Network has released their Buchanan Award Watch List for the best defensive player in FCS. IMHO, the list is a little strange. Six of the 20 nominees come from two schools: Appalachian State and Richmond. According to my literature, the Spiders only return four starters on defense. Three of the four are amoung the top 20 defensive players in the division?
The official CAA blogger has more details on the three plus LB Terrance Thomas of Villanova.
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J&B Scouting has a new Q&A Monday article up.
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Villanova has a 2010 Pump Up video on YouTube. It's good to be National Champion.
BTW, the Wildcats highlight film from their win over Montana here. Matt Szczur's touchdown run right through a Montana LB reminds me of the famous Bo Jackson-Brian Bosworth run-over.
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UMass loses a recruiting battle to Iowa as Danvers, MA native Mike Orloff commits to the Hawkeyes.
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Former UMass player and assistant coach Matt Dawson has returned to Fordham for his second coaching stint, this time as Defensive Coordinator.
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Catching up on the player countdown. Wearing #48 this year will be Dawan Nolton a 5-11 212 pd RS SO LB from Irvington , NJ. Dawan appeared in two game in 2009. Did not have a tackle.
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Wearing #47 for the Minutemen in 2010 will be Tom Brandt a 6-0 200 pd RS FR LB from Natick, MA. Brandt was redshirted on 2009.
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Today is forty-six days until the season opens. Wearing #46 for UMass will be Chad Hunte, a 6-0 205 pd SO LB from Brookline, MA. Hunte transferred from Northeastern. He played as a true freshman for the Pride and racked up 18 UT 15 AT 33 TT 1 INT.
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Monday, July 19, 2010
Recruiting 2011---- Anthony Fabiano
UMass is recruiting Anthony Fabiano, a 6-5 238 pd TE/DE from Wakefield, MA.
His Rivals page here. Fabiano is a Rivals two-start recruit.
His Scout.com page is here.
Roger Brown says Fabiano wants to stay in Massachusetts.
2009 YouTube highlight film here.
Fabiano has offers from Bryant and Harvard. He is receiving interest from Dartmouth, NC State, Stanford, Syracuse and UCLA.
Image from Scout.com
Saturday, July 17, 2010
Saturday News ---- July17th, 2010
ESPN has a College Hall-of-Fame article that mentions Coach Mac and Milt Morin.
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The Summit League studies adding FCS football.
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This article on UMass' OOC opponent Stony Brook hasn't hit the Sports Network site yet. Stony Brook is a growing program that may fit in the CAA some day or be part of a new Yankee Conference with UMass, UNH, UMaine, UAlbany.
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Montana adds four transfers.
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Richmond's new stadium is almost completed. The stadium has it's own website, which is included in the article referenced.
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Today is 49 days until UMass football opens. Wearing #49 for UMass will be Galen Clemons a 6-2 225 pd RS FR DE from Danielsville, PA. He's a transfer from Central Michigan.
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The Summit League studies adding FCS football.
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This article on UMass' OOC opponent Stony Brook hasn't hit the Sports Network site yet. Stony Brook is a growing program that may fit in the CAA some day or be part of a new Yankee Conference with UMass, UNH, UMaine, UAlbany.
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Montana adds four transfers.
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Richmond's new stadium is almost completed. The stadium has it's own website, which is included in the article referenced.
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Today is 49 days until UMass football opens. Wearing #49 for UMass will be Galen Clemons a 6-2 225 pd RS FR DE from Danielsville, PA. He's a transfer from Central Michigan.
Friday, July 16, 2010
Friday News ---- July 16th, 2010
UMass-UNH tickets for the battle at Gillette Stadium on Oct 23rd go on sale to the general public July 20th.
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The Globe's Albert Breer scouts the Jets and mentions Vladimir Ducasse.
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The College Football Hall of fame has its enshrinement ceremony this weekend (includes bios of Coach Mac and Milt Morin).
The South Bend Tribune has a feature article on Coach Mac.
Matty Vautour has a story about Milt Morin, who was still a fan of UMass football.
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Josh Buchanan will have a Q &A session each week on his blog. Questions from the public will be included.
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There is a new Youngstown State Blog available. It's at http://letsgoguins.com/. I'm not doing a link because it has a flash script that my OS keeps complaining about. It you visit, you should probably turn off Flash.
If you're running FireFox, Sea Monkey or other Mozzilla web browsers, you might consider No Script, which blocks java script, flashlight and other scripts. It will make your web browser a lot more secure.
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This writer ranks the Big Ten's OOC and has UMass as the 5th "worse" game. The writer does not seem to know much about FCS teams. I think Southern Illinois has a chance against Big Ten bottom feeder Illinois (3-9 last year).
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Michigan's Big House could contain the entire population of the US Virgin Islands or it's the 5th largest city in Michigan on game day.
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Today is fifty days until football starts! Wearing #50 for UMass this year will be Josh Samuda, a 6-4 310 pd RS JR OL from Hollywood, FL. Josh has started in 22 of 23 games he's played in. Should start again at LG in 2010.
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The Globe's Albert Breer scouts the Jets and mentions Vladimir Ducasse.
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The College Football Hall of fame has its enshrinement ceremony this weekend (includes bios of Coach Mac and Milt Morin).
The South Bend Tribune has a feature article on Coach Mac.
Matty Vautour has a story about Milt Morin, who was still a fan of UMass football.
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Josh Buchanan will have a Q &A session each week on his blog. Questions from the public will be included.
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There is a new Youngstown State Blog available. It's at http://letsgoguins.com/. I'm not doing a link because it has a flash script that my OS keeps complaining about. It you visit, you should probably turn off Flash.
If you're running FireFox, Sea Monkey or other Mozzilla web browsers, you might consider No Script, which blocks java script, flashlight and other scripts. It will make your web browser a lot more secure.
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This writer ranks the Big Ten's OOC and has UMass as the 5th "worse" game. The writer does not seem to know much about FCS teams. I think Southern Illinois has a chance against Big Ten bottom feeder Illinois (3-9 last year).
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Michigan's Big House could contain the entire population of the US Virgin Islands or it's the 5th largest city in Michigan on game day.
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Today is fifty days until football starts! Wearing #50 for UMass this year will be Josh Samuda, a 6-4 310 pd RS JR OL from Hollywood, FL. Josh has started in 22 of 23 games he's played in. Should start again at LG in 2010.
Thursday, July 15, 2010
Thursday news ----- July 15, 2010
Ray Pendagast, who will walk-on for UMass this August, did well in the New Haven National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame Classic All-Star football game .
I've blogged about Pendagast before.
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Craig Haley of The Sports Network has another of his columns "In the FCS huddle: Matchups to Watch". One of them is UMass' opening game with William & Mary.
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Delaware's Pat Devlin is the only FCS/I-AA representative on the Unitas Watch List.
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Josh Buchanan has released his JBS Preseason Player-of-the-Year Award Watch List. The only UMass player to make the group is LB Tyler Holmes.
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Michigan has released the official 2010 Michigan Stadium Capacity: 109,901.
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Ex-Oregon QB Jerimial Masoli is still available.
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Today is fifty-one days until the start of the UMass season. Wearing #51 for UMass is Quinton Sales, a 6-3 280 pd OL from Fort Washington, MD. Sales is a RS SO. He played in two games in 2009 after missing the entire 2008 season with a broken foot.
I've blogged about Pendagast before.
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Craig Haley of The Sports Network has another of his columns "In the FCS huddle: Matchups to Watch". One of them is UMass' opening game with William & Mary.
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Delaware's Pat Devlin is the only FCS/I-AA representative on the Unitas Watch List.
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Josh Buchanan has released his JBS Preseason Player-of-the-Year Award Watch List. The only UMass player to make the group is LB Tyler Holmes.
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Michigan has released the official 2010 Michigan Stadium Capacity: 109,901.
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Ex-Oregon QB Jerimial Masoli is still available.
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Today is fifty-one days until the start of the UMass season. Wearing #51 for UMass is Quinton Sales, a 6-3 280 pd OL from Fort Washington, MD. Sales is a RS SO. He played in two games in 2009 after missing the entire 2008 season with a broken foot.
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Wednesday News ----- July 14th, 2010
The NCAA has an annotated 2010 FCS Vs FBS list here.
Speaking of the NCAA, they have a spiffy new FCS Championship page.
Thorr Bjorn will join the FCS Athletics Directors Association Executive Committee.
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Not everybody is happy with the new look of Michigan's Big House.
MGoBlog has a lot more.
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Montana DB Jimmy Wilson is back with the Grizzlies after an unusual layoff-----he was in jail accused of murder.
His story by the Montana Athletic Dept.
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Only fifty-two days until the 2010 season opens. Wearing #52 for UMass this year will be Bill Nesselt a 6-2 245 pd RS FR DL from Ft. Lauderdale, FL. Nesselt was redshited in 2009. He was playing with the first team defense during the spring game.
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Tuesday News ---- July 13th, 2010
Image by the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Two more articles on the passing of Milt Morin. The Worcester Telegram here and the Cleveland Plain Dealer here.
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Jeremy Cain is featured in this article from the Jaguars site.
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The Walter Payton Watch list is up. From the CAA are Matt Szczur , Chris Whitney and Ben Ijalana from Villanova, Delaware's Pat Devlin and William & Mary's Johnathan Grimes.
Josh Buchanan has more on the Award.
The CAA blogger has a long article (including video) on the CAA nominees .
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Fifty-three days until football and wearing #53 for UMass this year will be D.J. Adeoba a 6-0 215 RS SO LB from Hollywood, FL. D.J. played in 8 games starting 1. He went 7 UT 6AT 13 TT 1 TFL. He was the CAA's Rookie-of-the-week against Kansas State.
Monday, July 12, 2010
Monday News ---July 12th, 2010
Nick Grabbe of the Hampshire Gazette has a story about the the passing of Milt Morin.
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I believe I've blogged before that Theo McCummings, the brother of Thad McCummings will walkon for UMass this year. The third brother, Scott McCummings is going to UConn.
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Richmond picks up a big (literally) transfer from Rutgers.
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First spotted over on Draft Daddy, there's a simple formula that predicts success or failure as a NFL QB.
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Josh Buchanan looks at his FCS Top 100 and how they did in the NFL Draft.
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In New Hampshire news, Lucy the tortoise is home safe.
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We had a real flurry of recruiting news last week and I was unable to keep up with the player countdown. Let's get going.
Wearing #60 this year will be Tyler Major a 6-0 280 pd RS Fr DL from New London, CT. Tyler was redshirted in 2009.
Giddens Rateau, 6-0 246 pd DL from West Roxbury, MA will wear #59 this year for the Minutemen. Rateau redshirted in 2009.
Today's countdown player David Ramsden, 5-11 190 pd RS FR LB from Florence, MA will wear #54 for UMass this ear. Ramsden won the 2009 team academic achievement award.
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I believe I've blogged before that Theo McCummings, the brother of Thad McCummings will walkon for UMass this year. The third brother, Scott McCummings is going to UConn.
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Richmond picks up a big (literally) transfer from Rutgers.
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First spotted over on Draft Daddy, there's a simple formula that predicts success or failure as a NFL QB.
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Josh Buchanan looks at his FCS Top 100 and how they did in the NFL Draft.
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In New Hampshire news, Lucy the tortoise is home safe.
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We had a real flurry of recruiting news last week and I was unable to keep up with the player countdown. Let's get going.
Wearing #60 this year will be Tyler Major a 6-0 280 pd RS Fr DL from New London, CT. Tyler was redshirted in 2009.
Giddens Rateau, 6-0 246 pd DL from West Roxbury, MA will wear #59 this year for the Minutemen. Rateau redshirted in 2009.
Today's countdown player David Ramsden, 5-11 190 pd RS FR LB from Florence, MA will wear #54 for UMass this ear. Ramsden won the 2009 team academic achievement award.
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Saturday, July 10, 2010
Saturday News ----July 10th, 2010
If UMass is still looking for another QB, LSU's Chris Garrett is available. He was a top 20 Pro-Style QB in the country by both Rivals and Scout.com
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The Boise Hawks have a new outfielder----Villanova's Matt Szczur.
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The Boise Hawks have a new outfielder----Villanova's Matt Szczur.
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Former UMass star Milt Morin passes away
Mass Live.com reports that former UMass star and NFL All-Pro Milt Morin died Friday at Cooley Dickinson Hospital. He was 67.
He was to be inducted into the College Football Hall-of-Fame next week.
UPDATE: Nothing from UMass or the Hampshire Gazette as yet. This article mentions Milt as one of "A good Hall-of-Fame Class".
UPDATE II Sunday: Two more articles (but not much new information) from the Boston Herald and CBS3 Springfield.
CBS3 has a copy of an image I found yesterday. The image below is available as a authorized print from the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The caption says "Milt Morin leads Bo Scott on an eight yard gain against the Oakland Raiders" dated October 4, 1971.
Friday, July 09, 2010
Recruiting 2010 --- Jeff Skoog
A Scout.com image.
Sources say Jeff Skoog a 6-6 300 pd OL from Hudson HS MA/Salisbury School will walk-on for UMass in August.
Skoog was 2009 Team Captain and All-Erickson League. He was selected to the Northeast Vs New Jersey All-Star Classic but DNP due to other commitments.
His ESPN page here.
Scout.com page here.
2009 YouTube highlight film here.
Friday News ----- July 9th, 2010
Phil Steele's 2010 Preseason All-CAA team is here (pdf download). Five UMass players make the list. UMass' Emil Igwenagu and Tyler Holmes make the first team offense and defense respectively. John Griffin, Julian Talley and Josh Samuda make the 2nd team offense.
BTW, add Towson's Yaky Ibia ( 2nd team All-CAA) to my list of favorite sports names.
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Josh Buchanan writes on three FCS players (including Vladimir Ducasse) to sign NFL contracts recently.
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A Richmond-Times writer says UMass has struggled to win consistently in the CAA. He must have slept through the Whipple and Brown eras. UMass has winning series records with James Madison, Richmond,William & Mary and Towson...
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USC fullback D.J. Shoemate is transferring to UConn.
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Appalachian State's Armanti Edwards reportedly signed a $2.5 million deal with the Carolina Panthers.
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I saw this link over on the New Hampshire Football report. UNH's Scott Sicko is all football now.
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BTW, add Towson's Yaky Ibia ( 2nd team All-CAA) to my list of favorite sports names.
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Josh Buchanan writes on three FCS players (including Vladimir Ducasse) to sign NFL contracts recently.
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A Richmond-Times writer says UMass has struggled to win consistently in the CAA. He must have slept through the Whipple and Brown eras. UMass has winning series records with James Madison, Richmond,William & Mary and Towson...
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USC fullback D.J. Shoemate is transferring to UConn.
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Appalachian State's Armanti Edwards reportedly signed a $2.5 million deal with the Carolina Panthers.
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I saw this link over on the New Hampshire Football report. UNH's Scott Sicko is all football now.
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Thursday, July 08, 2010
Recruiting 2010--Joe Angelo
The Boston Herald reports (scroll to end of article) Joe Angelo a 6-2 275 pd OL/DL will attend UMass in the fall.
Angelo was All-Middlesex conference.
He's #73 in the image. An Ann Ringwood/Wicked Local Staff image.
Recruiting 2010--John Grocki
Classicical's John Grocki intends to walk-on at UMass this fall.
He's listed as 6-2, 204 on coacheAid.com.
Image by ITEM/Owen O'Rourke.
Thursday News--- July 8th, 2010
Vladimir Ducasse has signed a four year, $3.5 million contract with the Jets.
Articles from the Stamford Advocate, USA Today, MassLive and New York Post.
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Craig Haley has another of his "In the FCS Huddle" articles featuring Bucknell's new HC Joe Susan. He also has some FCS tidbits at the end of the story. Delaware's frequently-injured Matt Marconelle has been granted a rare sixth year of eligibility.
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Joh Buchanan has "Five underated small school NFL prospects".
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I've blogged about this before, but UMass has an article on Matt Morin and Dick MacPherson will be inducted into the College Football Hall-of-Fame on July 16-17th.
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Articles from the Stamford Advocate, USA Today, MassLive and New York Post.
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Craig Haley has another of his "In the FCS Huddle" articles featuring Bucknell's new HC Joe Susan. He also has some FCS tidbits at the end of the story. Delaware's frequently-injured Matt Marconelle has been granted a rare sixth year of eligibility.
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Joh Buchanan has "Five underated small school NFL prospects".
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I've blogged about this before, but UMass has an article on Matt Morin and Dick MacPherson will be inducted into the College Football Hall-of-Fame on July 16-17th.
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Wednesday, July 07, 2010
Wednesday News ----- July 7th, 2010
Josh Buchanan has posted his 2011 NFL Draft Preseason Team. UMass RB John Griffin makes the list.
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Former UMass DL and assistant coach Ben Albert is an inspiration for Patterson, NJ kids.
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Neal Brown gets a mention in this article profiling assistant coaches that will make an impact at their schools.
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Craig Haley of The Sports Network has an article about "Transfers to watch". Mentions former UMass RB Korrey Davis and current Minutemen RB John Griffin.
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Vladimir Ducasse is mentioned in this NJ Jets preview.
Vlad has more coverage in Fanhouse's NFC East players to watch.
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Former UMass WR Jeremy Horne has a short question-and-answer session on Chiefs Links.
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I'll be back tomorrow with more recruiting news.
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Former UMass DL and assistant coach Ben Albert is an inspiration for Patterson, NJ kids.
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Neal Brown gets a mention in this article profiling assistant coaches that will make an impact at their schools.
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Craig Haley of The Sports Network has an article about "Transfers to watch". Mentions former UMass RB Korrey Davis and current Minutemen RB John Griffin.
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Vladimir Ducasse is mentioned in this NJ Jets preview.
Vlad has more coverage in Fanhouse's NFC East players to watch.
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Former UMass WR Jeremy Horne has a short question-and-answer session on Chiefs Links.
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I'll be back tomorrow with more recruiting news.
Recruiting 2011-- Chris Hutton
Hutton (left)UMass has offered to Chris Hutton, a 5-10 181 pd WR/DB/KR from Haddonfield, NJ. Story here.
Hutton's Rivals page here.
2009 YouTube highlight film here.
He won the shuttle event and the overall at the Philadelphia Nike combine.
Hutton has offers from Temple and JMU as well. I-A's West Virginia and Rutgers also have interest.
Image of Hutton is by Kevin Minnick
Tuesday, July 06, 2010
Recruiting 2011-- Tyler Matakevich
CTPost.com reports that UMass is recruiting Tyler Matakevich a 6-1 195 RB/LB from St. Josephs HS in CT.
In 2009 Matakevich had 1,542 yards rushing w/20 TD's. He also had 515 yards receiving with an additional 5 TDs. On defense, he had 118 TT 3 SACKS 3 INT.
YouTube highlights here.
Also being recruited by Rutgers, Boston College, Fordham and Villanova.
Image by CTPost. Photographer not listed.
Recruiting 2010 ------- Ray Pendagast
The Stanford Advocate says Ray Pendagast, a P/QB from Shelton HS in CT will walk-on for UMass this August.
Pendagast was a Walter Camp All-Connecticut as a punter.
MaxPreps has him as 6-5 185.
Image by Christian Abreham/CT Post
Monday, July 05, 2010
Monday News---- July 5th, 2010
Some good news for UMass Football fans. The Providence Journal has quotes from the AD's at UMass, UNH and Maine about the CAA.
From UMass' John McCutcheon“We’re committed to competing at the highest end of FCS football. The CAA is probably the most competitive conference in the FCS, and we’re committed to the CAA. We understand there may be some challenges travel-wise. We’ll just have to increase our fundraising,”
Full story here.
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Three of Michigan's highly rated 2010 recruits have failed admission.
BTW, Michigan spent $226 million on upgrading their stadium. It's looking good.
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Neal Brown, who is in his first year as OC for Texas Tech, talks about a call from Mark Whipple.
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I've missed the player countdown over the July 4th weekend.
Wearing #63 for UMass is Kevin Byrne, a 6-4 265 pd RS FR DL from Mashpee, MA. Kevin was redshirted in 2009.
Wearing #62 for UMass in 2010 will be Brandon Flanagan, a 6-2 300 pd RS SR OL from Reading Mass. In 2009 Flanagan played in six games, starting two.
Today is sixty-one days until William & Mary and wearing #61 for UMass will be John Ihne, a 6-5 290 pd RS SR from Wayne,NJ. In 2009, Ihne played in five games, starting three.
From UMass' John McCutcheon“We’re committed to competing at the highest end of FCS football. The CAA is probably the most competitive conference in the FCS, and we’re committed to the CAA. We understand there may be some challenges travel-wise. We’ll just have to increase our fundraising,”
Full story here.
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Three of Michigan's highly rated 2010 recruits have failed admission.
BTW, Michigan spent $226 million on upgrading their stadium. It's looking good.
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Neal Brown, who is in his first year as OC for Texas Tech, talks about a call from Mark Whipple.
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I've missed the player countdown over the July 4th weekend.
Wearing #63 for UMass is Kevin Byrne, a 6-4 265 pd RS FR DL from Mashpee, MA. Kevin was redshirted in 2009.
Wearing #62 for UMass in 2010 will be Brandon Flanagan, a 6-2 300 pd RS SR OL from Reading Mass. In 2009 Flanagan played in six games, starting two.
Today is sixty-one days until William & Mary and wearing #61 for UMass will be John Ihne, a 6-5 290 pd RS SR from Wayne,NJ. In 2009, Ihne played in five games, starting three.
Sunday, July 04, 2010
Fourth of July 2010
Mrs. Blog and I would like to wish all UMass friends, Blog readers, and football family a "Happy Fourth of July!"
And a Happy Birthday to the United State of America, the world's oldest (and still the best), constitutional republic.
Image by Associate press/WWP.
Saturday, July 03, 2010
Recruiting 2011-- Brian Dowling ---RB
UMass is interested in Brian Dowling, a 5-11 180 pd RB/Athlete from Wayne Hills, NJ. His Rivals page is here.
In 2009 Dowling had 2,012 total yards of offense, 27 TD's and 4 INT.
NBR Football has an article featuring him here.
YouTube 2009 highlights here.
UMass and Villanova are interested as well as Buffalo, Cincinnati, Duke, University of Miami, NC State, Penn State and Temple at the I-A level.
Image by Michael Karas/North Jersey.com
Friday, July 02, 2010
Friday News ---- July 2nd, 2010
The Maize & Brew Blog features UMass' John Griffin.
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Wonder if Peabody's Michael O'Brien would walk-on for UMass football this fall? Welcome to Isenberg School of Management, the Blog's old school----before it had its current name, of course.
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Craig Haley of The Sports Network goes five questions with Grambling's HC Rod Broadway.
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Former UMass DL Malik Hall has been appointed as Defensive Coordination for Wagner. Hall was one of Hofstra's coaches that lost their jobs when the Pride folded their program.
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The Winnipeg Blue Bombers have re-signed David Ball.
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The CAA Football blogger says Villanova's Matt Szczur will return to the Wildcats roster this fall.
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Sixty-four days until football. Wearing #64 for UMass this year is Nicholes Gottshall, a 6-3 315 pd RS SO from Woburn, MA. Nick did not see any game time in 2009.
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Wonder if Peabody's Michael O'Brien would walk-on for UMass football this fall? Welcome to Isenberg School of Management, the Blog's old school----before it had its current name, of course.
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Craig Haley of The Sports Network goes five questions with Grambling's HC Rod Broadway.
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Former UMass DL Malik Hall has been appointed as Defensive Coordination for Wagner. Hall was one of Hofstra's coaches that lost their jobs when the Pride folded their program.
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The Winnipeg Blue Bombers have re-signed David Ball.
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The CAA Football blogger says Villanova's Matt Szczur will return to the Wildcats roster this fall.
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Sixty-four days until football. Wearing #64 for UMass this year is Nicholes Gottshall, a 6-3 315 pd RS SO from Woburn, MA. Nick did not see any game time in 2009.
Thursday, July 01, 2010
Thursday News ----July 1st, 1010
Craig Haley of The Sports Network has an article about new Richmond HC Latrell Scott as well as some FCS news.
The article includes a item about the NEC releasing a news story concerning being in talks with Rhode Island about joining the league.
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The Winnipeg Blue Bombers have released former UNH star David Ball.
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Josh Buchanan has a report on 2010 NFL Draft "Small School" signings. Clay Harbor of Missouri State received a $452.9k signing bonus!
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Michigan blogger mgoblog is producing a 128 page 2010 Michigan Preview magazine.
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The University of Texas at San Antonio is just passing through FCS football.
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Today is sixty-five days until 2010 football starts. Ryan McMakin, a 6-3 209 pd RS FR OL from River Vale, NJ will be wearing #65 for the Minutemen this year. McMakin took a red shirt year in 2009.
The article includes a item about the NEC releasing a news story concerning being in talks with Rhode Island about joining the league.
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The Winnipeg Blue Bombers have released former UNH star David Ball.
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Josh Buchanan has a report on 2010 NFL Draft "Small School" signings. Clay Harbor of Missouri State received a $452.9k signing bonus!
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Michigan blogger mgoblog is producing a 128 page 2010 Michigan Preview magazine.
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The University of Texas at San Antonio is just passing through FCS football.
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Today is sixty-five days until 2010 football starts. Ryan McMakin, a 6-3 209 pd RS FR OL from River Vale, NJ will be wearing #65 for the Minutemen this year. McMakin took a red shirt year in 2009.