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.