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.