Friday News ---- Auguust 13th, 2010

UMass Senior WR Dan Sheeran, 6-3 211 WR is the subject of this video interview on the UMass website.

Coach Morris explains the significance of the blue practice jersey Sheeran is wearing.

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The NY Times has a feature on Vladimir Ducasse' s battle for a starting guard position with the NY Jets.

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The Wall Street Journal has a Giants training camp article that has a lot of good things to say about Victor Cruz.

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Josh Buchanan scouts the CAA for this year's NFL prospects. Two UMass seniors he considers are RB John Griffin and OL Greg Niland.

Buchanan's top two FCS NFL prospects are both from the CAA: Villanova's Ben Ijalana and Delaware's Pat Devlin.

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ESPN has a nice article about future CAA member Georgia State Football.
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Catching up on the player countdown. Wearing #23 for UMass is Shane Viveios, a 6-0 220 pd RS JR DB from Fall River, MA. Shane played in 8 games in 2009 and started 4. He went 15 UT 14 At 29 TT 2.0-5 TFL 1-25 INT 5 BrUp and 1 Blkd Kick. Viveiros should start in 2010.

Today is twenty-two days until football. Wearing #22 for UMass is Jonathan Hermandez, 5-11 190 pd RS JR from Leominster, MA. In 2009, Hermandez played in 10 games and started 4. He went 121-609 4.8 AVE 8 TD 58 LONG 57.7 AVE/G.