Monday News ----- August 2nd, 2010

Wow! It's finally August. It's finally time for football camp next week. In the Blog's view, life is better when there is football.

The Milford Daily News has an article about two sets of NaticK twins on the UMass football team. Tim Brandt and Tom Brandt are RS FR linebackers . Thad McCummings is a RS FR DB, while his brother Theo will have to sit out a year after transferring up from DIII.

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UMass HC Kevin Morris starts a weekly interview with CBS3 Springfield.

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Holy Cross now has a Football Blog.

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A Bleacher Report writer asks if Vilanova will get some votes in the AP College Football Poll.

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The Virginia Gazette says predictions aside, let the games begin for William & Mary.

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Catching up on the players countdown. Wearing number 35 for UMass this year will be Stanley Andre, a 6-1 250 pd FR LB from Dorchester, MA. Andre is a 2010 recruit.

Wearing #34 for the Minutemen will be Kumar Davis, a 6-0 215 pd SR DB from Nutley, NJ. Davis played in nine games in 2009 and started one. He went 17 UT 9 AT 26 TT 1.5-2 TFL 1-0 INT.

Wearing #33 for UMass will be Mike Mele, a 6-0 218 pd SR LB from Sea Girt, NJ. Mele played in 3 games in 2009 started in 1. He had 3 UT 8 AT 8 TT 0.5-1 TFL 1 Fumble RCV.

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