Friday, September 03, 2010

Friday before William & Mary--Sept 3rd, 2010

After a long hot fall camp, Matty Vautour says the Minutemen are ready to hit someone else.

Matt Goldstein and Matty face off with this week's football predictions.

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The UMass JTAM has a recap of the results of the eight UMass alums playing in the NFL this week.

Prior to last night's game, Big Blue View Blog had this quote about "Victor Cruz leads the Giants with 12 catches for 251 yards (a 20.9 yards per catch average) and four touchdowns ".

I can't find a box score for last night's game, but Victor had at least one reception for 25 yards.

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UMass-William & Mary is one of the two FCS matchups reviewed in this page from NCAAFootball.com.

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FCS pundits were touting Maine to be improved this year. Last night they lost a dismal 3-0 game to Albany. More here and here. Maine had only 11 first downs.

Buffalo passed for 300+ yards in a 31-0 win over Rhode Island. The Rams can't catch a break as their talented senior QB Chris Paul-Entienne suffered a knee injury in the first practice session of camp.

Delaware beat West Chester 31-0 last night.

The CAA has details on all night's games involving league teams.

Mark Whipple's Miami offense smoked FCS opponent Flordia A&M 45-0.

Future CAA member Georgia State drew 30,000 in the Carrier Dome for their first ever game.

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In May of 2011, Drake University will be part of the first ever American Football game in Africa. Americans playing Mexicans in Tanzania .....

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We're all Michigan fans this weekend. Go Wolverines!

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