UMass Football Radio Show tonight. Player guests will be Brandon Flanagan and Jonathan Hernandez.
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Three articles from the UMass Daily Collegian about the Minutemen: The economy may impact the CAA and UMass, UMass looks for its second straight win and Havens more confident in his second season with the Minutemen.
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The Stamford Black Knights plan to honor alum Vladimir Ducasse in a ceremony this season.
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William & Mary is looking for its 24th consecutive win over VMI this Saturday.
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When Northeastern dropped football, they were contractually obligated to provide financial guarantees to I-A teams that had scheduled the Huskies. Thus, Northeastern has to kick in $160,000 to UConn to help pay for a replacement.
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Why the FCS Playoffs are better: the NCAA has approved 35 bowl games through 2014. That means 58% of FBS/I-A teams will go to a bowl, which in turn means there may not be enough teams with winning records to fill out the slate. A bowl game featuring two teams with 5-7 records?
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Craig Haley has his latest "In the FCS Huddle" column up. He looks at former coaching staffs of Northeastern and Hofstra.
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