Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Wednesday before Towson--Sept 29th, 2010


UMass game notes for Towson: html here and pdf here.

Towson game notes for UMass: html here.

From the Towson game notes"Dating back to 2005, the Tigers have won nine of their last ten home games under the lights ... Their only defeat during that stretch was a 27-3 loss to Joe Flacco and Delaware on September 22, 2007."

Towson is appointing a new Athletic Director today.

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The Dunkle Sports Index has the Minutemen as #5.

Sagarin/USA Today has UMass as #84 in the nation.

In Sagarin's conference rankings, the CAA continues to be ranked ahead of FBS/I-A conferences MAC and Sunbelt. UMass is ranked fourth in the CAA.

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NCAA.com has UMass' stats page here. The Minutemen lead the CAA in passing offense, total offense and punt returns. Nationally, UMass ranks in the Top-20 FCS stats in rushing offense, total offense, passing offense, punt returns and sacks allowed.

Bad stats: UMass is last in the CAA in net punting. In national rankings we are in the bottom reaches of the Division in net punting, sacks and TFL.

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Current Oregon HC and former UNH OC Chip Kelly has signed a six year contract extension worth $20.5 million.

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The Richmond Spiders like their new stadium.

However, Richmond will continue to be the only CAA school with no band.

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