I received an e-mail from a UMMB Alumni Band member alerting me to the fact there will be a huge Alumni Band presence at Saturday's game. As of yesterday morning, 813 alumni band members have signed up to attend George N. Parks memorial. With the current UMass band, there could easily be 1,200+ UMMB and alumni band members at McGuirk Stadium. It's going to be an historic day.
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Ron Chimelis says UMass Football is ready to push the restart button.
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Matty Vautour has more on the Richmond QB situation and news from around the CAA.
More about Richmond's woe's from the Richmond Times-Dispatch. Along with thrid-string QB Nick Hicks, Richmond CB Justin Rogers and RB Garrett Wilkins are being considered.
Could the Spiders put in the triple option by Saturday?
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UMass stayed at #8 in this week's Sports Network poll.
UMass is also #8 in the FCS Coaches poll.
Keeper's College Football Ranking has us at #7. He also has the Minutemen by 19.72 over the Spiders. Keepers point spread undoubtedly reflects the Spiders QB situation.
The Dunkle Index has UMass at #6.
Digital Sports Daily has a look at this week's FCS Top-25 games.
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The CAA's weekly press release is up. I didn't know that the CAA had five of the top 10 defenses in FCS.
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VA Tech OG Greg Nosal had the tip of a finger torn off in last week's game against Central Michigan. The team doctors put the tip on ice and Nosal kept playing.
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