Thursday, November 18, 2010

Thursday before Rhode Island--Nov 18th,2010


Scan from last Saturday's game program. click on the image and Blogger displays a larger view.

Rhode Island has its UMass game notes up. The pdf version is here. Saturday will be Senior Day for the Rams.

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CBS3 Springfield has Week #12 of its UMass Football Weekly up.

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The UMass Daily Collegian says John Griffin is still going strong for the Minutemen.

The Collegian also says UMass' playoff hopes are on the brink.

Matty V looks at UMass MLB Mile Mele, who has made 43 tackles in the last three weeks. Matty also says there will be an open competion for field goal kicker this week.

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The CAA website has two articles this week: its weekly press release and the CAA's status in the FCS polls.

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The NCAA has a pdf down load that has the 2010 attendance figures for FCS football. UMass is #21 out of 124 FCS teams. The total is even more impressive if you count the number of cold-weather teams ahead of UMass. Remember North Dakota has a dome.

They also have a single-game attendance stat sheet. UMass-UNH at Gilette was the largest non HBCU "Classic" game in 2010.

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TSN's Craig Haley has his latest "In the FCS Huddle" column up and looks at Saturday's must win games.

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The Atlantic City Press says ankle injuries have ruined Matt Szczur's last season with Villanova.

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