Matty V talks about Tyler Holmes and Caleb Violette receiving the CAA Defensive and Special Teams Player-of-the-Week respectively.
The UMass website has an story on the awards.
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Matty Looks at the playoff possibilities, so I will too.
Delaware 6-2, had the easiest OOC in the CAA. They have three wins over DII West Chester, 4-3 Duquesne and 3-5 South Dakota State. With Towson, @UMass and Villanova at home remaining, the Hens should be favored in all three. Delaware wins the CAA title and a #2 seed with lots of home games in the playoffs. Delaware is coming out of an off week for the Towson game.
Villanova 6-2 has Rhode Island, UNH at home and @ Delaware. Playing without Matt Szczur most of the season, the Wildcats have looked solid. I think Villanova will win two of the three. The Wildcats should be the #2 CAA team.
Whitney makes it happen for Villanova.
William & Mary 6-2 has the toughest remaining slate with @ UNH, @JMU and Richmond at home. I'll say the Tribe loses to UNH and beats the other two and finishes 8-3. The Tribe will be the #3 CAA team.
UNH 5-3 has William & Mary at home and away @Towson and @Villanova. The northern Wildcats win the home game and Towson to finish 7-4
UMass 5-3 has home games against Delaware and Maine and @Rhode Island. the Minutemen rarely beat the Hens, but that is somewhat compensated by the game in McGuirk where UMass usually plays well. Rhode Island is a better team this year. I'll say the Minutemen go 2-1, but all three games will be close.
UMass and UNH could end up being tied at 7-4 and they beat us head-to-head...
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UMass is #15 in both the FCS Coachs Poll and The Sports Network poll.
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North Dakota and Southern Utah are joining the Big Sky conference. South Dakota is expected to also join.
That makes the Big Sky the largest FCS league in the nation.
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