Tuesday--Dec 7th, 2010

A UMass Daily Collegian writer comes out in favour of a move to FBS. As the writer points out, if UMass wants to be a top-tier national public university, one component of that would be FBS football.

A new stadium complex could be financed by a bond issue, costing neither the students nor the taxpayers any money. McGuirk was originally built with such a bond issue.

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MassLive.com has short story with video of James Ihedigbo's sack of Patriot QB Tom Brady. Ihedigbo was hurt later in the game. Hope he's OK.

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I've blogged about UMass recruiting Trae Weathers before. He was named to the North Shore Item All-star team.

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The Richmond Times-Dispatch says there's a lot of " Plan A, Plan B" going on in the CAA right now.

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Speaking of the CAA, the league's weekly press release is up covering the three teams still in the playoffs.

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Keepers College football rankings has Delaware a double digit favorite over UNH and Appalachian State by 6.5 over Villanova .

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A an amateur astronomer, I have been remiss in reminding you that Dec 1st to the 8th is Dark Matter Awareness Week. You can be aware of dark matter by----Um, Ah.

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