Tuesday--April 26, 2011

UMass has a day of activities for Saturday's Spring Game. They'll be a open house at the new UMass football offices from 1-3 pm. The Spring game will be from 4:00-5:30 followed by a autograph session. The day will have several 100-Yard Club only events including a barbecue.

Join the 100-yard club here.

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Matty V. says it's not ideal, but it had to be Foxboro. Matty points out that people gripping about the ride to Foxboro have been living in their own little world.

"Anyone from a real college football hotbed is laughing at this. Its nothing for fans in Oklahoma, Nebraska, Texas and all over SEC country to drive several hours with those little flags on their windows for every home football game.
It's part of the experience. A two-hour drive to Foxboro is nothing by comparison."

Mrs Blog and I have been driving down from New Hampshire for a number of years. The Boston area alumni have been driving to Amherst for forty years. Many Boston area fans even have season tickets to basketball and hockey. Welcome to how the rest of the world lives.

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You knew the Boston Globe had to have a negative article about the move somewhere and Derrick Z. Jackson supplies one. He gets his facts wrong, but what the heck.

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Off topic, but worth noting. Massachusetts social note: two stabbed at baby shower brawl. Jack and Jill showers are never a good idea...