Monday--June 20, 2011

The Boston Globe talks about Boston College's move to the ACC. Of interest to UMass fans is an apparent annual series with the Eagles now that we are FBS.

From the article":

With the University of Massachusetts moving to the FBS level, DeFilippo has offered it two-for-one deals over a six-year period, meaning the Eagles would host UMass four times and play twice on the road (which would be at Gillette Stadium).

“We’ve offered UMass what we’ve given every MAC school — a two-for-one deal. I think it’s fair,’’ he said.

UMass-BC is not Florida State-Miami or even South Carolina-Clemson, but it would be a start, especially since DeFilippo steadfastly refuses to put Connecticut back into the loop.

In basketball, BC will play UMass, Providence, Holy Cross, and Harvard on a regular basis in nonconference competition."

 This probably dovetails pretty nicely with UMass' plans as six years in FBS is about the time frame UMass will probably be trying to wrangle a new on-campus facility. If the Minutemen are successful, we could shoot for a regular home-and-home series

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A Bleacher Report article that looks at potential FCS-FBS upsets in 2011 (UMass -BC is not one of them).

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The MAC currently has 85 alumni in the NFL.

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