Tuesday--September 20, 2011

UMass moved to #17 in TSN's FCS poll.

The Minutemen ranked #19 in the FCS Coaches poll.

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Kirk Nelms was named TSN's FCS Rookie-of-the-week.

He was also the CAA's choice for Rookie-of-the-week.

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The UMass website's latest version of the UMass depth chart (.pdf) looks like the closest version to reality yet.

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Jonathan Hernandez is leading the CAA in rushing by a substantial margin:

RUSHING                 Team Cl  G  Att  Yds   Avg TD Long Yds/G
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 1. Jonathan Hernandez.. UMAS SR  2   61  318   5.2  2   22 159.0
 2. Andrew Pierce....... DELA SO  3   60  348   5.8  6   44 116.0
 3. Pushaun Brown....... MAIN SR  3   55  289   5.3  3   39  96.3
 4. Dae'Quan Scott...... JMU  SO  3   61  286   4.7  4   32  95.3
 5. Jonathan Grimes..... W&M  SR  3   59  235   4.0  1   21  78.3
 6. Kendall Gaskins..... RICH JR  3   59  232   3.9  3   39  77.3
 7. Angus Harper........ ODU  FR  3   41  206   5.0  3   39  68.7
 8. Garrett Turner...... RICH SR  3   44  167   3.8  1   21  55.7
 9. Grant Enders........ TOWS SO  2   13  109   8.4  1   52  54.5
 10.David Hayes......... DELA JR  3   25  152   6.1  0   21  50.7

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UMass is also leading the CAA in rushing defense

RUSHING DEFENSE          G  Rushes  Yards  Avg.  TD  Yds/G
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1. Massachusetts.......  2      47    131   2.8   1   65.5
2. Old Dominion........  3     117    272   2.3   5   90.7
3. Maine...............  3     111    331   3.0   7  110.3
4. Richmond............  3      92    340   3.7   3  113.3
5. Towson..............  2      57    229   4.0   0  114.5
6. Rhode Island........  2      70    237   3.4   3  118.5
7. William and Mary....  3     103    358   3.5   4  119.3
8. James Madison.......  3     100    404   4.0   6  134.7
9. Delaware............  3     101    448   4.4   5  149.3
10.New Hampshire.......  2      77    392   5.1   2  196.0
11.Villanova...........  3     125    603   4.8   8  201.0

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The Portland Press-Herald says Maine is having success with a balanced attack. The article spends a lot of time talking about UMass.

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A Cleveland newspaper looks at the current conference realignments and considers the impact on the the MAC.

Matty V. Looks at conference realignments as they relate to UMass.

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Chancellor Holub address setbacks and financial gains at UMass.

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