Wednesday September 7, 2011

UMass will have fireworks after the Rhode Island game to open the home season.

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Matty V. has a story on UMass QB's are focusing on fundamentals.

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The UMass Daily Collegian, which is up and running now that the semester has started, reports on the Minutemen's switch to the 3-4 defense.

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The Boston College blog "BC Interruption" looks at the results of the Eagles opponents first game of the season.

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The CAA has its weekly press release about this week's league games up.

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Should you want to check out UMass' next opponent Rhode Island, their game against Syracuse is going to be televised by Cox sports and the game is also being picked up by the cable channel SNY. That's channel #438 on Dish Network.

Thanks to the reader who e-mailed me to point out the game is on Cox, not Comcast.
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Massey College Football rankings has UMass as #16.

Keepers College Football rankings has UMass #28.

The College football Coaches Poll has UMass in the "others receiving votes' section.

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Two Missouri Western football players rescued a toddler trapped in a hot car.

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Mrs blog and I are leaving for the last leg of our trip. Today we fly over to Ohau. We'll see how the wireless connection from our hotel works out.

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