Monday, October 17, 2011

Monday---October 17, 2011

Matty V. says Jonathan Hernandez is OK.  He mentions Ryan Delaire's ejection from the game, which certainly got the Hen fans in my section fired up.

A note on Hen fans.

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Jeff Thomas says UMass' defense and special teams stood out Saturday.

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There are statistics and then there is THE statistic---- turnovers. See any correlations in this table?

TURNOVER MARGIN          G  Fum Int Tot Fum Int Tot Mar  Per/G
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1. Maine...............  6    2  11  13   2   2   4  +9   1.50
2. Towson..............  6    8   4  12   3   5   8  +4   0.67
3. Old Dominion........  7    7   9  16   6   7  13  +3   0.43
4. William and Mary....  7    3   9  12   3   7  10  +2   0.29
5. James Madison.......  7    2   7   9   5   3   8  +1   0.14
6. Delaware............  7    4   9  13   5   8  13  +0   0.00
   Massachusetts.......  6    4   8  12   6   6  12  +0   0.00
8. Richmond............  6    6   3   9   7   6  13  -4  -0.67
9. New Hampshire.......  6    3   9  12  10   7  17  -5  -0.83
10.Villanova...........  7    4   5   9   6  11  17  -8  -1.14
11.Rhode Island........  6    2   4   6   4  11  15  -9  -1.50
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The UMass Daily Collegian looks at the Delaware victory and says the Colonial Clash is next.

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The Boston Globe has a story on James Ihedigbo's creation of the HOPE Africa Foundation.

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If you missed it, UNH lost their ninth straight to William & Mary Saturday. That's quite a streak. UNH has been a strong team the last ten years. It's strange how one team seems to always have the advantage on another.

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