Tuesday, November 01, 2011

Tuesday---November 1, 2011

Perry McIntyre was named CAA Defensive Player-of-the-Week.

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Despite a 5-3 record and losses to only a FBS team and two top-15 FCS teams, UMass barely registers on the latest FCS Coaches Poll. Delaware, with a 5-4 record and one of the wins against a DII team is #19.

UMass in high in the "others receiving votes" category in the TSN poll.

The Minutemen are 8th in the Lambert Cup poll (.pdf download).

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Keepers College Football Rankings has UMass at #21.

He also has the Minutemen over Villanova by 21+.

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Richmond's Aaron Corp is drawing NFL interest (mentions the UMass game a lot).

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Eli Manning gets support from Victor Cruz.

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Jeremy Horne was cut by the Kansas City Chiefs and then re-signed to the practice squad.

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Former UMass QB Dave Palazzi is leading Leominster HS to ESPN Boston’s statewide MIAA Top 25 poll.

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