Tuesday, January 03, 2012

Tuesday---January 3, 2012

Matty V reports, at the end of the article, that sixth grade Ryan Morris, son of former HC Kevin Morris, won the halftime shooting contest at the Central Conn. State basketball game. Congrats Ryan!

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The Examiner.com says UMass joining the MAC is one of the League's top stories of 2011.

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ESPN New York has a story about Rex Ryan and the Jets that has a lot of UMass football references. As a reminder, Mike Tannenbaum, the general manager of the Jets, is a UMass grad.

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A Boston.com blogger says Victor Cruz did UMass proud.

ESPN has a story about Cruz and the Giants' way.

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Notre Dame named the replacement for Charlie Molnar on the Irish staff.

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I don't know about you guys, but to me, the QB in the various bowl game that most looked like a sure bet for the pros was Case Keenum of Houston, who threw for 532 yards and three TD's against Penn State.

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The MAC is still third in bowl win percentage after yesterday's games. Note that the Big Ten is 3-6, the ACC is 2-4 and the PAC 12 is 2-5.

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