Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Wednesday-- January 11, 2012

Dick Baker of MassLive attends the "Frozen Fenway" game and runs into Coach Molnar.

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Keeper College football rankings final FCS report for 2011 has UMass at #51.

His MAC FBS rankings:
  • #36 Northern Illinois
  • #39 Toledo
  • #63 Ohio
  • #64 Temple
  • #83 Western Michigan
  • #94 Ball State
  • #96 Kent State
  • #97 Bowling Green
  • #99 Miami of Ohio
  • #110 Buffalo
  • #120 AKRON
Bonus: #87 UConn, #92 Boston College .

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Former Minuteman star Mike Dawson takes charge at North Middlesex athletics.

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The Hartford Courant says contract details derailed Coach Brown's Yale bid.

More from the Yale Daily News.

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I has a post about former UMass assistant coach Ted Roof joining Penn State yesterday. Roof will be defensive coordinator for the Nittany Lions.

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This is nice. A video about Victor Cruz spending time with his family and reflecting on his accomplishments this year (note that you have to sit through a commercial before it starts).

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I thought this was an interesting read: an article on a FBS playoff system based on leagues that were set up according to proximity of the schools to each other. It includes UMass as a member of a new Northeast Conference.

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Off Topic: Coach Cal comments on coaching against Tony Barbee.

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