March 27th, 2012--First day of Spring Practice

Matty V. has an article on the first day of spring practice for the Minutemen.

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Click for larger view/ image from the 2011 fall media day

Continuing our series on the offense. Today we'll look at the offensive line. Lost to graduation were:

• Josh Samuda   starting LG
• Brian Ostaszewki  played in four games in 2011

Returning starters:

• Anthony Dima RS JR LT
• Quinton Sales RS SR C
• Stephane Milhim RS SR RG
• Nick Speller RS SR RT

Other offensive linemen on the spring roster:

• Frank Barile JR
• Jamie Casselberry RS FR
• Mike Kahale RS SO
• Addy Moas SO played in two games in 2011, two-deep at C
• Sean O'Connor RS SR
• Malcom Speller SR played in two games in 2011, two-deep at LG
• Vincent Westcarr RS JR played in 3 games in 2011, 1 game in 2010, 2-deep at LT
• Ryan Young RS SO two deep at RT

Twelve offensive linemen is not a large group for a FBS team. There were four OL on this year's recruiting list.

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BCS officials are trying to get their heads around post season play.

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Good luck to UMass hoops at the NIT Final Four tonight. Matty V has a couple of articles on  the UMass-Stanford matchup.

This article by Marty Dobrow of ESPN brings back some memories of UMass basketball.

Go UMass!

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