Friday, April 20, 2012

Friday----August 20th, 2012

UMass to visit Kansas State in 2013. Mrs Blog and I have been to the last two visits to Manhattan. We had a good time both visits. The first time we went, we dodged pronghorn antelope on road Sunday morning as we drove back to the airport.

Matty V says the formal away list should be out shortly and will include Colorado, Wisconsin, Notre Dame and Florida.

Some change from Stony Brook, Albany and Central Connecticut, huh?

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UMass has posted another spring practice update on Youtube. This follows a scrimmage on the 19th. Coach Molnar mentions a lot of names on both offense and defense.


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There is an interesting article from Montana about their increasing financial struggles. As you know, the Grizz have one of the best, or the best, home attendance in FCS.

Note that the FCS playoffs lose money in general and Montana loses money in participating in them. Some people were unhappy with our move the MAC and FBS football, but I've always said there were big risks in standing pat.

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A Bleacher Report writer looks at all 124 college football stadiums and ranks Gillette as #33. That's the best in the MAC and ahead of most schools in power conferences including BC and UConn.

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The Giants Blog "Big Blue" says Victor Cruz guarantees he will not hold out in 2012.

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