Blog news: Mrs Blog and I will be up in Wells, ME for next four days. As usual I'll try to keep the blog going if I have a WI-FI connection. If the blog falls silent, I'll be back in operation later in the week.
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Phil Steel has his preseason All-MAC team up. Making the list from UMass are OT Nick Speller and Virginia Tech transfer Jerome Lewis on offense. On defense, the Minutemen's lone selection is LB Perry McIntyre.
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The UMass announcing team has won two AP broadcasting awards for the UMass-Temple basketball game and for the December 10th "Sports Insider" issue.
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A Toledo Blade writer notes that the MAC has been left out of conference realignments.
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