Sunday, June 03, 2012

Sunday--June 3rd, 2012

A CT Post.com writer tries to end conference jumping by envisioning a conference draft. UMass is chosen by the Big East at the very end of the article.

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Berry Tramel ranks the Big Ten's schedule and forgets (or didn't know), UMass is in FBS this year.

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The Hartford Courant has an article on the status of UConn football. The Huskies open their season on August 30th against UMass.

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Phil Steele ranks college football teams by "power factors" one of which is the number of upperclassmen in their two deep. UMass is ranked #36 based on 21 seniors and juniors starting.

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College football coaches have long had performance bonuses built into their contracts. Now performance bonuses are being added to athletic directors salaries.