Monday--July 16th, 2012

I thought this page was interesting. It shows the Rivals "Top 10" recruits for Massachusetts in 2013. Note that UMass has signed two of the top eight. The ninth and tenth players listed have only mid-major FCS offers.

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The Detroit Sports Site says the last Michigan-UMass game was way more interesting than it should have been.

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The Sports Chat Place thinks the UMass game will be one of the few where Akron is favored to win.

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Western Michigan takes in $1.2 to $1.5 million in guarantees from BCS games. With four BCS games this year UMass should top that even with the reduced amounts we will be paid as a "transitional" FBS team.

As I always do, I will point out guarantee money is real spendable cash, not accounting dollars.

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Big Red Today looks at the Big Ten's OOC schedule including MAC teams UMass and FCS UNH.

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The Giants Football Blog (good name) says Victor Cruz came out of the blue and soon will move into the green.

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