Saturday, August 25, 2012

Saturday -- August 25th, 2012

Our season tickets came in the mail yesterday.

Western Mass season ticket holders have an opportunity for bus service from  McGuirk to Gillette as per the following e-mail I received.

Valued Season Ticket Holder,

As many of you may know, UMass Athletics has teamed with Worldtek Travel Management to provide round trip transportation between Amherst and Gillette Stadium for football home games.  Buses will depart campus 3 hours prior to game time and will return immediately following each game.  Please visit https://ems.resrunner.com/umassfootball or call Worldtek at 1-800-879-6176 to purchase your transportation today.


Go UMass!!!

UMass Athletic Ticket Office
1-866-UMASS-TIX
umasstickets@admin.umass.edu


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CBS Sports has a best-case, worse-case scenario for Vanderbilt. Both cases assume a win over UMass.

Vandy may drop its game against Ohio State next year to open with a SEC game.

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After a year off, UConn WR Michael Smith is back on the team.

Michigan is still trying to move their 2013 game against the Huskies to MetLife.

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LaRon Landry will not be fined for his big hit on Victor Cruz.

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Michigan makes $7.1 million per game at the Big House----- and that's before concessions. If I remember right a Coke was $5 from a soda guy.

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Jeromy Miles draws praise for Bengal's coach Marvin Lewis.

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Where we were: Phil Steele's FCS Top 40.

BTW, the CAA has asked Rhode Island not to drop to Northeast Conference.

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