Saturday, September 01, 2012

Saturday---September 1st, 2012

Matty V reports that Ed Saint-Vil will be out a month with a lower leg injury suffered at UConn.

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Harry Plumber of MassLive says its back to work for UMass.

Yesterday, he had the UMass offense couldn’t get off the ground.

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The Boston Herald said it was a harsh start to FBS football.

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Darren Thellen's INT was ESPN's play of the day.

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The Lowell Sun says UMass give New England another option for New England football fans.

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Kansas State officially announced their OOC for 2013 and it includes UMass on 09/14/2013.

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Matty V reports that James Ihedigbo and Emil Igwenagu were cut by the Patriots and the Eagles respectively.

Story on the official Eagles website.

In another article it said Emil is eligible for the practice squad.

ESPN says James Ihedigbo was informed of his release August 31st.

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In the only cheerful news over the last couple days, Josh Samuda made the Miami dolphins, but I could'nt find an article that specifically mentioned him.

Congrats from all UMass fans Josh!

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A couple of games of interest to UMass fans:

MAC conference-mate Ohio gets to see what Penn State has left.

Indiana starts it's season against Indiana State at 8:00 pm tonight.

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Up here in the great Granite State, Bob Kraft helps launch an new NH lottery ticket.

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