Tuesday --- September 4th, 2012

Matty V has some observations from college football's first weekend.

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Harry Plumer of MassLive has the five worst power conference teams. UMass is playing one of them soon.

He also has a story about UMass moving on after last week's poor showing. The article has some injury updates.
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Stephen Sellner of the UMass Daily Collegian  says it's a start.

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A Bleacher Report writer ranks all 124 FBS teams and has UMass at #122.

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A Cleveland Plain Dealer looks at week #1 in the MAC and says Ohio's win over Penn State was no fluke.

The MAC blog "Hustle Belt" has the league's TV schedule for week #2.

Former UMass assistant coach Mike Dunbar is offensive coordinator for Northern Illinois. Dunbar's duties have been re-assigned due to his ongoing battle with cancer.

The blog "MAC Daily" breaks down the "could have been weekend".

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James Ihedigbo signed with the Ravens. Stories here and here.

On the business end of the NFL, the Ravens cut a player to make room for Ihedigbo.

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The Palm Beach Coast has some quotes by Josh Samuda on how he made the Dolphins.

They also have Samuda as one of the rookies who exceeded expectations.

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Gather Sports.com asks if Victor Cruz could be playing for the Dolphins next season.

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