Saturday--February 2, 2013

The UMass website has more on Matt Carini and Michael Cox's being named Honorable Mention MAC ALL-Academic team members.

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If you're not sick of rehashing the Faculity Senate's endless debate on football, Thursday's meeting produced three articles: Hustle Belt, CBS Sports and Boston.com.

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CBS Sports has a Signing Day Checklist for C-USA, Sunbelt, MAC and Independents.

Quote from the UMass section: "Needs: WR, RB, LB: The Minutemen lose all three starting wide receivers from 2012, but Massachusetts only holds two verbal commitments at the position --two-star Donnice Woods and unranked Shaquille Harris. With the loss of its starting running back, however, Massachusetts' top commitment comes from three-star all-purpose back Brandon Peoples."

Note that UMass added WR E.J. Burston earlier this week.
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CBS Sports reports $68 million in realignment fees are in play for Big East Football.

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The Boston Herald has a story about James Ihedigbo's finding a home with the Ravens.

The "Deer Antler" guy Mitch Ross claims he supplied performance enhancing stuff to a number of NFL players including James Ihedigbo.

Relevant quote about Ross:"He claimed that people have two brains, and he ended the session by saying, “I’m not a goofball.”

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