Sunday--March 17, 2013

The Monsignor Farrell football program is going to retire the #45 jersey worn by former UMass DE John D'Amato (1976, 1977, 1978).

D'Amato was First Team All-Yankee Conference in 1977 and 1978.

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The BCS committee asked 31 Bowl Committees to submit applications to bid on hosting one of the three access bowls for 2013.

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The Big East's lawyers have registered the domain name America12.org as well as variations of America12.com.

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Maryland, ----- but not Rutgers will receive a big travel subsidy from the Big Ten.

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UMass hoops played a valiant game yesterday against VCU. The Minutemen out-rebounded VCU (always a sign of good effort) and played strong defense. One symptom of  fatigue in basketball is poor shooting and UMass missed lots of shots. I still think UMass is one of the top 68 teams in the nation, but probably will have a first round NIT game at home.

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