Minuteman March at 12:45 p.m. Be sure to join the Minuteman Marching Band and UMass Cheerleaders in Minutefan Park to welcome the team to the stadium.
The Minuteman Club opens at 1 p.m.
Today is Band Day at Gillette Stadium. More than 3,000 members of high school marching bands will join the Minuteman Marching Band for their halftime performance. To find out if students from your town will be part of the event, visit the Alumni Association's game page.
The Minutemen will be wearing pink UMass logos on their helmets tomorrow, as well as other pink gear, to show their support for breast cancer awareness and prevention. And the UMass-based organization Protect Our Breasts will be present in Minutefan Park providing information on breast cancer prevention.
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Information on Gillette Stadium, tailgating and activities is available here.
Remember:
- Gillette Stadium now features WiFi throughout the facility. Bring your devices and follow stats, follow UMass Football social media throughout the game, and share your thoughts, images and video.
- UMass Football on Facebook
- UMass Football on Twitter
- UMass Athletics on Facebook
- UMass Athletics on Twitter
- Use the hashtag #AllIn
- Tailgate Tent: Join the UMass Amherst Alumni Association at their official tailgate tent, part of Minutefan Park.
- Patriots Alumni: Each game this season brings a New England Patriots alumnus to the Minuteman Club to sign autographs and talk football with UMass fans. This week, meet Ronnie Lippett. Ronnie played cornerback for the Patriots for eight seasons, starting in 1983. He played a pivotal role in the Cinderella 1985 team's run to Super Bowl XX, intercepting Marc Wilson twice to help the wild card Pats upset the top seeded Raiders in Los Angeles.
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Matty V. reports UMass and Miami are both seeking their first wins of the season.
Dan Malone says the reported shift of Daquan Mack's to DE is true.
Kevin Byrne will miss his second straight game. Brandon Potvin will start in Byrne's place.
Out for Miami:
- Kevin Byrne DT
- Jordan Broadnax RB
- Shakur Nesmith WR
- Steve Casali LB
Questionable:
- Trey Seals DE
- Joe Colton S
- Tom Brandt LB
Dan also has UMass has its first shot at win against beatable Miami.
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Cleveland.com previews today's MAC conference games.
Last week's foe Bowling Green, gets a challenge against Mississippi State.
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OK, losing is making everybody crazy. As I said before, many UMass players have NFL dreams. If you want to play in the Pro's you've got to turn the switch to "On" when the light goes green. UMass needs to get after it today.
Let's run the ball for some scores. Let's get the ball to Rob Blanchflower. The defense needs to dominate a weak Miami team. It looks like it will be another great weather game at Gillette. Hope to see a bunch of UMass fans there today to see the Minutemen's first home FBS win.
Go UMass!!!
