Thursday, October 31, 2013

Thursday--October 31, 2013


Former UMass OL Nick Speller was added to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats roster on October 17th.

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Coach Molnar's quotes from this week's MAC teleconference.

Quotes from NIU HC Rod Carey for this week's game against UMass.

Northern Illinois' game notes for UMass.

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A.J. Doyle is out of practice with an injury. Dan Malone reports Mike Wegzyn will start against NIU.

Jimmy Kelly of Hustle Belt also comments on A.J. Doyle being out of the Northern Illinois game.

UMass has offically announced Jordan Broadnax, Steve Casali and Shakur Nesmith will medically redshirt for 2013.

Also Brendon Levengood will handle field goals as well as kickoff duties this week.

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Dan Malone reports, as I did on Monday, the Minutemen are 23.5 point underdogs this week. That line seems low to me...

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The UMass Daily Collegian says the Minutemen face their toughest test of the season against NIU.

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Nothing succeeds like success; Northern Illinois gets seven home games in 2015.

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Athlon Sports previews the UMass-NIU game.

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The Northern Illinois Northern Star says the Huskies are ready for UMass.

The same source breaks down UMass.

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