Sunday, January 12, 2014

Sunday--january 12th, 2014

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 UPDATE: Several sources say Liam Coen will be joining UMass as quarterback coach.

Coen's Twitter feed.

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Dan Malone reports Tom Masella will join UMass' coaching staff as Defensive Coordinator.

I just did a link about Mesalla back on January 6th.

Mesalla and I had an extended one-on-one conversation in the old white alumni tent at McGuirk. If I remember right, Whipple was in Boston with a player to accept a "Golden Helmet" award and Mesalla was giving the weekly Sports Luncheon talk. Interesting guy to talk to and intense.

He's been a defensive coordinator four times including FBS Louisiana Tech.

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NBC Sports has a short article on Whipple's hire.

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James Franklin will take four Vanderbilt coaches with him to Penn State including former UMass assistant coach Bob Shoop.

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OT, but Mrs Blog and I had a great time watching UMass basketball make a great comeback against St. Bonaventure.

If you havn't had a chance to catch this team, they're  really fun to watch when they turn it on. I think there is still tickets available for most  of the remaining home games.