Tuesday, March 25, 2014

Tuesday--March 25th, 2014

UMass will hold it's Pro Day today. The event is not open to the public. Let's hope Rob Blanchflower is completely healthy and is able to show the scouts what he can do.

Coach Whipple's twitter feed has some mentions of it.

Matty V. has a story about Blanchflower.

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Dan Malone has an article on A.J. Doyle's quest to show his skills to the new coaching staff.

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The Patriots are upgrading the field surface at Gillette.

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If you're a UMass alum or fan with high blood pressure I advise you not to follow this link to a Sun-Chronicle  sports person's explanation on why they did not cover the Minutemen's bid to the NCAA playoffs.

The Sun-Chronical editors probably muse sometimes in their break room why local newspaper readership numbers are falling off a cliff...

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Marshall is trying to develop a replacement for Blake Frohnapfel.

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James Ihedigbo tweets he's a lion.

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Bleacher Report has a story on the life of a graduate assistant football coach.

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An Illinois state senator thinks the Big Ten should expand some more. His suggestion---- Southern Illinois?

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