Wednesday, June 25, 2014

Wednesday--June 25th, 2014

UMass football will take possession of the lower part of the new Performance Center July 1st. The UMass website has a short video of the interior of the building.

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Yesterday's article by Dan Malone has been updated to show UMass will play a return dated in 2017 with UConn at Rentschler Field.

Desmond Conner article here.
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Did you know Rhode Island has a fan page? RhodyRamPage has a post about the UMass-Rhode Island game in 2016. It says it's a winnable game for the Rams and also takes a shot at UMass attendance  We earned the disrespect by losing to Maine, but Rhody went 3-9 in 2013 and 2-6 in the CAA. The Rams averaged 5,627 in home attendance.

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SB Nation ranks the FBS conferences. The MAC is #9.

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The MAC is doing a good job with its 2015 quarterback verbals.

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The Roanoke Times previews UMass' and Virginia Tech's mutual opponent Boston College.

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The University of Colorado has its 2016 and 2017 OOC schedule completed. Mrs Blog and I are hoping to see Ralphie run in 2015.

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OT, but Rant Sports ranks Jonathan Quick as one of the top-10 former college players in the NHL.