Matty Vautour says both UMass and Vanderbilt are desperate for a win.
I missed Matty's tattoo Tuesday.
UMass and Old Dominion will play in 2016 and 2017.
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Dan Malone reports on the new banners at McGuirk Stadium.
Dan also has a post on playing Old Dominion.
Blake Frohnapfel talks about better third down production.
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Anchor of Gold talks with three UMass blogs (including this one).
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247Sports says Vanderbilt could right the ship this week against UMass.
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Jesse Allen of Hustle Belt previews the Minutemen vs the Commodores.
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Two MAC games tonight. Baylor at Buffalo and Toledo at Cincinnati. The Bulls lost to Baylor 70-13 last year and that's when they had Khalil Mack. That game could be ugly. Toledo lost their starting QB last week. We'll see how much their play is affected.
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The MAC conference's website spotlights UMass LB Stanley Andre.
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Colorado faces a big challenge against ASU Saturday.
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USC is a 17 point favorite over BC.
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UMass opened +17, but the odds have dropped to +16 or +15 1/2.
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