Tuesday, September 09, 2014

Tuesday--September 9th, 2014

Quotes from Coach Whipple's weekly MAC teleconference.

Jean Sifrin get an Honorable Mention in the weekly College Football Performance Awards for his 4-40 2 TD effort against Colorado.

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The September 20th game against Penn State will televised on the Big Ten Network.

The Penn State website has a story about the activities around the UMass-Penn State game including a band performance by the UMass Marching Band.

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Dan Malone says Minutemen OT's Tyrell Smith and Elijah Wilkinson came out of the Colorado with dehydration, not injuries.

He also has Coach Whipple addressing UMass' second half struggle against Buffs.

Malone comments on a video clip by Colorado coach Mike MacIntyre saying the Buffs could have hung 60 points on the Minutemen. Some window dressing by a coach who's team is going to finish last in the PAC-12.

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Speaking of Penn State, Matty Vautour comments on the NCAA's lifting of several of the penalties against the Nittany Lions.

ESPN has a comprehensive article on the lifting of NCAA sanctions against Penn State.

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The UMass-Vanderbilt game will be on the Fox Sports Network. That's channel 411 through 432 on Dish Network. Here in Jaffery the game will be televised on channel 411 on Dish.

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Another big hit for a MAC team as Toledo loses their starting QB for the season with a torn ACL.

UMass will play the Rockets on October 25th, but Hustle Belt says Toledo has other options at QB.

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A Vanderbilt fan has purchased a FireDerekMason.com domain.

Coach Mason says the Commodores QB position is still up for grabs.

The Vanderbilt blog Anchor of Gold looks at Vandy's loss to Ole Miss.

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Minas Panagiotakis image
Brandon London celebrates the Larks win over the Hamilton Tiger-cats.

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Conference USA so far in 2014 takes the lead in the non-Power Five conferences.

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