Thursday--October 2nd, 2014

Good Morning from Flagstaff. My Wi-Fi connection is much better than that one in PA. I'm on Mountain Time so the time I usually post will change.

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Jean Sifrin was named honorable mention TE-of-the-Week by the John Mackey site.

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Matty Vautour reports on how UMass football handles head injuries. He also reports on Sifrin's honor and says Blake Frohnapfel was named ECAC Offensive Player-of-the-Week. It's been a while since we had an ECAC award.

It's been so long that I had not visited their website for some time. ECAC's Frohnapfel mention.

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Dan Malone says there has been a lot of platooning in the UMass offensive line.

Dan reports Jovan Santos-Knox says there's no excuse for losing. If you wern't at the game Saturday. Jovan was vocal during the defense's meetings on the sidelines. It looks like he is showing a lot of leadership.

Dan also interviewed Blake Frohnapfel and our graduate QB said there's still room for improvement in the offense.

Dan's MAC Power Rankings still has UMass as #10, but he hopes for improvement soon.

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The UMass Daily Collegian looks at the Minutemen's bogged down running game.

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UMass is 2nd in passing offense and 2nd-to-last in rushing in MAC stats.

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If you missed it, Kansas fired Charlie Weiss a couple of days ago; the South Bend Tribune says mid-season firings can be tricky.

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CBS Sports looks at college football's fight to keep its next generation of fans.

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