On January 13th, 2014, UMass announced Mark Whipple would be introduced the next day as the 30th head coach of UMass football (29 if you count his two eras).
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Dan Malone says the first FBS playoff was a smashing success, and now it should be 8 teams.
Actually, it should be 16 teams, like FCS did for years. All the conference champions of the Power 5 and the Group of five and 6 at large teams.
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An international sports site has a lengthy biography of James Ihedigbo.
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Athlon Sports says one of the winners of the 2014 Bowl season was Conference USA.
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NIU's Da'Ron Brown will be one of three MAC players in the East-West Shrine Game. SB Nation previews the game.
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Bleacher Report grades former UMass player and graduate assistant Neal Brown hiring as HC of Troy as a "B".
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