Thursday-- February 12, 2015

Vanderbilt won over UMass in 2014 after we missed a field goal from the Commodores 5 yard line. Vandy managed only two other wins, against Old Dominion and Charleston Southern. That's placed Derek Mason on the hot seat for 2015.

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Boston College went 8-0 against UMass in offers to Massachusetts recruits.

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NFL Scouting Combine has Jean Sifrin as one of six TE's in the draft to watch.

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The prestigious Mayo Clinic has a study that shows high school football players have no difference in neurological problems later in life than students who were in the band or glee club.

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Football Scoop looks at ten potential rule changes for 2015.

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Central Michigan's Dan Enos recently left to become offensive coordinator at Arkansas, a move he was criticized for. One possible reason? A college writer finds Enos was the lowest paid HC in FBS.

His replacement gets a $115,000 raise.

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Western Michigan continues to dominate the MAC in recruiting rankings. UMass did about average in the MAC.

BC and UConn under-recruited their conference averages.

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OT, but we are on the receiving end of a lot of snark over at BC Interruption. On a night when UMass moved into a tie for first place in the A10, the Eagles lost to Syracuse . That moved BC to 1-10 in the ACC and 9-14 overall and firmly into the ACC's cellar.