Saturday, June 13, 2015

Saturday--June 13th, 2015

If you havn't been following A.D. Bamford's Twitter feed you should. Some good information there.

He says UMass will not have a bowl tie-in in 2016 due to the short lead time. There is a possibility of some TV rights, if I understand correctly. I wonder if NESN would be interested.

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Mark Blaudshun says UMass, BC and UConn need a scheduling alliance. Yes they should. Despite the ill-informed snark over at BC Interruption, a three-way series between the New England FBS schools would help everyone.

Boston college averaged 34,270 in 2014 (ACC average was over 50,000) and UConn averaged 27,461. A three-way series would help travel costs and a FBS "Bean Pot" would mean something.

Blaudshun also said Bamford's scheduling has given UMass a chance.

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Former UMass legend Steve Baylark partners with Cross Fit Rendition to reach youths interested in sports.

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West Virginia Metro News has an audio interview with UMass QB Blake Fronapfel. His segment starts about 11:30 into the podcast.

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A Bleacher Report story says MAC coaches average 2.30 years of tenure before they leave.

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CBS Sports says take the under in Notre Dame wins.

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Fox Sports has winners and losers now that the realignment wave has mostly finished in college football

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Auburn plans to have a 10,000+ square foot video board operative by this fall.

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College football can't come fast enough. I watched USA-Sweden battle (?) to a scoreless tie while flipping back in forth with the Red Sox blowing an 8-2 lead.

Too bad the FIFA game wasn't a Venezuelan Team. WARNING, NOT WORK SAFE.