Friday, July 17, 2015

Friday--July 17th, 2015

Blake Frohnapfel has been named to the Davey O'Brien Award watch list.

The MAC Blog Hustle Belt has a post on Frohnapfel and Western Michigan's Zack Terrell being named to Davey O'Brien list.

Davey O'Brien Award home page.

Django Ellerhorn of the Hampshire Gazette has an article on Frohnapfel being named to the O'Brien Award Watch List.

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Hustle Belt also has a story about five MAC players being named to the Doak Walker Award (running backs) Watch List. No UMass players on that list.

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New Hampshire schedules FBS games against San Diego State and Colorado.

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Shaun Snee, a former UMass assistant strength coach has been hired by Wisconsin.

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NJ.com has a post about the Giants signing Jeromy Miles.

The Giants have a bio page on Miles up.

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Speaking of the Giants, NFL.com ranks Victor Cruz as one of the league's best slot receivers.

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Akron, Ball State and Colorado are included in Phil Steele's summer roster changes.

Steele also has a report on how turnovers affect a team's win-lose ratio. The Minutemen were -6 last year in turnovers.

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OT, but UMass is contending with Indiana among other schools for Bruce Brown, a Top-50 combo guard from Vermont Academy.

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