Friday--July 24th, 2015

I believe UMass will have one of it's Clam Bake recruiting events this weekend. The Minutemen received four verbals from the Clam Bake in 2014 and six in 2013.

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Blake Frohnapfel

Blake Frohnapfel has been named one of 30 QB's in contention for the Manning Award.

The Manning Award was created by the Allstate Sugar Bowl.

Bleacher Report has the full list. Besides Frohnapfel, UMass fans will see two other nominees: Pj. Walker of Temple and Joe Licata of Buffalo.

Dan Malone has a post on Frohnapfel's nomination.

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The Minutemen website also has a story about Blake Frohnapfel's summer internship.

Dan Malone has a report that says "All eyes are on Blake Frohapfel after a breakout season".

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Frohnapfel gets an "honorable mention" in this Bleacher Report post on the top QB's Notre Dame will face in 2015.

Notre Dame tickets are pricey on the secondary market.

Today's U previews the Irish.

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Phil Steele has UMass as #95 in his 2015 preseason Power Poll. That's a big jump from the bottom five we've ranked since 2012.

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Northern Illinois is focused on the start of practice.

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