Friday--August 7th, 2015

The UMass website has a pair of football posts: Blake Frohnapfel named to the Unitas Golden Arm Watch List and UMass football wraps up a summer with the Holyoke Boys and Girls Club.

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Dan Malone previews 2015 league opponent Bowling Green. A win at Bowling Green would be huge for the Minutemen. Most College preview magazines have the Falcons contending with Toledo for the MAC East title.

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Dan also reports Rob Blanchflower was placed on the waived/injured list by the Steelers.

Behind the Steele Curtain has a story about the release.

Steelers Depot also has a post on Blanchflower's release.

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The Hampshire Gazette has an Associated Press story about Notre Dame.

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James Ihedigbo says the Lions defense will continue to try to improve.

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The BC blog "BC Interruption" has a preseason hate index. For a team that supposedly has Massachusetts all sown up, they sure do think about us a lot.

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Miami (Ohio) HC Chuck Martin says the Redhhawks are bigger, stronger and faster.

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Phil Steele has a post on teams with close wins/close losses. UMass led the nation in the latter.

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The Giants blog "Big Blue" says the New York coaching staff is being careful with Victor Cruz.

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