Tuesday, August 25, 2015

Wednesday--August 25th, 2015

Another addition to the UMass Athletic Dept staff happened on the 24th as Ryan Bouduay was hired as Assistant Director of Athletics.

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UMass announces group sales, season ticket and individual game ticket information. The 2015 Minutemen should be the best team UMass has fielded in quite a while. Try to get someone you know to attend a game or games.

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Dan Malone has five questions with UAB transfer Kelton Brackett. Most reports from practice have Brackett practicing with the first team defense. In the pass-happy MAC, the Minutemen will play a nickle back package a lot. Brackett has a chance to make an impact both in his football career and with the defense as a whole.

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Dan also has a podcast with Mark Chiarelli of the Collegian/Maroon Musket about training camp at the end of Week #1.

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He also looks into the matchup of offensive vs defense in training camp.

Dan reports Australian TE Travis Reynolds will not be eligible in 2015.

Things got a little heated in practice yesterday.

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Matty Vautour has a report on practice and features Jackson Porter and Daquan Mack. Mack had over 2,000 yards rushing in high school. At 6-0 251 UMass fans are interested in seeing him in short yardage situations.

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An article from the UMass Daily Collegian features Sekai Lindsay and Andy Isabella.

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UHND.com looks at three "under the radar" game for the Irish. Says the Minutemen are "trending up".

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The MAC Blog "Hustle Belt" continues its top MAC players previews with Jovan Santos-Knox.

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