Tonight will be the final UMass Football Radio show of the season.
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I was just noticing how deep into the roster the Minutemen went at Eastern Michigan.
Dan Jonah (1 career catch) started and played most of the game as the "Y" receiver.
Jordan Hamilton (2 career tackles prior to Saturday) played the whole game at one corner. Jesse Monteiro made his first start. Jackson Porter also played in the Minutemen secondary. Hamilton had 8 tackles and a FF.
Sha-Ki Holines had a good game on the D-line. He 2.5-14 TFL a SACK and one QB hurry.
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Jamal Wilson and Marquis Young will be on this week's UMass Insider.
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UMass' big rushing total against EMU jumped the Minutemen from #125 to #107 in NCAA rushing stats.
Marquis Young is #25 in the nation with his 6.19 yards per carry.
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EMU linebacker Great Ibe was named Walter Camp FBS defensive player-of-the-week for his 21 tackles against UMass.
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Dan Malone reports UMass opened as a 9-point favorite over Miami (Ohio). An interesting line is Ball State by > 7 points over Toledo. Memphus is a 1.5 favorite over Temple. Notre Dame is 16 over BC and Western Kentucky is 14 over FIU. All the odds here.
Keepers College Football Rankings has the Minutemen by 7.62 (.htm download).
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Toledo moved to the top of the "others receiving votes" in the AP poll. Temple's loss knocked them out of the Top-25 in both the AP and Coaches Poll.
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