After grinding out a blog post seven days a week since August, I'll be dropping to the off-season schedule of no Sunday posts, unless something big happens.
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Don't know if you caught this tweet from Matty Vautour:
It isn't always easy to deal with reporters, but UMass football seniors were classy win or lose. We appreciated it. Good luck in the future
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Syracuse beat Boston College to drop the Eagles to 3-9 (only one FBS win).
Lots of sub-plots to that game. The Orange fired HC Scott Shafer after only three years. I wonder if Don Brown will make a bid to coach there. He has a history of moving around and it's a Northeast job, which he prefers.
In addition, perhaps UMass can poach some of Syracuse's recruits. The Orange have three-star verbals from a pro-style QB as well as 6-3 240 pound TE.
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Temple crushed UConn. If the Owls win the AAC's championship game, Temple could be the highest rated Group-of-Five team and play on New Year's day.
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Stanford kicked a field goal with one second left to knock Notre Dame out of playoff contention.
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Colorado dropped to 4-9 with a loss to Utah.
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Colgate withstood a late rally by New Hampshire to win at Durham in the first round of the FCS playoffs.
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