Friday--December 18th, 2015

UMass picks up a home and home series with Coastal Carolina. This is a good addition by A.D. Bamford. The Chants are another fledgling FBS program. It's a winnable game for UMass. It's far better than another Power Five game. The 2017 schedule is beginning to look attractive for the Minutemen. Hopefully, we can realistically look for a .500 or better season. UMass should be competitive with everyone on the slate except for Mississippi State, Tennessee and BYU.

Dan Malone has a post on the series.

Bob McGovern has some of the contract details.

UMass' 2017 Schedule:

Sept. 2 at Coastal Carolina
Sept. 9 OLD DOMINION
Sept. 16 at Temple
Sept. 23 at Mississippi State
Sept. 30 OHIO
Oct. 7 HAWAII
Oct. 14 at South Florida
Oct. 21 GEORGIA SOUTHERN
Oct. 28 APPALACHIAN STATE
Nov. 4 at Tennessee
Nov. 11 MAINE
Nov. 18 at BYU

UMass' 2018 Schedule:

Sept. 1 at Boston College
Sept. 8 at Georgia Southern
Sept. 15 at Florida International
Sept. 22 CHARLOTTE
Sept. 29 at Ohio
Oct. 6 SOUTH FLORIDA
Oct. 20 COASTAL CAROLINA
Oct. 27 at CONNECTICUT
Nov. 3 TROY
Nov. 10 BYU

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Myrtle Beach online previews the 2016 Chants.

Coastal Carolina also gets a new stadium.

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Former UMass HC Kevin Morris is being mentioned in Williams coaching search.

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Rob Foudy image

Mrs Blog and I are seriously thinking about watching UMass play at the Swamp next year. Gator ticket prices are going up.

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I have a connection with Georgia State. I contribute to a memorial scholarship there. The school thinks I'm an alum and sends me all sorts of stuff.

The Panthers, like UMass have struggled since their move to FBS. However, they had a breakthrough win over old foe Georgia Southern and it's energized their program.

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