A cut-and-paste from the game notes:
"UMass featured 10 first-time starters on offense and defense at No. 25 Florida. This total does not include tight end Adam Breneman, who made his first start as a Minuteman but previously started for the Penn State program.
On offense, the new starters included Ross Comis (QB), Marquis Young (RB), Jack Driscoll (OL), Jake Largay (OL) and Raquan Thomas (OL).
On defense, Ali Ali-Musa (DL), Steve Casali (LB), Tedrick Lowery (LB), James Allen (CB) and Lee Moses (SS) marked the first-time starters.
Seventeen members of the UMass football program made their first appearances as Minutemen during the 2016 season-opener at No. 25 Florida. These 17 include Ali Ali-Musa, Bilal Ally, James Bowe Jr., Adam Breneman, Colbert Calhoun, Jack Driscoll, Derek Dumais, Andrew Ford, Malik Lee, Tedrick Lowery, Brandon Mangram, Martin Mangram, Sadiq Palmer, Mario Patton, Travis Reynolds, Isaiah Rodgers and Raquan Thomas."
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Transcript from BC coach Steve Addazio's weekly press conference for UMass.
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Keepers College football ratings has BC over UMass by 24.02 (a .pdf download).
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The Gators felt UMass made it too close for comfort.
247Sports has a 132 image gallery from the Gators-Minutemen game.
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BC Interruption kicks off its UMass week coverage.
Paul Johnson says Georgia Tech was lucky to beat Boston College.
Cillian Shields of the Boston Herald says, despite the loss, the Eagles trip to Ireland was a big success.
The Atlanta Journal reviews the BC-Georgia Tech game.
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The Minutemen's next foe after Boston College is Florida International. The Panthers play Maryland this week. 247 Sports takes a look at FIU after their loss to Indiana.
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For the first time since 1936, New Hampshire will play in a new stadium as they open in Wildcat Stadium.
Too bad they didn't take the opportunity to get rid of the track. I think tracks just ruin the atmosphere at football game by moving the fans back from the field. I've been to UNH games more than a dozen times and there is plenty of room next to the field to relocate the track.