The level of support, the stadiums and the general posture of the football programs, is a pretty good match for UMass. The league is highly competitive. This article from the Las Cruces Sun-New says for most Sun Belt teams, every game is winnable. We have an actual history with Appalachian State and Georgia Southern. I think the games would resonate with Minuteman fans a lot more than any of the MAC teams did.
Obviously, in terms of revenue and playing UConn and Temple, the AAC would be by far the best all-sports league. However, if it looks like there will be no realignment of the AAC in sight for a decade or so, a football-only Sun Belt slot could be a good place for UMass football to be. I just think it would flat work from a football perspective.
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There's a lot of connections when BYU meets FCS Southern Utah.
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Boise State is all business when they travel to Hawaii to take on the Rainbow Warriors.
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FIU player Jonnu Smith was badly burned when his girlfriend poured boiling water on him.
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BC plays Florida Sate tonight on ESPN2.
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Today's Veterans Day. We are the home of the free because of the brave. When Mrs Blog and I left Virginia Beach because of the hurricane we stopped at Gettysburg. The two monuments below belong to two Massachusetts units. The 9th Mass Battery was in its first fight at Gettysburg. It lost all but one of its officers, 20 enlisted men, 80 horses and four of its six guns in the fight for the Wheat field. Lincoln and congress didn't end slavery in our country. The men in blue did.
