Matty Vautour reports UMass football has connections with the Patriots-Texans teams.
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The BYU blog "Vanquish the Foe" takes an early look at the Cougars 2017 schedule and does not expect UMass to do much better than last time.
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Sports on Earth takes an early look at team rankings for 2017 and places UMass just out of the bottom five.
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Mike Traini of "Fight Massachusetts" has a post on UMass' hosting Maine at Fenway park.
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PennLive has a report on UMass TE Adam Breneman's decision to play his senior year in Amherst.
YDR.com has a longer post on Breneman that's well worth your time.
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James Ihedigbo says the way to beat the Patriots is to hit them hard.
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