UMass Football News--August 19th, 2017

Seven days until the 2017 season! Man, I hope we get some breaks and some wins this year. We've certainly paid our dues: fans, players administrators. This ain't been easy on all of us.

Go UMass!

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Matty Vautour has a post on how some of the UMass coaches are going to watch the Mayweather -McGregor fight after the Hawaii game.

If the fight was a football game, it would be Mayweather by four TD's.

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The Berkshire Eagle looks at the UMass QB situation going into the 2017 season.

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Pro Football Focus looks at the top TE's in the 2017 college football class.

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Sports on Earth previews the AAC conference including UMass opponents USF and Temple.

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The News-Star previews Coastal Carolina.

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Old Dominion led Conference USA in rushing last year; they're planning on doing it again this year. The Monarchs ran for 274 yards and 5.8 yards/carry against the Minutemen last year. Old Dominion held the ball for twelve minutes more than UMass did.

The Daily Press says despite not having picked a QB yet, Old Dominion is confident.

The Virginia Pilot thinks  Blake LaRussa will be the Monarchs starter.

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