Tuesday, August 29, 2017

UMass Football News--August 29th, 2017

Matty Vautour has a post on the UMass Coaches are getting the team and themselves back on track. Matty says senior DL Sha-Ki Holines will be a game-time decision Saturday. He also mentions the Minutemen had two DL players make their first game appearance: RSFR 6-3 275 pound Charlie Timite and true freshman 6-3 250 pound Jake Bycko.

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Mike Traini has a post on A.D. Ryan Bamford's question-and-answer session on Facebook Live. A number of replies concern the football program.
  • the football schedules for 2018 and 2019 are complete
  • future games could include Rutgers and Akron
  • priority improvement for McGuirk would include a new scoreboard
  • UMass is considering a new indoor practice facility
There's more in the article and it's worth a read. Again, I'm impressed with Bamford. He knows what he's doing and I think we'll see the results in UMass football, basketball and hockey.

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The Sentinel and Enterprise says the Pop Warner kids at halftime had a great time.

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West Hawaii Today reports Hawaii had some breakdowns too.

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KHON TV reports on John Ursua's big night against the Minutemen. Lots of video of Ursua running free in the UMass backfield :(

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Coastal Carolina adds nine games to future schedules.

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The Virginia Pilot report Old Dominion's new QB will be Blake LaRussa.

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