The UMass administration promptly cut his scholarships the next year and he left for Syracuse where he became a Hall-of-Fame coach.
He was a great guy and boy could he tell football stories.
The Gazette has an AP story about Coach Mac.
Matty Vautour has a post on UMass coaches remembering MacPherson.
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Matty has a story about Bryton Barr, a 6-0 225 pound transfer from Towson. I've blogged about Barr before. With Shane Huber's status uncertain, he'll bring depth to the linebacker position.
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CBS Sports rates UMass dead last in FBS football. Many sports "writers' just go through the motions. If it draws eyeballs, it's OK. They get paid to crank out stuff, that's it.
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A "Chowder and Champions" writer picks UConn to go six-and-six. Note that he picks the Huskies to beat both USF and UCF. USF is a consensus Top-25 pick and Athlon has UCF picked second in the AAC East.
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MASSACHUSETTS, A STATE GRIPPED WITH TERROR
Another underwear-wearing driver crashes his car doing 100-miles an hour in East Bridgewater.
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