Sunday, August 06, 2017

UMass Football News--July 6th, 2017

Tarringo Basile-Vaughan of "Chowder and Champions" looks at Andrew Ford and the chances of the 2017 Minutemen.

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Underdog Dynasty looks at the Middle of Appalachian State's 2017 schedule and predicts a 31-14
Mountaineers victory.

Appalachian State had its Media Day yesterday.

The Mountaineers want to go 13-0 in 2017.

Appalachian State is the consensus preseason Sun Belt Champion. In 2016 they were 10th nationally in rushing average (250.9 yards/game). They were also good at defense, ending 9th nationally in scoring defense (17.8 points/game). The Mountaineers return six starters on offense including Jalin Moore, the Sun Belt Offensive player-of-the-Year. Look for Appalachian State to run the rock again in 2017

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Analytics are spreading through college football.

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Georgia Southern got some big plays from their "back-to-the-future" triple option offense in the first scrimmage of training camp.

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