The Baltimore Sun also has a story on Abdul-Rahim moving to UMass.
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Another North Carolina football staff member will be joining the Minutemen as Rory Pommerining will become general manager/assistant AD for football. Pommerining's North Carolina bio.
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My take is Coach Bell is building a strong staff. Abdul-Rahim is known as a strong recruiter, which is just what the Minutemen need. Football is roster driven and no amount of coaching can compensate for deficiencies in personnel.
Maryland finished 5-7 in 2018. However, the Terps recruit in a different universe that does UMass. Maryland's 2018 recruiting class was ranked 28th by 247Sports.
Let's hope some of that recruiting magic moves to UMass. The Minutemen can't win with bottom 10% recruiting classes.
Adding veteran defensive coach David Duggan is also a good move. His experience will help Abdul-Rahim as he's never been a defensive coordinator before
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Don Brown says there should be twelve teams in the college football playoffs.
There should be 16. The top four get byes in the first round. Of the remaining 12 teams five should be the Group-of-Five league champions and the rest drawn by the polls. The Power Five conferences would get 11 (usually) of the 16 slots.
Speaking of Don Brown, he said he'd listen if offered a head coaching job.
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Former UMass assistant coach Ted Roof joins Appalachian State as defensive coordinator.
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