UMass Football News--January 5th, 2019

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Football Scoop reports UMass has hired Matt Shadeed as the strength and conditioning coach. Coach Bell worked with Shadeed at Arkansas State.

Shadeed's Arkansas State bio. This podcast interviews Shadeed and he talks about his background and strength philosophy.

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Underdog Dynasty has a post on Aazaar Abdul-Rahim joining the Minutmen as defensive coordinator.

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Multiple stories about former UMass player and coach Neal Brown being named the new head coach at West Virginia:

ESPN's notice.

Troy's players are happy and excited for Brown.

The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports the reviews are positive for Brown's hire.

Congrats to Neal on his new job at a Power Five school. Hopefully, we'll be reading the same thing in five years about Coach Bell when he gets a massive contract at Texas Tech after "doing a remarkable job turning around UMass".

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Cougar Sports Insider looks at how BYU's 2018 opponents finished the season.

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THE SCIENCE IS SETTLED

Bacon makes you happy.

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