Friday, May 31, 2019

UMass Football Recruiting 2021--Skyler Bell

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Skyler Bell, a 6-1 185 pound WR from Watertown, CT has a UMass offer.

247Sports page here.

Hudl.com has video.

MaxPreps has some stats.

This article talks about his recent offer from Rutgers.

Besides UMass, Bell has offers from Virginia and Rutgers. Drawing interest from Northeast Power Five schools Penn State, BC, Syracuse and Pitt.

UMass Football News--may 31st, 2019

Josh Walfish reports on UMass 2019 away kickoff times.

8/30 -- 7:15 p.m. at Rutgers BTN
9/14 -- 6 p.m. at Charlotte ESPN+
10/5 -- 7 p.m. at FIU ESPN3
10/12 -- 7 p.m. at Louisiana Tech ESPN3
11/9 -- Noon at Army CBSSN

Kickoff times for Rutgers.

Kickoff times for BYU.

Kickoff times for Louisiana Tech.

Sunbelt Conference kickoff times.

Liberty kickoff times.

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Over 400 prospects will attend the East Coast Elite Camp. Yesterday I had a link stating the UMass coaching staff will be there.

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CBS Sports thinks Andy Isabella will be the receiver in Cardinals WR group who will make things happen in 2019.

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Thursday, May 30, 2019

UMass Football Recruiting 2020-- Muheem McCargo


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Muheem McCargo, a 5-10 199 pound RB from Camden, NJ has a UMass offer.


247Sports three-star player.


Hudl.com has video.


This article by NJ.com has McCargo a top-50 player in New Jersey.


Ran an 11.62 100 meters in this May.


Besides UMass, McCargo has Power Five offers from BC, Rutgers, North Carolina and Baylor.

UMass Football News--May 30th, 2019

UMass hoops will play defending National Champion Virginia on November 23rd at Monhegan Sun. Minutemen football will host BYU the same day at McGuirk. UMass will probably need a noon kickoff for fans to attend both games.

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The Orlando Sentinel previews 2019 opponent FIU and ranks the Panthers #88.

FIU is UMass' most played opponent in the FBS era. The Panthers and the Minutemen will have played five times in eight years. The series is tied 2-2 going into this year's tilt.

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UMass will play a home-and-home with Northern Illinois in 2024 and 2025. The Huskies are not quite the team they were back when we were in the MAS, but they did finish 8-6 last year and beat Buffalo for the MAC title.

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Former UMass assistant coach Jerry Azzinaro joins Chip Kelley at UCLA as defensive coordinator.

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BC quarterback Matt McDonald transfers to Bowling Green.

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Arizona Sports says Andy Isabella is more than a slot receiver.

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Wednesday, May 29, 2019

UMass Football recruiting 2020--Tryell Lawrence

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Tyrell Lawrence a 6-7 375 pound OL/DL from Ontario, Canada has Tweeted he's received an offer from UMass.

247Sports page here.

Hudl.com has video.

This article from November 2018 features Lawrence.

Recently received an offer from Tennessee.

The Vols, UMass and Howard are Lawrence's current offers.

UMass Football News--May 29th, 2019

The Lawless Republic wonders if the Mountain West is the only option for BYU.

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UMass Football coaches will attend the Rutgers East Coast Elite camp on May 31st.

NJ.com will begin listing the states top-50 players starting today.

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Revenge of the Birds reports on Andy Isabella being a great fit for the Cardinals offense.

The Cards sign their remaining draft picks, open rookie camp.

The Cards Wire reports on Andy giving his #19 jersey number to KeeSean Johnson.

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Tuesday, May 28, 2019

UMass Football News--May 28th, 2019

Ben Albert has some video of his interception against Holy Cross. I think this is from the UMass win at Holy Cross on September 19th, 1992. Albert's INT won the game for the Minutemen. Mrs Blog and I were there right at the corner of the endzone about three rows up where Albert runs the INT.

If you are too young to remember, the Crusaders were one of FCS's most powerful teams back in the 80's. They had a huge winning streak in the Colonial conference. That made for some bad feelings as many people felt Holy Cross was running it up. In 1987 the Crusaders were beating UMass 47-10 and still had Heisman Trophy candidate Gordy Lockbaum in the game in the late fourth quarter (I was at that game too). He caught a pass to make it 54-10 Holy Cross. In addition, the Crusaders did not participate in the playoffs, which meant they never played some of the southern FCS power teams such as Georgia Southern. The southern teams felt Holy Cross was ducking them.

In the early 90's the infamous Fr. Brooks would absolutely blow up Holy Cross athletics and the Crusaders would never again be a FCS power.

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Mike Traini of "Fight Massachusetts" has a post on UMass late 2019 signee Jake Orlando.

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NJ.com asks if Rutgers actually has one of the Big Tens easiest schedules.

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Revenge of the Birds says Andy Isabella is the one to watch.

Raising Zona, says Isabella could become the Cardinals most popular player.

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Speaking of being disliked, 247Sports has the top ten most hated college football teams of all time.

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Monday, May 27, 2019

UMass Football news--Memorial Day 2019


While we're all hanging out today and wishing for college football, remember the guys who did not come back.

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Jack Driscoll in the top two of SEC pass blockers in 2018. Driscoll started 12 of 13 games while battling some injuries.

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NJ.com ranks Rutgers 2019 schedule by difficulty and thinks the Scarlet Knights should beat UMass "with ease".

The Big Ten Helmet Schedule uses the white UMass helmet.

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The Orlando Sentinel previews 2019 opponent Liberty.

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Saturday, May 25, 2019

UMass Football Recruiting 2020--Te'Rai Powell

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Te'Rai Powell, a 5-11 187 pound RB from Montvale, NJ has a UMass offer.

247Sport page here.

Hudl.com has video.

MaxPreps has stats.

This article reports Powell won RB MVP at a recent Brooklyn, NY showcase camp.

Powell has eight total offers with UMass, Army, Navy and Western Michigan from FBS.

Friday, May 24, 2019

UMass Footbal News--May24th, 2019


The UMass Football Twitter feed shows construction has started on the new practice field and winter bubble.

This is going to be a big boost for the program. A second field will give more flexibility in practice and the winter bubble will help in conditioning and skills. UMass is a cold weather Northeast team and it might help recruiting for kids not used to the Massachusetts climate.

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The UMass football Twitter feed also has a 3 minute tour of the Performance Center if you have never been in there.

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CBS Sports has the top college QB's for 2019. UMass will face Army's Kelvin Hopkins and FIU's James Morgan and Northwestern's Hunter Johnson also makes the list.

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ESPN has 2019's complete bowl schedule.

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College football 2019 pump up video.

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Thursday, May 23, 2019

UMass Football Recruiting 2019--Jake Orlando verbals to UMass

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UMass adds a late signing to the 2019 as Jake Orlando, a 6-6 230 pound TE from Buffalo, NY has Tweeted he's committed to UMass.

Hudl.com has video.

NCSA recruiting profile here.

MaxPreps has stats.

This is a good addition for the Minutemen. According to my recruiting notes UMass has not signed a recruited TE since 2016 when they signed Avien Peah and Taylor Edwards.

UMass Football News--May 23rd, 2019


Congrats to the team on their Spring semester. Getting your degree is crucial to the rest of your non-football life. A UMass degree will open doors.

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Alabama offers to two NJ players Mikai Gbayor and Justin Evans Jenkins, who have UMass offers.

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Wednesday, May 22, 2019

UMass Football News--May 22nd, 2019

Mike Traini of "Fight Massachusetts" has some news and notes about Minutemen athletics.

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The Daily Universe reports BYU will travel over 9,000 miles in 2019 including a trip McGuirk on November 23rd.

Speaking of BYU, Cougar 2015 recruit Mo Langi retires from football. When he signed in 2015 he created a stir because he was 6-7 410 pounds.

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Charlotte announces a 6:00 pm kickoff for their home game against UMass on September 14th.

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SB Nation previews Pitt for 2019 and thinks Mark Whipple should help the Panthers passing game.

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CBS sports has five underrated rookie WR's for fantasy Football. You can guess who one of them is.

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USA Today reports college QB transfers are surging.

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Tuesday, May 21, 2019

UMass Football News--May 21st, 2019

Scarlet Nation ranks the QB's Rutgers will face in 2019 and has Michael Curtis of UMass last.

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Not really sure what this MIT "art" video is all about, but it has music by the UMass marching band.

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SB Nation previews the 2019 Boston College Eagles. The article has BC favored in five games. Two of the five are by less than one point, so the Eagles season could have a wide swing depending on the results of close games.

Speaking of BC, the Eagles just landed a commit from Luke Floriea, a WR from Mentor, Ohio who had a UMass offer.

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CBS Sports has ten possible NFL offensive rookie-of-the-year candidates. Andy Isabella is one of them.




Revenge of the Birds says Andy looks swole in his NFL rookie photo.

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Monday, May 20, 2019

UMass Football Recruiting 2020--Michael Tetteh

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Michael Tetteh, a 6-4 240 pound DL from the Bronx, NY has a UMass offer.

247Sports page here.

Rivals two-star player.

Hudl.com has video.

MaxPreps has stats.

This article has a paragraph on his visit to Rutgers Junior Day.

Besides UMass, Tetteh has FBS offers from Temple and Buffalo.

Sunday, May 19, 2019

UMass Football Recruiting 2020--Al-Ma'hi Ali verbals to UMass



UPDATE: Mike Traini of "Fight Massachusetts" has a post "Al-Ma'hi Ali bring elite speed to the Minutemen's secondary". 

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Al-Ma'hi Ali, a 5-10 170 pound DB/Athlete from Philadelphia  has Tweeted he's committed to UMass.

247Sports page here.

Hudl.com has video.

MaxPreps has stats.

Ali had six total offers. Chose UMass over FBS offers from Buffalo and Toledo.

Saturday, May 18, 2019

UMass Football Recruiting 2020--Collin McCarthy

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Collin McCarthy, a 6-7 240 DL from Jackson Memorial HS in NJ has Tweeted he's received an offer from UMass.

Hudl.com has video.

MaxPreps has stats.

This article from today features McCarthy. Mentions UMass.

Also does Track and Field in the Discus and Shot put.

McCarthy has FBS offers from UMass and UConn. Also drawing interest from Temple, Pitt, Rutgers and Virginia Tech.

Friday, May 17, 2019

UMass Football News--May 17th, 2019


UMass has signed a six year contract with the Buffalo Bulls. Buffalo announcement here.

This is an excellent series with a Northeast opponent. It's an easy drive out the NY Throughway for Minutemen fans. Mrs Blog and I went in 2013 to see a cold and rainy loss during Molnar's second year.

Like UMass, the Bulls received a lot of snark when they went FBS and joined the MAC. No more. Buffalo went 10-4 last year with wins over Temple and Rutgers. The Bulls played Troy in the Dollar General Bowl.

UMass now has ten games scheduled for both 2021 and 2022. The Minutemen need at least one Power Five money game for both years.

The Buffalo News has a post on the series.

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Forbes has a number of intriguing games for early 2019. Mark Whipple's Pitt offense against UCF on Sept 21st is one of them.

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Dynasty League Fantasy Football updates their profile of Andy Isabella.

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ESPN says it's 100 days to college football in 2019.

CBS Sports has 100 things to get you excited about 2019.

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Thursday, May 16, 2019

UMass Football Recruiting 2019--Trace Trant


Trace Trant, a 6-0 210 pound LB from Tewksbury, MA will attend UMass as a PWO.

Hudl.com has video.

The Lowell Sun reports tough runs in the Trant Family.

This article from September of 2018 features Trant.

Linebacker is a position of need for the Minutemen.

UMass Football News--May 16th, 2019

The Sun lists Penn State's future non-conference schedule including the 2023 match against UMass.

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Athlon Sports lists Southern Illinois against UMass and one of 12 possible FCS upsets in 2019.

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Saturday Tradition says Rutgers fans should be nervous about the Scarlet Knights opener against the Minutemen.

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Victor Cruz says Andy Isabella is a player to watch.

Pro Football Talk reports the Cardinals are fired up about Isabella's speed.

The Cards rookie mini-camp roster including Bryton Barr.

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Wednesday, May 15, 2019

UMass Football News--May 15th, 2019

Josh Walfish has a post on UMass' plans to upgrade fan experience at McGuirk.

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Andy Isabella raves about Kyler Murray's passes.

Forbes.com says Arizona's new look at WR may be the path to success.

Hakeem Butler, the Cards other receiver pick, says he's fast too.

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Punter David Broncati flips to Rutgers from UConn. Also was drawing a lot of interest from UMass.

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The NCAA is talking about financially compensating college athletes.

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Tuesday, May 14, 2019

UMass Football Recruiting 2020--Jared Cole

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Jared Cole. a 5-9 180 pound RB from Ashburn, VA has a UMass offer.

247Sports three-star player.

Hudl.com has video.

USA Today has a post on the moves he showed at a recent combine.

MaxPreps has some stats.

UMass is Cole's first FBS offer.

UMass Football News--May 14th, 2019


UMass has announced the game themes for the 2019 home season. UConn for homecoming should be a hoot. BYU is a big time opponent.

The Minutemen should be competitive in five of the six games. It should be a entertaining home season for UMass fans.

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Rutgers picks up a commit from a three-star QB with a UMass offer.

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A 247Sports writer thinks Jack Driscoll, a UMass transfer to Auburn could have a chance in the NFL draft.

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AZ Central says there was nothing small about how Andy Isabella battled big schools.

The Revenge of the Birds reports Andy Isabella and Deionte Johnson took divergent paths to the NFL.

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Monday, May 13, 2019

UMass Football Recruiting 2020--Olasunkonmi Agunloye

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Olasunkonmi Agunloye, a 6-6 242 pound strong-side defensive end from Lindenhurst, NY has a UMass offer.

247Sports page here.

Hudl.com has video.

This article from Saturday covers his visit to Rutgers.

Agunloye has FBS offers from UMass and Rutgers. He also has six FCS offers including UNH, Stony Brook and Villanova from the CAA.

Agunloye has FBS size and DE is a position of need for the Minutemen.

Saturday, May 11, 2019

UMass Football News--May 11th, 2019

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Martin G. Jacobson received an honorary Doctorate in Business at the UMass Commencement. UMass football will be forever in his debt.

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Bryton Barr joins Andy Isabella and Lee Moses at the Arizona mini-camp.

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A pseudonymous author on "Off Tackle Empire" goes on an epic rant  about Rutgers.

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Penn Live looks at the status of Penn State's transfers out including Jarvis Miller

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Andy Isabella and the other Cards rookies have signed their contracts.

AZ Central says fair or not, the careers of Josh Rosen and Andy Isabella will always be linked.

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Friday, May 10, 2019

UMass Football News--May 10th, 2019

Troy announces their 2020 schedule including a trip to UMass.

Eastern Michigan announces their 2022 non-conference schedule, which includes a home game against the Minutemen on October 1st.

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Andy Isabella's new QB signs with Arizona for $35 million.

AZ Central reports the Cards think Andy Isabella will provide the speed they need.

Cardinals WR coach David Raih describes Andy Isabella.

Cards Wire has three things Arizona fans may not know about Andy.

Arizona Sports says like Kyler Murray, Andy Isabella is an undersized underdog.

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NJ.com looks at Rutgers' concerns after Spring Ball.

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JUCO DT Demarcus commits to Indiana. Had three offers coming out of JUCO; UMass was one of them.

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Thursday, May 09, 2019

UMass Football Recruiting 2021--Zaire Angoy

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Zaire Angoy, a 6-3 335 pound DL from Irvington HS in New Jersey has a UMass offer.

This article from NJ.com says Angoy recently received an offer from Rutgers.

MaxPreps has stats.

Hudl.com has video.

Besides UMass, Angoy has offers from Rutgers, BC and Indiana.

UMass Football News--May 9th, 2019

Colorado announced that their 2021 game against UMass has been moved to 2028. This leaves the Minutemen with only 10 games in 2021. UMass will need at least one money game for that year.

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Saturday Tradition ranks the Big Ten's opening games from easiest to hardest.

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Revenge of the Birds has Andy Isabella a projected starter for the Cardinals.

AZcentral has who's in and who's out for the Cards wide receivers.

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AZcardinals get Kliff Kingsbury some weapons.

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Al.com says the Southeast is ruining college football.

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Wednesday, May 08, 2019

UMass Football Recruiting 2019--RaJae Johnson

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RaJae Johnson, a 6-4 200 pound WR from San Mateo College has a UMass offer.

247Sports four-star player.

247Sports has him as  #10 overall and #1 WR in the 2019 JUCO universe.

Rivals three-star.

Jackson Moore of 247Sports has a post on Johnson and reports he has UMass in his top seven.

Hudl.com has video.

Will be committing on May 31st.

Quote from Johnson in Moore's article:

Whatever school that I go to, every guy's dream is to get to the NFL, but I want to establish a legacy. I want to leave my mark in a positive way and show people who I am and what I stand for. All this time I've been doubted and underestimated.”

If he signs with the Minutemen, Johnson would always be remembered by UMass fans. He could make a lasting impact here.

UMass Football News--May 8th, 2019

Underdog Dynasty has three UMass players sign NFL deals.

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The Orlando Sentinel previews 2019 opponent Rutgers.

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The Cumberland Sentinel says Bryton Barr gets a taste of NFL life with the NY Giants.

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CBS Sports has a kinda minimal fantasy football preview of Andy Isabella.

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Tuesday, May 07, 2019

UMass Football Recruiting 2021- Mikai Gbayor

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Mikai Gbayor, 6-2 210 pound OLB has a UMass offer.

247Sports page here.

Hudl.com has video.

Recently received an offer from Rutgers.

NJ.com has stats.

Besides UMass, Gbayor has Power Five offers from Rutgers, Cincinnati, Indiana and Kentucky.

UMass Football News--May 7th, 2019

US News ranks the first year coaches in FBS and thinks Walt Bell will get a statue if UMass makes bowl eligibility.

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2019 opponent Army adds UNLV to its future schedule. The Minutemen and the Black Knights start a series in 2019 that will extent to 2028.

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The Orlando Sentinel previews 2019 opponent Charlotte.

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Can Kansas' nightmare scholarship situation convince anyone to change the rules of recruiting?

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Monday, May 06, 2019

UMass Football Recruiting 2020--Jada Byers

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Jada Byers, a 5-5 168 pound Athlete from St. Joseph's HS in Hammonton, NJ has a UMass offer.


Recently rated top RB in the Rivals Three Stripe camp. Note that the article also mentions UMass QB commit Brady Martin.

UMass commit Andrew Nee was also at the camp.




UMass is Byer's only FBS offer at this time.

Saturday, May 04, 2019

UMass Football Recruiting 2020--Timothy Lawson

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Timothy Lawson, a 6-5 278 pound OT from fort Washington, MD has a UMass offer.

247Sports three-star player.

This article reports UMass is in his top-five along with Kentucky, NC State, West Virginia and Louisville.

Hudl.com has video.

Lawson is a top-100 OT nationally and UMass being in contention with four Power Five schools is good too. He'd be part of what seems to be a significant upgrade in UMass' front five.

UMass Football News--May 4th, 2019

SB Nation previews Coach Bell and the 2019 Minutemen.

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2019 opponent Army will receive the Commander-in-Chief's trophy Monday.

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College football injury reports could be make public this year.

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Friday, May 03, 2019

UMass Football Recruiting 2020--Nigel Williams

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Nigel Williams, a 6-1 180 pound athlete from Richmond, VA has a UMass offer.

247Sports page here.

Hudl.com has video.

This article updates his recruiting.

This article from October 2018 features Williams.

Besides UMass, Williams has FBS offers from UConn, Tulane and Virginia.

UMass Footbal News--May 3rd, 2019

UMass Football guardian angel Martin G. Jacobson will receive an honorary degree at the UMass Commencement.

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Athlon Sports has Andrew Brito as one of the top 12 QB transfers impact players for 2019.

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The Spectrum News mentions Marquis Young getting a invite to the Colts mini-camp.

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The Arizona Cardinals have a video interview of Andy Isabella after the NFL draft that is worth watching.

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Former UMass football play Patrick Amura is sentenced to five years after being convicted of rape.

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Thursday, May 02, 2019

UMass Football Recruiting 2020--Jason Howard

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Jason Howard, a 5-9 165 pound athlete from Nottingham HS in New York has UMass interest.

MaxPreps page here.

Hudl.com has video.

This article reports he won the long jump, 100 meters and 200 meters in the Syracuse City Track meet (mentions UMass).

Besides the Minutemen, Howard is attracting interest from BC, Villanova, UConn and Syracuse.

UMass Football News--May 2nd, 2019






Jake Largay is the latest UMass player to receive an invite to a NFL mini-camp.

Mike Traini of "Fight Massachusetts" has a post on four former Minutemen who have earned mini-camp invitations.

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Josh Walfish reports UMass coaches stay in full recruiting mode.

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Former UMass player and coach Matt Dawson has been named HC at Tilton.

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Raising Zona has five plays that define Andy Isabella.

Mel Kieper, JR says all of the Cardinals draft picks will make the team.

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Wednesday, May 01, 2019

UMass Football News--May 1st, 2019

Josh Walfish says UMass made progress in coach Bell's first spring.

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UMass LB Bryton Barr has been invited to the NY Giants mini-camp.

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MassLive reports Andy Isabella thinks Arizona will be an awesome fit.

Arizona Sports says the Cardinals loved the work ethic and the speed of Isabella.

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Fenway Park will host a new bowl game in 2020. There will be 43 bowl games in 2020. Hopefully UMass will be able to have an association with with at least one of them.

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Former UMass assistant coach Bob Colbert joins a PA HS staff. Colbert was QB coach at UMass in 1996 and 1997.

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OT, but UMass recently hosted the third annual Women in Sports Media Symposium.

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