Thursday, July 18, 2019
UMass Football News--July 18th, 2019
UMass and Arkansas State sign home & home contracts for 2022-2023.
UMass has six former Arkansas State coaches on the staff.
We want to be like the Red Wolves when we grow up. Arkansas State has gone 39-25 in the last five years. In 2018 the Red Wolves were 8-5 overall and 5-3 in the Sun Belt. Athlon Sports 2019 magazine described an 8-5 record and an appearance in the Arizona Bowl as "disappointing" for Arkansas State.
The Red Wolves are known for their high octane offenses. They averaged 466.7 yards a game in 2018 good for #17 nationally in FBS.
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Scarlet Nation ranks UMass #11 of 12 contests in Rutgers' 2019 season.
APP.com has a story on the questions that will await the Scarlet Knights HC Chris Ash at the Big Ten Media Day.
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Forbes looks at the complicated financial details in UConn leaving the AAC.
Speaking of the Huskies: UConn AD David Benedict says he is optimistic about football.
CBS Sports says the AAC has no plans to replace UConn.
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