UMass Football News--July 1st, 2019

It's going to be interesting to see how UConn's move to the Big East plays out. The original Big East had UConn, Syracuse, Rutgers and BC. The current Big East has Providence, St. John's Seton Hall, Georgetown, Xavier, Butler, DePaul, Marquette and Creighton. The league does not sponsor football or hockey. In 2017 seven of the Big East's women's lacrosse teams left the Big East to join the AAC. Most of the basketball schools do not have Field Hockey, so the Big East has five associate members in that sport.

It seems seems to me that except for Men's and Women's basketball, the UConn athletic dept is moving to a really non-power conference in Olympic sports. The Husky women's teams in particular seem to be playing in a de facto Northeast conference.

The new Big East is light years different destination for a school who once dreamed of  joining the ACC.

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Mike Traini of "Fight Massachusetts" has a post on 2020 recruit Joe Lusardi.

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Howard Herman of the Berkshire has a post on where UMass fits in with conference realignment.

The Middle town Press says UMass offers a blueprint for UConn football.

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The Orlando Sentinel previews BYU and has them ranked #56 nationally.

The Sentinel also has BC at #57. The Eagles only return three starters on defense and lost Zach Allen, Hamp Cheevers and Connor Strachan. Boston College's last five games in 2019 are @Clemson, @ Syracuse, Florida State, @Notre Dame and @ Pitt. The Eagles need to make hay in the first six games.

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