Wednesday, July 24, 2019

UMass Football News--July 24th, 2019

The College Sports Journal has a rather minimal preview of the 2019 UMass football team.

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The Week #1 College Football TV schedule including UMass@Rutgers.

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The Scarlet Nation says the story lines are set for Rutgers fall training camp.

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Our old friends at Hustle Belt preview 2019 UMass opponent Akron.

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OT, but ESPN discusses if UConn can return to their glory years in basketball. The Huskies brain trust certainly proved that to them hoops is the only thing that matters in Storrs.

UConn is an oddball fit in Big East (AKA the private school Catholic conference). Grab some popcorn and we'll see if it works out.

The UConn Blog (good name) previews the Huskies special teams for 2019.

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The Daily Progress reports Liberty AD Ian McCaw thinks the Flames program is entering a "Golden Age". Liberty won six games in their first year in FBS. The Flames beat Old Dominion (UMass is 0-2 against the Monarchs) and Group-of-Five power Troy in their first year. The Flames return fourteen starters and should be even better this year.

If you missed it, the Flames added former Auburn dual-threat QB Malik Willis recently.

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