A blog reader had a short stop in Amherst and took the above image of practice.
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With this weekend's verbal from Julian Ganthier, UMass has 16 hard commits for the 2020 recruiting class.
247Sports has the Minutemen neck-and-neck with BYU in the high 70's ranking out of 130 FBS teams. There is a strong correlation (in a macro sense) with recruiting and success in football. I think Bell and staff did an excellent job with the 2019 class given the limited time they had available to recruit. The 2020 class seems to be on course to be the best of UMass' FBS era. I think we'll see some of the results soon.
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True Freshman Cole Snyder is ready for whatever role Rutgers wants him to play.
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Longest bowl droughts for FBS teams: UMass is tied with Kent State, Louisiana Monroe and Texas state for six seasons.
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Boston College opens Fall Practice. Athlon Sports predicts a 6-6 season for the Eagles and a 3-5 ACC win total. BC needs to do well early as their last five games are @ Clemson, @ Syracuse, Florida State, @ Notre Dame and @Pitt.
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Andy Isabella may miss the Cardinals preseason opener with a "minor" knee problem.
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