UMass Football News--September 10th, 2019

UMass is up to #24 in US News & World Report's annual ranking of the Top 130 public colleges and universities.

UMass has the best food.

The best graduate sports management program.

# 37 in number of patents awarded in the top-100 World Universities.

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The Berkshire Eagle reports after being routed by Southern Illinois, UMass football looks in the Mirror.

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Josh Walfish reports Coach Bell is still confident in UMass' future.

I am too. The only thing that will "fix" UMass football is recruiting. The 2020 class is likely to be the strongest in program history. "X's" and "O's" will only take us so far. We flat need bigger, more athletic people on defense.  The current state of the roster is Whipple's responsibility.

On the spectrum of people who bleed Maroon & White, I think I'm pretty high on the list (7594 posts on this blog for example) and losing makes me pretty miserable. There's no shortcut to success. We have to grind higher. Stay together and improve every day.

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Keepers college football ratings has Charlotte a nearly 23 point favorite over the Minutemen.

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Don Brown explains how a defensive yell saved Michigan against Army.

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