Friday, July 24, 2020

UMass Football News--July 24th, 2020


Cole McCubrey and Solomon Siskind appear on the Wuerffel Trophy Watch List.

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The New Mexico governor asks New Mexico and New Mexico State not to play college football in 2020. UMass plays both those teams this year and New Mexico State is a fellow independent. New Mexico State's canceling their season would eliminate a possible home-and-home with UMass if the Minutemen should try to play an Independents-only schedule.

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Travel restrictions, testing and canceled games are making life difficult for UConn.

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HERO Sports has 50 teams that have never appeared the the NCAA preseason top-25 poll. UMass is one of them.

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The NCAA Board of Governors could vote today to cancel Fall championships. That would cancel all football below FBS level. It could also result in a permanent   break between the NCAA and the Power Five schools.

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Barry Alvarez warns Wisconsin's athletics are "at risk" if the college football season is canceled.

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