Thursday, July 30, 2020

UMass Football News--July 30th, 2020


Twenty-four UMass players made Dean's list in the Spring semester. The academic turn around in Amherst is in full swing.

Click on the image and blogger displays a larger view and the players names will be readable.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

PennLive.com has a story that features former UMass QB Andrew Ford and the twists and turns of his football career. Hopefully, Ford will get a chance to play or coach in the future. Ford's UMass bio.

Ford's accomplishments at UMass:

• Completion Percentage: 2nd (62.5)
• Passer Efficiency Rating: 2nd (143.7)
• Touchdown Passes: 2nd (57)
• Passing Yards Per Game: 3rd (239.8)
• Pass Completions: 3rd (560)
• Passing Yards: 3rd (6,955)
• Pass Attempts: 4th (895)

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Boston College is told the ACC will play a league-plus-one schedule where the extra opponent must be in-state. That would mean UMass would be the only available FBS opponent in Massachusetts.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Athlon Sports ranks all FBS teams for pre-season and has the Minutmen as dead last.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

2020 opponent Temple's schedule will not start on September 5th.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

College Football News analyses all 130 FBS program's results over the last five years and UMass is #128. The APR has turned around. Now we need some wins...

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------