Thursday, January 21, 2021

UMass Football News--January 21st, 2021

 Former Buffalo graduate assistant Savon Huggins has joined UMass as running backs coach.

This article from Scarlet Nation features Huggins and his hiring by the Minutemen.

Mike Traini of "Fight Massachusetts" also has a post on Savon Huggins and A. T. Turner joining the Minutemen staff.

This should be a good hire for UMass. Huggins is from New Jersey playing at powerhouse St. Peters Prep. He should have good connections to an area the Minutemen want to recruit.

Fixing the UMass run game needs to be a top priority for 2021. The Minutemen were next to last in FBS football in yards/carry in 2020.

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Meanwhile, the fecal particulate hit the rotary oscillator in Tennessee. The Vols and the Minutemen inhabit different football universes, but some of the Tennessee players hitting the transfer rolls could draw interest in Amherst.

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IN A PANDEMIC YEAR, IT'S REASSURING THE UNIVERSITY IS STILL FUNCTIONING.

A UMass biologist is helping analyze a fossilized dinosaur butthole.

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