Thursday, July 08, 2021

UMass Football News--July 8th, 2021

 Saturday Blitz previews the 2021 Minutemen.

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Pittsburgh Sport Now previews UMass' opening opponent Pitt.

247Sports previews Pittsburgh's offense.

The opening line is UMass +36 against the Panthers.

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BYU RB Jackson McChesney, the fourth-string true freshman RB who ran for an all-time freshman Cougar record  against the beleaguered UMass defense in 2019 is returning from a season ending injury.

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UMass and UConn have one player apiece on Yahoo Sport's top-30 pre-season Independents team.

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Former UMass offensive lineman Jack Driscoll's younger brother plays TE for Auburn.

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