Saturday, December 09, 2023

UMass Football News--December 9th, 2023

 Members of the Gridiron Club received a 30-minute video relating to the status of UMass football and other topics like conference realignment.

I've mentioned this before, but I think Chancellor Reyes' involvement in UMass Sports is a very positive sign for the program and UMass sports in general. If the campus management is indifferent or hostile, it would be very difficult to get improvement.

The ongoing rapidly changing environment of college sports means  standing pat is a bad management decision.

I'm a powerlifter and one of the guru's of powerlifting has a meme "If you don't have a plan, then your plan is to fail".

Other takes from the video

  • UMass will have a transfer in and four-year recruit total in the mid-thirty's 
  • Of those recruits, the Minutemen will have more than 20 in for Spring ball
  • The football locker room will receive a major upgrade

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OT, BUT AN EXCELLENT READ

How UMass grad and former Minutewoman athlete Erin Calipari is studying how addiction hijacks the human brain.

Erin's Wikipedia bio.

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