The CAA Blogger has a long post on news from around the league. Included is the naming of Tyler Holmes to the College Football Performance Awards Pre-Season Linebacker Award.
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You remember the major sticking point for Villanova's entry into the Big East is their plans to use 18,000 seat soccer stadium PPL Park as their home stadium? Well, the concept will get a tryout this year as the Wildcats will host Delaware at that venue on November 19th.
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Temple lands a three-star QB with New England roots.
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I saw the link to this human interest story on AGS message board: A 5-11 205 pd Georgetown DB benched 440 in a powerlifting contest-----and still lost to his dad.
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Attention UMass Marching Band! We've got to get some of these.
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Showing posts with label CAA Football. Show all posts
Showing posts with label CAA Football. Show all posts
Saturday, June 25, 2011
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Tuesday--June 21, 2011
More on the CAA's proposal to allow five years of eligibility for FCS football players.
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More on the widening gap between FCS and FBS revenues.
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TSN's Craig Haley has a Q & A session with Texas Southern's Kevin Ramsey. Texas Southern was clobbered with NCAA sanctions this spring.
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This year's MAC Football TV schedule.
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More on the widening gap between FCS and FBS revenues.
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TSN's Craig Haley has a Q & A session with Texas Southern's Kevin Ramsey. Texas Southern was clobbered with NCAA sanctions this spring.
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This year's MAC Football TV schedule.
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Monday, June 06, 2011
Monday--June 6, 2011
On Saturday, I did a blog post on Matty V's article on Todd Bankhead. Matty has a post on how he is looking for suggestions about future articles. E-mail him if you know a good candidate.
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Brandon London may be catching passes from Rickey Santos at the Montreal Alouettes.
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The CAA is having itsAnnual meeting June 4th through today. They're also on Facebook and Twitter.
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Nate Montana was arrested for DWI at Montana. He already had one alcohol related incident when he was at Notre Dame.
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Like UMass, New Hampshire will have a new QB in 2011.
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The SEC Presidents voted 12-0 to reduce the number of players signed annually to 25. The SEC's 12 coaches had voted 12-0 against the proposal. The league also voted to crack down on medical roster abuses.
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I hope to have an article on UMass football history including scans of some 1988 game programs ready by tomorrow.
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Brandon London may be catching passes from Rickey Santos at the Montreal Alouettes.
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The CAA is having itsAnnual meeting June 4th through today. They're also on Facebook and Twitter.
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Nate Montana was arrested for DWI at Montana. He already had one alcohol related incident when he was at Notre Dame.
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Like UMass, New Hampshire will have a new QB in 2011.
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The SEC Presidents voted 12-0 to reduce the number of players signed annually to 25. The SEC's 12 coaches had voted 12-0 against the proposal. The league also voted to crack down on medical roster abuses.
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I hope to have an article on UMass football history including scans of some 1988 game programs ready by tomorrow.
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Tuesday--May 24, 2011
The blog wishes Jason Yellin all the best as he was named Assistant Athletic director for Media Relations at University of Tennessee.
UMass story here. Matty V. has a story on how Yellin pushed UMass into the digital age. He also was willing to include this blogger in media events and athletic dept releases. Many people would not have been that flexible. The UMass website is tops in the CAA and maybe FCS football nationally. GoVols.com has a press release here.
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Jeff Thomas of MassLive.com reports that the CAA has the 2011 edition of their football preview here.
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TSN's "In the FCS huddle" has the Top Ten FCS receivers for 2011.
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CBS Sports has more on Big East sports and its media package with ESPN.
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UMass story here. Matty V. has a story on how Yellin pushed UMass into the digital age. He also was willing to include this blogger in media events and athletic dept releases. Many people would not have been that flexible. The UMass website is tops in the CAA and maybe FCS football nationally. GoVols.com has a press release here.
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Jeff Thomas of MassLive.com reports that the CAA has the 2011 edition of their football preview here.
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TSN's "In the FCS huddle" has the Top Ten FCS receivers for 2011.
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CBS Sports has more on Big East sports and its media package with ESPN.
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Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Wednesday -- March 30, 2011
The UMass football team will be sponsoring a bone marrow registration drive today. Matty V adds some thoughts about the drive. If there are any campus readers of the blog and want to support UMass football and be a hero to boot, taking part would be a good thing. More info about the drive here.---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Alyssa Creamer of MassLive delves into the CAA's scheduling influence on a potential Minutemen move to FBS.
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A story from UMaine's Pro-Day.
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CCSU, one of UMass' 2011 OOC opponents is gearing up to try for their third straight NEC title.
Former Rhode Island HC Tim Stowers is OC/Offensive Line coach for the Blue Devils.
In addition, Football scoop has this""Central Connecticut State: We hear that Liberty HS (VA) head coach Tommy Buzzo and former Northeastern head coach Rocky Hager have interviewed for the defensive coordinator job."
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TSN's Craig Haley talks about the significance of home games in FCS football.
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Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Wednesday --March 23, 2011
Back in February, I published a "unofficial" 2011 UMass schedule. The only opponent not verified was Central Connecticut State.
Now CSN has published a NEC Conference schedule showing CCSU @ UMass on October 8th ----- hopefully not based on my blog post :)
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I received an E-mail saying UMass QB Kyle Havens will be participating in Boston College's Pro Day today.Good luck to Kyle and the other Minutemen players!
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Rhode Island has an article on coaching changes for the Ram staff. It finally lists Liam Coen as QB coach, but there is still no linkable bio for him.
Lots of changes for Rhode Island coaching as Rhody moved two position coaches to offfense and defensive coordinators. Ryan Crawford went from secondary coach to DC and Roy Istvan went from OL coach to OC.
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Jerry Rice Award to honor FCS' Freshman-of-the-Year.
Now CSN has published a NEC Conference schedule showing CCSU @ UMass on October 8th ----- hopefully not based on my blog post :)
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I received an E-mail saying UMass QB Kyle Havens will be participating in Boston College's Pro Day today.Good luck to Kyle and the other Minutemen players!
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Rhode Island has an article on coaching changes for the Ram staff. It finally lists Liam Coen as QB coach, but there is still no linkable bio for him.
Lots of changes for Rhode Island coaching as Rhody moved two position coaches to offfense and defensive coordinators. Ryan Crawford went from secondary coach to DC and Roy Istvan went from OL coach to OC.
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Jerry Rice Award to honor FCS' Freshman-of-the-Year.
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Thursday--February 24, 2011
Spencer Riddenhour, who spent one season with UMass, is off to jail.
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Paul Pasqualoni will receive $1.5 million per year as the new coach of Huskies.
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The CAA Blogger has a couple of posts on CAA invites to the NFL Combine and weekly roundup.
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TSN has some material on the FCS invites to the Combine.
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Jackson State is banned from FCS playoffs this year and may lose NCAA membership because of academic problems.
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A Bleacher Report writer thinks Rhode Island has the ugliest uniform in college football. Then again, he thinks Western Kentucky still plays in FCS.
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Paul Pasqualoni will receive $1.5 million per year as the new coach of Huskies.
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The CAA Blogger has a couple of posts on CAA invites to the NFL Combine and weekly roundup.
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TSN has some material on the FCS invites to the Combine.
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Jackson State is banned from FCS playoffs this year and may lose NCAA membership because of academic problems.
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A Bleacher Report writer thinks Rhode Island has the ugliest uniform in college football. Then again, he thinks Western Kentucky still plays in FCS.
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Tuesday---Jan 25, 2010
This article features Danver's Pat Santin, who recently passed away. He was a long time presence as an official in the North Shore area.
Santin won letters as a UMass football player in 1940, 1941 and as Captain in 1946.
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The Cape Cod times tells the story of Cody Murray, who is coming back from a devastating injury. He was drawing interest from UMass football prior to the injury.
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Roger Brown reports that UNH has a new defensive coordinator.
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Richmond's Martin Parker was defensive MVP of the East-West Shrine game last Saturday.
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University of North Carolina Charlotte will have football in 2013.
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Santin won letters as a UMass football player in 1940, 1941 and as Captain in 1946.
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The Cape Cod times tells the story of Cody Murray, who is coming back from a devastating injury. He was drawing interest from UMass football prior to the injury.
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Roger Brown reports that UNH has a new defensive coordinator.
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Richmond's Martin Parker was defensive MVP of the East-West Shrine game last Saturday.
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University of North Carolina Charlotte will have football in 2013.
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Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Wednesday--Jan 19th, 2011
Matty Vautour says the rumored football upgrade has not changed recruiting for the UMass football team.
John Griffin, Kyle Havens, Greg Niland and Anthony Nelson all hope to get into a NFL camp.
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Ron Chimelis has an interview with Mark Whipple, who says he's still interested in coaching college football.
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Stony Brook adds four JUCO's.
ODU adds a JUCO.
Villanova signs a three-star linebacker.
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Roger Brown reports that UNH DC Sean McGowan has accepted a job at Temple.
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Villanova has two players on the roster of the Senior Bowl.
UPDATE: Matt Szczur signs with the Cubs for $1.5 Million.
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John Griffin, Kyle Havens, Greg Niland and Anthony Nelson all hope to get into a NFL camp.
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Ron Chimelis has an interview with Mark Whipple, who says he's still interested in coaching college football.
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Stony Brook adds four JUCO's.
ODU adds a JUCO.
Villanova signs a three-star linebacker.
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Roger Brown reports that UNH DC Sean McGowan has accepted a job at Temple.
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Villanova has two players on the roster of the Senior Bowl.
UPDATE: Matt Szczur signs with the Cubs for $1.5 Million.
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Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Wednesday---Dec 15th, 2010
MAC officials visited UMass yesterday. Matty V has the info about the visit and possible changes to UMass football.The MAC football page is here.
If you didn't hear, Temple's Coach Al Golden was appointed HC at the University of Miami Monday.
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UMass loses a recruit to Don Brown.
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For a league with two of the final four, the CAA only had three players chosen for the Walter Camp All-American team.
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Old foe Georgia Southern, is ahead of schedule.
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Keepers College football ratings has Delaware by 6.89 over GSU and Villanova by 4.33 over Eastern Washington (front page).
Thursday, December 09, 2010
Thursday -- Dec 9th, 2010
UMas WR Anthony Nelson was named ESPN First Team Academic All-American Team. UMass athletic dept story here.
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This article by the South Bend Tribune talks about the Hurricanes QB situation. Includes mentions of Mark and Spencer Whipple.
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R.J.Tolman will start for UNH against Delaware.
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TSN's Andrew Gaddess picks Delaware and Villanova in this week's review of Saturday's playoff games.
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This article by the South Bend Tribune talks about the Hurricanes QB situation. Includes mentions of Mark and Spencer Whipple.
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R.J.Tolman will start for UNH against Delaware.
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TSN's Andrew Gaddess picks Delaware and Villanova in this week's review of Saturday's playoff games.
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Monday, December 06, 2010
Monday---Dec 6th, 2010
UNh and Delaware drew a prime-time slot for their quarterfinal game.
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A Villanova blogger looks at the ramifications of the Wildcats not accepting the Big East bid.
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An Oklahoma blogger discusses the upcoming Sooners-UConn Huskies Fiesta Bowl. UConn is a big success story, only ten years have elapsed since the Huskies left FCS football.
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James Ihedigbo is no longer a Patriots fan.
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A Villanova blogger looks at the ramifications of the Wildcats not accepting the Big East bid.
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An Oklahoma blogger discusses the upcoming Sooners-UConn Huskies Fiesta Bowl. UConn is a big success story, only ten years have elapsed since the Huskies left FCS football.
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James Ihedigbo is no longer a Patriots fan.
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Friday, December 03, 2010
Friday--- Dec 3rd 2010
UMass placed three players on the New England All-Star team. Tyler Holmes, Anthony Nelson and Greg Niland all made the team. IMHO, Kyle Havens should have been on the list. All he did is lead the CAA in passing and total offense.
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More on possible conference realignments by AnnArbor.com.
UMass Blogger "Big Dan" weighs in about the possible UMass shift to FBS.
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The CAA has its weekly press release up and is focusing on the four league playoff teams.
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News from the Granite State where I live.
At a Portsmouth birthday party for four-year-olds, police were called when two mothers at the party began fighting.
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More on possible conference realignments by AnnArbor.com.
UMass Blogger "Big Dan" weighs in about the possible UMass shift to FBS.
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The CAA has its weekly press release up and is focusing on the four league playoff teams.
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News from the Granite State where I live.
At a Portsmouth birthday party for four-year-olds, police were called when two mothers at the party began fighting.
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Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Tuesday --Nov 23rd, 2010
In the spring I would kill for some football news. Yesterday there was a flood of information.
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Rhode Island officially joins the NEC.
Rhody's HC Joe Trainer was chosen CAA Coach of the Year.
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The CAA released the 2010 All-conference awards.
From the UMass website:
Junior linebacker Tyler Holmes was named the CAA Co-Defensive Player of the Year on Monday. He was also named to the CAA First-Team along with senior receiver Anthony Nelson and senior lineman Greg Niland. Junior tailback Jonathan Hernandez and junior receiver Julian Talley were on the second team and senior tailback John Griffin took third-team honors. Holmes is the first UMass player to earn league defensive player of the year honors since Shannon James was the Atlantic 10's top player in 2004. Prior to James, the last honoree was Brian Corcoran in 1994.
One notable omission:
Passing average/game
1. Kyle Havens......... UMAS SR 11 345 219 7 63.5 2692 20 244.7
Total offense
1. Kyle Havens......... UMAS SR 11 -62 2692 384 2630 239.1
Havens was also 4th in passing efficiency.
Tyler Holmes was the CAA Co-Defensive player-of-the-year.
Matty V has an article on the UMass CAA player awards.
Holmes is also a Buck Buchanan Award finalist.
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UMass also released the annual UMass football awards.
From the UMass website:
AMHERST, Mass. -- The UMass football team held its annual team banquet on Sunday as head coach Kevin Morris and his staff handed out the team awards for 2010. Junior linebacker Tyler Holmes was named the Team MVP while senior linebacker Mike Mele was named the Defensive MVP and senior receiver Anthony Nelson was honored as the Offensive MVP.
Here's a look at the team's honors from 2010:
The Team MVP was awarded to junior linebacker Tyler Holmes, who racked up 110 tackles, to tie for the team's lead with Mele. Holmes, who was a three-time CAA Defensive Player of the Week, is a top Buck Buchanan Award Candidate as the top FCS Defensive Player. Holmes led UMass in tackles for a loss with 12 for 45 yards, interceptions with five for 70 yards including two for touchdowns against Maine to set a UMass school record for a game and season. He also led UMass in sacks with five and had two forced fumbles along with six passes defended.
Defensive MVP Mike Mele tied Holmes for the team lead in tackles with 110. He had 2.5 TFLs for 17 yards along with a sack, forced fumble and fumble recovery.
Offensive MVP Anthony Nelson led UMass in receiving with 61 catches for 830 yards. He piled up a team-best 1,249 all-purpose yards. He racked up 242 yards on kickoff returns, 103 on punt returns and 74 rushing yards.
The Most Improved Defensive Player Award was shared by seniors James Carven and Brandon Flanagan. Carven started the final two games of the season, playing all 11 and finished with 35 tackles and two pass break-ups. Flanagan started all 11 games at nose tackle and had 30 tackles on the season with two passes defended.
The Most Improved Offensive Player Award went to senior quarterback Kyle Havens and sophomore center Quinton Sales. Havens threw for 2,692 yards and a 63.5 completion percentage along with 20 touchdowns. He finished with a 144.1 pass efficiency rating and 244.7 passing yards per game. Sales, started five games at center and was solid snapping the ball to Havens all season long.
The Most Valuable Players on Special Teams went to seniors Woody Carter IV and Scott Duggan. Both players was key to coverage and blocking units all season long. Carter and Duggan each made 11 tackles and made many key blocks to spring big releases on the season.
The Iron Man Award for best work in the Weight room went to Holmes and redshirt freshman Jamar Smith.
The team's Academic Awards were claimed by senior cornerback Ke'Mon Bailey and senior center John Ihne.
Offensive Scout Team Players of the Year were redshirt freshman quarterback Jesse Hunt and sophomore wide receiver James Lizotte, who transferred in from Holy Cross.
The Defensive Scout Team Player of the Year was freshman defensive back Ryan Collins.
The awards were about as I expected. I had been meaning to mention that Jamar Smith looked like he had put on some muscle. The blog is looking forward to him running the rock next year.
James Lizotte has FBS size at 6-3 210.
Not much biographical information about FR Ryan Collins. Walpole Times has an article on Collins.
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Rhode Island officially joins the NEC.
Rhody's HC Joe Trainer was chosen CAA Coach of the Year.
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From the UMass website:
Junior linebacker Tyler Holmes was named the CAA Co-Defensive Player of the Year on Monday. He was also named to the CAA First-Team along with senior receiver Anthony Nelson and senior lineman Greg Niland. Junior tailback Jonathan Hernandez and junior receiver Julian Talley were on the second team and senior tailback John Griffin took third-team honors. Holmes is the first UMass player to earn league defensive player of the year honors since Shannon James was the Atlantic 10's top player in 2004. Prior to James, the last honoree was Brian Corcoran in 1994.
One notable omission:
Passing average/game
1. Kyle Havens......... UMAS SR 11 345 219 7 63.5 2692 20 244.7
Total offense
1. Kyle Havens......... UMAS SR 11 -62 2692 384 2630 239.1
Havens was also 4th in passing efficiency.
Tyler Holmes was the CAA Co-Defensive player-of-the-year.
Matty V has an article on the UMass CAA player awards.
Holmes is also a Buck Buchanan Award finalist.
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UMass also released the annual UMass football awards.
From the UMass website:
AMHERST, Mass. -- The UMass football team held its annual team banquet on Sunday as head coach Kevin Morris and his staff handed out the team awards for 2010. Junior linebacker Tyler Holmes was named the Team MVP while senior linebacker Mike Mele was named the Defensive MVP and senior receiver Anthony Nelson was honored as the Offensive MVP.
Here's a look at the team's honors from 2010:
The Team MVP was awarded to junior linebacker Tyler Holmes, who racked up 110 tackles, to tie for the team's lead with Mele. Holmes, who was a three-time CAA Defensive Player of the Week, is a top Buck Buchanan Award Candidate as the top FCS Defensive Player. Holmes led UMass in tackles for a loss with 12 for 45 yards, interceptions with five for 70 yards including two for touchdowns against Maine to set a UMass school record for a game and season. He also led UMass in sacks with five and had two forced fumbles along with six passes defended.
Defensive MVP Mike Mele tied Holmes for the team lead in tackles with 110. He had 2.5 TFLs for 17 yards along with a sack, forced fumble and fumble recovery.
Offensive MVP Anthony Nelson led UMass in receiving with 61 catches for 830 yards. He piled up a team-best 1,249 all-purpose yards. He racked up 242 yards on kickoff returns, 103 on punt returns and 74 rushing yards.
The Most Improved Defensive Player Award was shared by seniors James Carven and Brandon Flanagan. Carven started the final two games of the season, playing all 11 and finished with 35 tackles and two pass break-ups. Flanagan started all 11 games at nose tackle and had 30 tackles on the season with two passes defended.
The Most Improved Offensive Player Award went to senior quarterback Kyle Havens and sophomore center Quinton Sales. Havens threw for 2,692 yards and a 63.5 completion percentage along with 20 touchdowns. He finished with a 144.1 pass efficiency rating and 244.7 passing yards per game. Sales, started five games at center and was solid snapping the ball to Havens all season long.
The Most Valuable Players on Special Teams went to seniors Woody Carter IV and Scott Duggan. Both players was key to coverage and blocking units all season long. Carter and Duggan each made 11 tackles and made many key blocks to spring big releases on the season.
The Iron Man Award for best work in the Weight room went to Holmes and redshirt freshman Jamar Smith.
The team's Academic Awards were claimed by senior cornerback Ke'Mon Bailey and senior center John Ihne.
Offensive Scout Team Players of the Year were redshirt freshman quarterback Jesse Hunt and sophomore wide receiver James Lizotte, who transferred in from Holy Cross.
The Defensive Scout Team Player of the Year was freshman defensive back Ryan Collins.
The awards were about as I expected. I had been meaning to mention that Jamar Smith looked like he had put on some muscle. The blog is looking forward to him running the rock next year.
James Lizotte has FBS size at 6-3 210.
Not much biographical information about FR Ryan Collins. Walpole Times has an article on Collins.
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Sunday, November 21, 2010
The Day after Rhode Island--Nov 21st, 2010
The Boston Herald says UMass is on the Rhode to nowhere.
MassLive says the end came too quickly for the Minutemen.
Matty V says the Rams ended the UMass season
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TSN says the final playoff slots are still unclear.
The Selection "show" will be on ESPNU at 10:00 am. Hopefully, they won't screw it up as badly as they did last year.
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If we had won, as I said last night, strength-of-schedule would have been important as we would be by no means a lock for the playoffs.
Holy Cross won big over Bucknell.
Stony Brook lost to Liberty, which knocked them out of the playoffs.
Michigan lost big to #6 Wisconsin .
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Saturday, November 20, 2010
UMass comes up just short in Kingston
We made some errors in the game. We had a punt blocked. Caleb Violette missed a field goal, although in his defense, as a friend pointed out, Violette is really a punter, not a field goal kicker.
We had a bunch of penalties in the first half. In the second, we gave up a couple of big returns.
Maybe it would not have made any difference. Villanova upset Delaware in overtime. That knocks the Hens out of the CAA championship, out of #1 and out of the #1 seed. It also puts William & Mary as the top ranked CAA team. The Hens would be #2. UNH would probably be ranked ahead of Villanova.
So UMass, even with a victory, would have been the #5 CAA team. We would have been waiting until tomorrow morning to find out if the committee would have granted the CAA five slots in the playoffs.
I listened to the Richmond-William & Mary game on satellite on the way home. Unlike UMass, there was no drama in that game as the Tribe thumped the Spiders 41-3.
UMass write-up on the game here.
Rhody write up here.
287 days until UMass opens the 2011 season. Go UMass!
Game Day Rhode Island--Nov 20th, 2010
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Click on the image and Blogger displays a larger view. Let's hope next Saturday at McGuirk looks like this.
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Matty V says its playoffs or bust for UMass.
Matty V and Matty G both pick the Minutemen in this week's game picks.
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Rhode Island seniors will get their due.
The Rhody website says it is a senior class to remember.
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CSN's Terrance Thomas picks the Rams to eliminate the Minutemen today.
The CAA's Game Day page is here.
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Foster's Daily Democrat says UNH won't take Towson lightly.
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The stakes are high when William & Mary hosts Richmond. UMass fans would like a Tribe victory to knock the Spiders out of the playoff hunt.
Ditto for the Delaware-Villanova game. The News-Journal says that game has CAA and national implications. A Wildcat loss would remove last year's national champions from this year's playoffs.
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CSN's Chuck Burton predicts the 2010 FCS playoffs.
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Today's Illinois-Northwestern game will have only one endzone.
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National Championship game tickets are available.
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I'm not ready for the season to end! Let's go Seniors! Let's go UMass!
Friday, November 19, 2010
Friday before Rhode Island--Nov 19th, 2010
Matty V says Saturday's game is a must-win game for the Minutemen.
Ron Chimelis says UMass must win Saturday to have a chance.
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The ProJo looks at the unexpected good times for Rhode Island football.
The UMass Daily Collegian has a podcast about the FCS playoff picture.
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Andrew Gaddess of TSN previews this week's FCS games in his "In the FCS Huddle" column and predicts a Ram win over UMass.
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New Hampshire goes into their game with Towson dealing with some injury issues.
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ESPNU will have the FCS playoff selection show at 10:00 Sunday. They will also televise at least one first round game.
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Ron Chimelis says UMass must win Saturday to have a chance.
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The ProJo looks at the unexpected good times for Rhode Island football.
The UMass Daily Collegian has a podcast about the FCS playoff picture.
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Andrew Gaddess of TSN previews this week's FCS games in his "In the FCS Huddle" column and predicts a Ram win over UMass.
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New Hampshire goes into their game with Towson dealing with some injury issues.
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ESPNU will have the FCS playoff selection show at 10:00 Sunday. They will also televise at least one first round game.
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Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Tuesday before Rhode Island--Nov 16th, 2010
Image above is a scan from last week's game program. Click on the image and blogger displays a larger view.The weekly FCS polls are out. UMass is 19th in both of them.
The Polls don't mean much this week. It's beat Rhode Island or we're out.
Matty V has a story breaking down the the football playoffs. It includes quotes from UMass AD John McCutcheon, the former chair of the selection committee. UMass has made a financial bid for a first round playoff, if we are selected.
The UMass-Holy Cross BB game may be moved earlier or later if it conflicts with a home playoff game.
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Former UMass assistant coach John Zamberlin has been fired as HC of the Idaho State Bengals.
I've blogged about Zamberlin before.
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Delaware's Pat Devlin was named CAA Offensive player-of-the-week for his performance against UMass.
Devlin is also fourth in Josh Buchanan's "Top 50" list of FCS players.
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Rhode Island turned the ball over seven times in their loss to Richmond last week.
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UNH only needs a win against Towson to make the playoffs.
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Monday, November 15, 2010
Monday before Rhode Island--Nov 15th, 2010
Image above is a scan from Saturday's game program. Click on the image and Blogger displays a larger view.
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Ticketmaster still has UMass@ Rhode Island tickets available. I ordered mine last night. Any one else going? How about a carload of UMMB bandos drive down to Kingston to make some pro-Minutemen noise at the game?
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The Boston Herald says UNH shakes up the playoff picture (talks about UMass too)
Matty V does an exhaustive parsing of UMass' chances for the playoffs. He also has three stars from the Delaware game.
Matty also talks about the kicking woes of Caleb Violette in Saturday's game.
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TSN's Craig Halley also talks playoff permutations in his "In the FCS Huddle" column "Will the Bubble burst for your team?"
The Daily Press looks at the crowded CAA playoff picture.
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Keepers College Football ratings has UMass at #18. He also has UMass by a slim 3.67 over Rhode Island. He also has Delaware over Villanova and William & Mary over Richmond.
The Dunkle Sports Index has UMass third among the numerous 6-4 CAA teams.
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Rhode Island's Matt Hansen (6-1 230 SR) broke the Rams career tackles record last week at Richmond and now has 395 going into the UMass game.
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