Tuesday--May 3, 2011

Matty V. has details of the UMass contract with Gillette. Ticket prices look to be pretty reasonable. Mr. Blog and I have been paying about $40/seat on our trips to Michigan, Kansas State etc------and those were the nose bleed seats. 

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This story about Michigan safety Jonas Mouton has an image of him tackling Anthony Nelson.

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This article says Villanova may not have any where near the necessary  votes to join the Big East. The story also discusses possible future Big East configurations if some of the basketball schools are ejected. As mentioned from other sources, Rutgers is interested in the Big Ten.

The Scarlet Knights are interested in the Big Ten because the Big East does not have big revenues.

The often mentioned financial bath UConn took at their BCS bowl was because Oklahoma was reimbursed by the Big Twelve for their unsold tickets. The Big East did not do the same for UConn.

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The USL Destroyers have picked former Georgia Southern foe Adrian Peterson in the third round of the USL draft.

Peterson still holds UMass opponent records with his 333 yards rushing and 5 TD's in the 1999 playoff game at Georgia Southern.

Marcel Shipp is still on the roster of the Las Vegas Locomotives.

Wednesday News--- June 23,2010

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As we all knew he would. Liam Coen joins the Brown University as quarterbacks coach.

Matty Vautour has a blog post here. I can't find the relevant blog post, but I believe Matty had a over-and-under bet that Liam would return to UMass as HC in about 10 years...

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The deadline for Michigan travel packages and tickets is July 12th!

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UMass loses a recruiting battle to UConn.

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Montana hires a consultant concerning its future in FCS Football.

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The Summer transfer season is in full swing. Richmond gets a OL from Rutgers. Youngstown State gets a QB from Purdue.

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Roger Brown talks local recruiting from Boston College's camp.

Monday News---April 26th, 2010

The Salem News features Kyle Harrington's tryout with the Chicago Bears. Good luck Kyle!

The Same newspaper feaures Chris Zardas' free agent signing with the Philadelphia Eagles.

NorthJersey has a story about Victor Cruz's signing with the Giants.

Jeremy Horne is one of 11 free agents signed by the Chiefs. The Albany Times mentions Horne and Ducasse.

Jeromy Miles is mentioned in stories here, here and here.

The Epoch Times says Vladimir Ducasse will likely see playing time in week #1 of the Jets regular season.

CBS3 has video and a story on Ducasse.

The New York Post also has a story about Vlad.

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The Wall Street Journal says the NFL draft drives economists crazy.

UNH's Scott Sicko says the heck with it.

Tuesday News--March 2nd, 2010

If you haven't seen the video of Vladimir Ducasse working out for the Combine on the main UMass football page, you should. Remember when watching how huge Ducasse is. I think it is a remarkable display of agility for a man of that size.

The Boston Herald says Vlad tops local NFL prospects.

Ducasse's NFL Combine page here. Note that he did 29 reps in the bench press test.

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UMass' Jeromy Miles gets a mention about NFL safety's draft prospects.

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UMass LB David Ransden had a 4.0 semester in Biology this fall.

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The Richmond Spiders add two coaches.

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Temple Vs Villanova will open the season at the Linc.

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Still working on Spring Game info...

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Article about Tom Cullen

The Medford Daily News has an article about former UMass coach Tom Cullen.

He coached DL for UMass in 1991.

He also coached a Amherst High School and Amherst College.

UPDATE: Take time to read the comments on this post. Great UMass football story by Drew Comeau, who played some serious LB for the Minutemen in the late 80's. I have the UMass press guide and two game programs from 1989, but no image of Drew to scan. The 1989 Press Guide was the first UMass Guide to go to the large format, but it was still pretty minimal. Prior to '89 the UMass Press Guides were the size of a standard size letter envelope with no pictures and about 50 pages...

Brad Anderson honored

Former UMass linebacker Brad Anderson has been honored by being part of the first class of the National Honor Society Hall of Fame.

Brought to my attention by Matty Vautour in this article.

More information about the National Honor Society Hall of Fame is here.

Congratulations, Brad!

Jason Cherry still getting a kick out of football

Former UMass kicker Jason Cherry is still playing football. He is currently trying out for the Arizona Rattlers.

There is an article here about his current status.

Cherry was a big part of UMass' 1998 National Championship. He scored 13 points (2 field goals and seven extra points) against Georgia Southern.

The image to the right is a scan from the 1999 UMass Press Guide.

Good luck Jason!

Douglas and Cobbs in the Pros

We've blogged before about Mike Douglas (scroll down after clicking. Blogger will display the results below this post). His NFL Eupope Cologne Centurions page is here.

R.J.Cobbs (scroll down after clicking, etc) is still listed on the current roster of the NY Giants.