Tuesday--February 7th, 2016

SB Nation has a post about Coastal Carolina, our second game of the 2017 season. Mentions UMass.

One of the main reasons the Minutemen have been wrong-footed since moving to FBS is 2011. You will remember we were ineligible for the CAA title because we had too many scholarships. UMass finished 2011 at 5-6 and lost four of our last five games in FCS.

The Chants were ineligible for the Big South title in 2016. They finished 10-2 and were ranked on the top ten of FCS teams.

UMass should have had about 12-15 JUCOS and FBS transfers in 2011. Followed by 12 more in the first year of Molnar's era. Basically nothing worthwhile was done in 2011 to prepare for the move. That year is still haunting us.

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USA Today has the five-year recruiting averages for Group-of-Five teams. Boston College is second-to-last in the entire group.

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ONE WHO GOT AWAY

Maxi Hradecny, who had an offer from UMass, chose Duquesne University.

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CBS Sports says Superbowl LI would have been better with college football overtime rules.

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Recruiting 2017--Maxi Hradecny II

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I blogged about Maxi Hradecny, a 6-3 312 pound DL from Austria before.

UMass was the first to offer to Hradecny during his American visit.

This article updates his recruiting. He ended up with offers from MAC teams Akron and Kent State as well as two FCS teams. The article reports an unnamed Big 10 team is also offering.

Recruiting 2017--Maxi Hradecny

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Continuing to seek new recruiting streams, UMass has offered to Maxi Hradency, a 6-2 315 pound DT from the Vienna Vikings football team in Austria.

Video of the UMass offer here.

Hudl.com has video highlights.

American Football International calls Hradecny a "four-star" recruit.

More on Hradecny's American tour here. One of the founders of American Football is Brandon Collier a former UMass player.