Ray Pendagast, who will walk-on for UMass this August, did well in the New Haven National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame Classic All-Star football game .
I've blogged about Pendagast before.
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Craig Haley of The Sports Network has another of his columns "In the FCS huddle: Matchups to Watch". One of them is UMass' opening game with William & Mary.
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Delaware's Pat Devlin is the only FCS/I-AA representative on the Unitas Watch List.
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Josh Buchanan has released his JBS Preseason Player-of-the-Year Award Watch List. The only UMass player to make the group is LB Tyler Holmes.
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Michigan has released the official 2010 Michigan Stadium Capacity: 109,901.
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Ex-Oregon QB Jerimial Masoli is still available.
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Today is fifty-one days until the start of the UMass season. Wearing #51 for UMass is Quinton Sales, a 6-3 280 pd OL from Fort Washington, MD. Sales is a RS SO. He played in two games in 2009 after missing the entire 2008 season with a broken foot.
Thursday, July 15, 2010
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Wednesday News ----- July 14th, 2010
The NCAA has an annotated 2010 FCS Vs FBS list here.
Speaking of the NCAA, they have a spiffy new FCS Championship page.
Thorr Bjorn will join the FCS Athletics Directors Association Executive Committee.
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Not everybody is happy with the new look of Michigan's Big House.
MGoBlog has a lot more.
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Montana DB Jimmy Wilson is back with the Grizzlies after an unusual layoff-----he was in jail accused of murder.
His story by the Montana Athletic Dept.
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Only fifty-two days until the 2010 season opens. Wearing #52 for UMass this year will be Bill Nesselt a 6-2 245 pd RS FR DL from Ft. Lauderdale, FL. Nesselt was redshited in 2009. He was playing with the first team defense during the spring game.
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Tuesday News ---- July 13th, 2010
Image by the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Two more articles on the passing of Milt Morin. The Worcester Telegram here and the Cleveland Plain Dealer here.
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Jeremy Cain is featured in this article from the Jaguars site.
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The Walter Payton Watch list is up. From the CAA are Matt Szczur , Chris Whitney and Ben Ijalana from Villanova, Delaware's Pat Devlin and William & Mary's Johnathan Grimes.
Josh Buchanan has more on the Award.
The CAA blogger has a long article (including video) on the CAA nominees .
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Fifty-three days until football and wearing #53 for UMass this year will be D.J. Adeoba a 6-0 215 RS SO LB from Hollywood, FL. D.J. played in 8 games starting 1. He went 7 UT 6AT 13 TT 1 TFL. He was the CAA's Rookie-of-the-week against Kansas State.
Monday, July 12, 2010
Monday News ---July 12th, 2010
Nick Grabbe of the Hampshire Gazette has a story about the the passing of Milt Morin.
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I believe I've blogged before that Theo McCummings, the brother of Thad McCummings will walkon for UMass this year. The third brother, Scott McCummings is going to UConn.
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Richmond picks up a big (literally) transfer from Rutgers.
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First spotted over on Draft Daddy, there's a simple formula that predicts success or failure as a NFL QB.
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Josh Buchanan looks at his FCS Top 100 and how they did in the NFL Draft.
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In New Hampshire news, Lucy the tortoise is home safe.
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We had a real flurry of recruiting news last week and I was unable to keep up with the player countdown. Let's get going.
Wearing #60 this year will be Tyler Major a 6-0 280 pd RS Fr DL from New London, CT. Tyler was redshirted in 2009.
Giddens Rateau, 6-0 246 pd DL from West Roxbury, MA will wear #59 this year for the Minutemen. Rateau redshirted in 2009.
Today's countdown player David Ramsden, 5-11 190 pd RS FR LB from Florence, MA will wear #54 for UMass this ear. Ramsden won the 2009 team academic achievement award.
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I believe I've blogged before that Theo McCummings, the brother of Thad McCummings will walkon for UMass this year. The third brother, Scott McCummings is going to UConn.
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Richmond picks up a big (literally) transfer from Rutgers.
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First spotted over on Draft Daddy, there's a simple formula that predicts success or failure as a NFL QB.
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Josh Buchanan looks at his FCS Top 100 and how they did in the NFL Draft.
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In New Hampshire news, Lucy the tortoise is home safe.
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We had a real flurry of recruiting news last week and I was unable to keep up with the player countdown. Let's get going.
Wearing #60 this year will be Tyler Major a 6-0 280 pd RS Fr DL from New London, CT. Tyler was redshirted in 2009.
Giddens Rateau, 6-0 246 pd DL from West Roxbury, MA will wear #59 this year for the Minutemen. Rateau redshirted in 2009.
Today's countdown player David Ramsden, 5-11 190 pd RS FR LB from Florence, MA will wear #54 for UMass this ear. Ramsden won the 2009 team academic achievement award.
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Saturday, July 10, 2010
Saturday News ----July 10th, 2010
If UMass is still looking for another QB, LSU's Chris Garrett is available. He was a top 20 Pro-Style QB in the country by both Rivals and Scout.com
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The Boise Hawks have a new outfielder----Villanova's Matt Szczur.
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The Boise Hawks have a new outfielder----Villanova's Matt Szczur.
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Former UMass star Milt Morin passes away
Mass Live.com reports that former UMass star and NFL All-Pro Milt Morin died Friday at Cooley Dickinson Hospital. He was 67.
He was to be inducted into the College Football Hall-of-Fame next week.
UPDATE: Nothing from UMass or the Hampshire Gazette as yet. This article mentions Milt as one of "A good Hall-of-Fame Class".
UPDATE II Sunday: Two more articles (but not much new information) from the Boston Herald and CBS3 Springfield.
CBS3 has a copy of an image I found yesterday. The image below is available as a authorized print from the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The caption says "Milt Morin leads Bo Scott on an eight yard gain against the Oakland Raiders" dated October 4, 1971.
Friday, July 09, 2010
Recruiting 2010 --- Jeff Skoog
A Scout.com image.
Sources say Jeff Skoog a 6-6 300 pd OL from Hudson HS MA/Salisbury School will walk-on for UMass in August.
Skoog was 2009 Team Captain and All-Erickson League. He was selected to the Northeast Vs New Jersey All-Star Classic but DNP due to other commitments.
His ESPN page here.
Scout.com page here.
2009 YouTube highlight film here.
Friday News ----- July 9th, 2010
Phil Steele's 2010 Preseason All-CAA team is here (pdf download). Five UMass players make the list. UMass' Emil Igwenagu and Tyler Holmes make the first team offense and defense respectively. John Griffin, Julian Talley and Josh Samuda make the 2nd team offense.
BTW, add Towson's Yaky Ibia ( 2nd team All-CAA) to my list of favorite sports names.
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Josh Buchanan writes on three FCS players (including Vladimir Ducasse) to sign NFL contracts recently.
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A Richmond-Times writer says UMass has struggled to win consistently in the CAA. He must have slept through the Whipple and Brown eras. UMass has winning series records with James Madison, Richmond,William & Mary and Towson...
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USC fullback D.J. Shoemate is transferring to UConn.
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Appalachian State's Armanti Edwards reportedly signed a $2.5 million deal with the Carolina Panthers.
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I saw this link over on the New Hampshire Football report. UNH's Scott Sicko is all football now.
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BTW, add Towson's Yaky Ibia ( 2nd team All-CAA) to my list of favorite sports names.
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Josh Buchanan writes on three FCS players (including Vladimir Ducasse) to sign NFL contracts recently.
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A Richmond-Times writer says UMass has struggled to win consistently in the CAA. He must have slept through the Whipple and Brown eras. UMass has winning series records with James Madison, Richmond,William & Mary and Towson...
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USC fullback D.J. Shoemate is transferring to UConn.
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Appalachian State's Armanti Edwards reportedly signed a $2.5 million deal with the Carolina Panthers.
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I saw this link over on the New Hampshire Football report. UNH's Scott Sicko is all football now.
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Thursday, July 08, 2010
Recruiting 2010--Joe Angelo
The Boston Herald reports (scroll to end of article) Joe Angelo a 6-2 275 pd OL/DL will attend UMass in the fall.
Angelo was All-Middlesex conference.
He's #73 in the image. An Ann Ringwood/Wicked Local Staff image.
Recruiting 2010--John Grocki
Classicical's John Grocki intends to walk-on at UMass this fall.
He's listed as 6-2, 204 on coacheAid.com.
Image by ITEM/Owen O'Rourke.
Thursday News--- July 8th, 2010
Vladimir Ducasse has signed a four year, $3.5 million contract with the Jets.
Articles from the Stamford Advocate, USA Today, MassLive and New York Post.
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Craig Haley has another of his "In the FCS Huddle" articles featuring Bucknell's new HC Joe Susan. He also has some FCS tidbits at the end of the story. Delaware's frequently-injured Matt Marconelle has been granted a rare sixth year of eligibility.
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Joh Buchanan has "Five underated small school NFL prospects".
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I've blogged about this before, but UMass has an article on Matt Morin and Dick MacPherson will be inducted into the College Football Hall-of-Fame on July 16-17th.
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Articles from the Stamford Advocate, USA Today, MassLive and New York Post.
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Craig Haley has another of his "In the FCS Huddle" articles featuring Bucknell's new HC Joe Susan. He also has some FCS tidbits at the end of the story. Delaware's frequently-injured Matt Marconelle has been granted a rare sixth year of eligibility.
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Joh Buchanan has "Five underated small school NFL prospects".
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I've blogged about this before, but UMass has an article on Matt Morin and Dick MacPherson will be inducted into the College Football Hall-of-Fame on July 16-17th.
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Wednesday, July 07, 2010
Wednesday News ----- July 7th, 2010
Josh Buchanan has posted his 2011 NFL Draft Preseason Team. UMass RB John Griffin makes the list.
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Former UMass DL and assistant coach Ben Albert is an inspiration for Patterson, NJ kids.
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Neal Brown gets a mention in this article profiling assistant coaches that will make an impact at their schools.
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Craig Haley of The Sports Network has an article about "Transfers to watch". Mentions former UMass RB Korrey Davis and current Minutemen RB John Griffin.
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Vladimir Ducasse is mentioned in this NJ Jets preview.
Vlad has more coverage in Fanhouse's NFC East players to watch.
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Former UMass WR Jeremy Horne has a short question-and-answer session on Chiefs Links.
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I'll be back tomorrow with more recruiting news.
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Former UMass DL and assistant coach Ben Albert is an inspiration for Patterson, NJ kids.
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Neal Brown gets a mention in this article profiling assistant coaches that will make an impact at their schools.
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Craig Haley of The Sports Network has an article about "Transfers to watch". Mentions former UMass RB Korrey Davis and current Minutemen RB John Griffin.
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Vladimir Ducasse is mentioned in this NJ Jets preview.
Vlad has more coverage in Fanhouse's NFC East players to watch.
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Former UMass WR Jeremy Horne has a short question-and-answer session on Chiefs Links.
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I'll be back tomorrow with more recruiting news.
Recruiting 2011-- Chris Hutton
Hutton (left)UMass has offered to Chris Hutton, a 5-10 181 pd WR/DB/KR from Haddonfield, NJ. Story here.
Hutton's Rivals page here.
2009 YouTube highlight film here.
He won the shuttle event and the overall at the Philadelphia Nike combine.
Hutton has offers from Temple and JMU as well. I-A's West Virginia and Rutgers also have interest.
Image of Hutton is by Kevin Minnick
Tuesday, July 06, 2010
Recruiting 2011-- Tyler Matakevich
CTPost.com reports that UMass is recruiting Tyler Matakevich a 6-1 195 RB/LB from St. Josephs HS in CT.
In 2009 Matakevich had 1,542 yards rushing w/20 TD's. He also had 515 yards receiving with an additional 5 TDs. On defense, he had 118 TT 3 SACKS 3 INT.
YouTube highlights here.
Also being recruited by Rutgers, Boston College, Fordham and Villanova.
Image by CTPost. Photographer not listed.
Recruiting 2010 ------- Ray Pendagast
The Stanford Advocate says Ray Pendagast, a P/QB from Shelton HS in CT will walk-on for UMass this August.
Pendagast was a Walter Camp All-Connecticut as a punter.
MaxPreps has him as 6-5 185.
Image by Christian Abreham/CT Post
Monday, July 05, 2010
Monday News---- July 5th, 2010
Some good news for UMass Football fans. The Providence Journal has quotes from the AD's at UMass, UNH and Maine about the CAA.
From UMass' John McCutcheon“We’re committed to competing at the highest end of FCS football. The CAA is probably the most competitive conference in the FCS, and we’re committed to the CAA. We understand there may be some challenges travel-wise. We’ll just have to increase our fundraising,”
Full story here.
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Three of Michigan's highly rated 2010 recruits have failed admission.
BTW, Michigan spent $226 million on upgrading their stadium. It's looking good.
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Neal Brown, who is in his first year as OC for Texas Tech, talks about a call from Mark Whipple.
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I've missed the player countdown over the July 4th weekend.
Wearing #63 for UMass is Kevin Byrne, a 6-4 265 pd RS FR DL from Mashpee, MA. Kevin was redshirted in 2009.
Wearing #62 for UMass in 2010 will be Brandon Flanagan, a 6-2 300 pd RS SR OL from Reading Mass. In 2009 Flanagan played in six games, starting two.
Today is sixty-one days until William & Mary and wearing #61 for UMass will be John Ihne, a 6-5 290 pd RS SR from Wayne,NJ. In 2009, Ihne played in five games, starting three.
From UMass' John McCutcheon“We’re committed to competing at the highest end of FCS football. The CAA is probably the most competitive conference in the FCS, and we’re committed to the CAA. We understand there may be some challenges travel-wise. We’ll just have to increase our fundraising,”
Full story here.
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Three of Michigan's highly rated 2010 recruits have failed admission.
BTW, Michigan spent $226 million on upgrading their stadium. It's looking good.
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Neal Brown, who is in his first year as OC for Texas Tech, talks about a call from Mark Whipple.
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I've missed the player countdown over the July 4th weekend.
Wearing #63 for UMass is Kevin Byrne, a 6-4 265 pd RS FR DL from Mashpee, MA. Kevin was redshirted in 2009.
Wearing #62 for UMass in 2010 will be Brandon Flanagan, a 6-2 300 pd RS SR OL from Reading Mass. In 2009 Flanagan played in six games, starting two.
Today is sixty-one days until William & Mary and wearing #61 for UMass will be John Ihne, a 6-5 290 pd RS SR from Wayne,NJ. In 2009, Ihne played in five games, starting three.
Sunday, July 04, 2010
Fourth of July 2010
Mrs. Blog and I would like to wish all UMass friends, Blog readers, and football family a "Happy Fourth of July!"
And a Happy Birthday to the United State of America, the world's oldest (and still the best), constitutional republic.
Image by Associate press/WWP.
Saturday, July 03, 2010
Recruiting 2011-- Brian Dowling ---RB
UMass is interested in Brian Dowling, a 5-11 180 pd RB/Athlete from Wayne Hills, NJ. His Rivals page is here.
In 2009 Dowling had 2,012 total yards of offense, 27 TD's and 4 INT.
NBR Football has an article featuring him here.
YouTube 2009 highlights here.
UMass and Villanova are interested as well as Buffalo, Cincinnati, Duke, University of Miami, NC State, Penn State and Temple at the I-A level.
Image by Michael Karas/North Jersey.com
Friday, July 02, 2010
Friday News ---- July 2nd, 2010
The Maize & Brew Blog features UMass' John Griffin.
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Wonder if Peabody's Michael O'Brien would walk-on for UMass football this fall? Welcome to Isenberg School of Management, the Blog's old school----before it had its current name, of course.
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Craig Haley of The Sports Network goes five questions with Grambling's HC Rod Broadway.
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Former UMass DL Malik Hall has been appointed as Defensive Coordination for Wagner. Hall was one of Hofstra's coaches that lost their jobs when the Pride folded their program.
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The Winnipeg Blue Bombers have re-signed David Ball.
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The CAA Football blogger says Villanova's Matt Szczur will return to the Wildcats roster this fall.
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Sixty-four days until football. Wearing #64 for UMass this year is Nicholes Gottshall, a 6-3 315 pd RS SO from Woburn, MA. Nick did not see any game time in 2009.
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Wonder if Peabody's Michael O'Brien would walk-on for UMass football this fall? Welcome to Isenberg School of Management, the Blog's old school----before it had its current name, of course.
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Craig Haley of The Sports Network goes five questions with Grambling's HC Rod Broadway.
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Former UMass DL Malik Hall has been appointed as Defensive Coordination for Wagner. Hall was one of Hofstra's coaches that lost their jobs when the Pride folded their program.
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The Winnipeg Blue Bombers have re-signed David Ball.
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The CAA Football blogger says Villanova's Matt Szczur will return to the Wildcats roster this fall.
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Sixty-four days until football. Wearing #64 for UMass this year is Nicholes Gottshall, a 6-3 315 pd RS SO from Woburn, MA. Nick did not see any game time in 2009.
Thursday, July 01, 2010
Thursday News ----July 1st, 1010
Craig Haley of The Sports Network has an article about new Richmond HC Latrell Scott as well as some FCS news.
The article includes a item about the NEC releasing a news story concerning being in talks with Rhode Island about joining the league.
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The Winnipeg Blue Bombers have released former UNH star David Ball.
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Josh Buchanan has a report on 2010 NFL Draft "Small School" signings. Clay Harbor of Missouri State received a $452.9k signing bonus!
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Michigan blogger mgoblog is producing a 128 page 2010 Michigan Preview magazine.
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The University of Texas at San Antonio is just passing through FCS football.
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Today is sixty-five days until 2010 football starts. Ryan McMakin, a 6-3 209 pd RS FR OL from River Vale, NJ will be wearing #65 for the Minutemen this year. McMakin took a red shirt year in 2009.
The article includes a item about the NEC releasing a news story concerning being in talks with Rhode Island about joining the league.
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The Winnipeg Blue Bombers have released former UNH star David Ball.
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Josh Buchanan has a report on 2010 NFL Draft "Small School" signings. Clay Harbor of Missouri State received a $452.9k signing bonus!
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Michigan blogger mgoblog is producing a 128 page 2010 Michigan Preview magazine.
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The University of Texas at San Antonio is just passing through FCS football.
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Today is sixty-five days until 2010 football starts. Ryan McMakin, a 6-3 209 pd RS FR OL from River Vale, NJ will be wearing #65 for the Minutemen this year. McMakin took a red shirt year in 2009.
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