Tuesday, October 16, 2018

UMass Football Recruiting 2019--Justin Franklin

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Justin Franklin, a 5-9 155 pound DB from Douglasville, GA has Tweeted he's received an offer from UMass.

Hudl.com has video.

MaxPreps has stats.

Franklin also has an offer from FAU.

UMass Football News--October 16th, 2018

UMass will award an attending student one year's free tuition if the Minutemen return a kickoff for a TD in Saturday's game.

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USA Today has UMass ranked #101 ahead of Coastal Carolina, Liberty and UConn.

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The UMass Football Twitter feed has the Minutemen kicking off against UConn at Noon at East Hartford, CT. This a great time for UMass fans. Mrs Blog and I will make the drive down to Rentschler Field as long as the weather isn't completely terrible. Hope to see a bunch of UMass fans there. Our last trip to East Hartford was the game where Don Brown's defense put a historic beatdown on Molnar's UMass offense.

UConn LB Eli Thomas suffered a stroke Wednesday.

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Winners and Whines previews the Minutemen-Chants game and predicts a Coastal Carolina victory.

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The Lawless Republic says BYU's future was on display against Hawaii.

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Last Saturday Lehigh celebrated their 1998 Patriot League championship team that lost to UMass in the playoffs.

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Monday, October 15, 2018

UMass Football Recruiting 2019--Richard Coffey

Richard Coffey, a 5-11 175 pound DB from Baldwin, FL has Tweeted he's received an offer from UMass

MaxPreps page here.

Hudl.com has video.


UMass is Coffey's first FBS offer.

UMass Football News--October 15th, 2018

Georgia fell to #8 in the AP poll and #6 in the Coach's. South Florida moved to #21 in the AP and #20 in the coach's poll despite their narrow victory. Both polls here.

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UMass opened as a 3.5 point favorite over Coastal Carolina. UConn is a 31 point underdog to South Florida.

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The Sports Chat Place previews the UMass -Coastal Carolina game.

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The UConn Blog recaps the results for the Huskies opponents in week #7.

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Sunday, October 14, 2018

UMass Football News--October 14th, 2018

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My News 13 has a post on UMass legend Rene Ingolia's being a police detective during the week and an ESPN announcer on weekends.

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In a game I watched, Duquesne ran over Robert Morris 48-24.

Boston College, playing without injured A.J. Dillon, defeated Louisville 38-20.

Georgia Southern edged Texas state 15-13.

Charlotte blasted Western Kentucky 40-14 to run their record to 3-3 overall and 2-1 in Conference USA,

Ohio lost to Northern Illinois 24-21.

Louisiana Monroe ran all over favored Coastal Carolina 45-20. The Chants were without starting QB Kilton Anderson. The article says he should be available for the UMass game.

UConn had a bye

Liberty surprised Neal Brown's 5-1 Trojans 22-16. Troy was playing without their starting QB Kaleb Barker and that slowed Troy's usually high-powered offense.

BYU found its offense in a 49-23 win over Hawaii.

The Washington Post it was a nightmare in Death Valley for Georgia.

Quote from the above article "a big, loud subset of 102,321 onlookers serenades the losing visitor with a heartwarming chant about how that visitor ought to perform a carnal act upon the cherished tiger mascot."

Oh, if you missed it, Nebraska blew a 10-point lead and fell to 0-6 for the first time in its program history.

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Saturday, October 13, 2018

UMass Football Recruiting 2019--Bryquice Brown

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Bryquice Brown, a 6-0 180 pound DB from Lithia Springs, GA has Tweeted he's received an offer from UMass.

MaxPreps page here.

Hudl.com has video.

UMass is the first offer for Brown

UMass Football News--October 13th, 2018

Boy was I wrong. I thought USF would run over Tulsa last night. The Bulls escaped with a 25-24 win after a field goal with two seconds left. USF kept the Tulsa offense in check, but Tulsa was able to contain USF's offense most of the game.

Tulsa pressured Blake Barnett most of the game. Under pressure, he dropped two snaps, threw one INT and was missing his receivers by ten yards.

The big and athletic Tulsa linebacking corps had a lot to do with rattling USF's offense. The starting Tulsa LB's are: Diamon Cooper 6-2 237, Cooper Edmiston 6-3 237 and Zaven Collins 6-4 250.

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Video of Jordan Cronkite talking about his big night against UMass.

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Athlon Sports previews the second half of BYU's season.

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Myrtle Beach Online has all you need to know about today's Coastal Carolina-Louisiana Monroe game.

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Friday, October 12, 2018

UMass Football Recruiting 2019--Koby Perry

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Kobe Perry, a 6-1 180 pound JUCO safety will visit UMass on November 3rd. He has a UMass offer.

247Sports page here.

Hudl.com has mid-season video.

This article features Perry.

Perry has nine total offers including FBS schools Bowling Green, South Alabama, UTEP and Middle Tennessee state.

UMass Football News--October 12th, 2018

Josh Walfish has grading the 2018 Minutemen during the off week.

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The UMMB gets lots of mentions in this story by the Conway Daily Sun.

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Sports writers get paid to crank out copy every week. Sometimes it's difficult to see their reasoning. Six CBS sports writers give a lot of love to 1-4 Tulsa against undefeated USF. Tulsa's only win was an 11 point victory over FCS Central Arkansas.

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Hero sports previews the Coastal Carolina--Louisiana Monroe game.

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UConn has a player hospitalized for an undisclosed reason.

Speaking of UConn, the Hartford Courant has the good, the bad and the ugly at the midpoint of the Huskies season.

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OT, but UMass has made the final three for Wilden Leveque, who's the #64 power forward in the nation. He'll announce his choice today.

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Thursday, October 11, 2018

UMass Football News--October 11th, 2018

The Herald Extra power ranks BYU's opponents and has UMass last, three notches below McNeese State.

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The Hartford Courant power ranks the AAC and has UConn last and USF as #2.

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Athlon Sports looks at the second half of Georgia's schedule including the game against the Minutemen.

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Coastal Carolina's coach Joe Moglia had his weekly press conference yesterday.

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Speaking of Coastal Carolina, the Chants are currently 3rd in the Sun Belt Conference in rushing averaging 242 yards/game. They're 9th in passing offense with 175.6 yards/game. but Coastal Carolina has thrown 10 YD's giving them the conference's second highest pass efficiency rating of 184.5. Sun Belt stats here.

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Wednesday, October 10, 2018

UMass Football News--October 10th, 2018

Mike Traini of "Fight Massachusetts" recaps the USF game.

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UMass is #18 in CBS Sports Bottom 25, but it's UConn that's making history.

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The News Herald has a post that mentions Andy Isabella's awesome season.

All the links below go to the same NCAA national rankings page. Choose the appropriate category in the drop down tab.

Speaking of Isabella, he's currently 3rd in the nation in receiving yards per game.

He's #1 in receiving yards.

And 5th, in receptions per game.

Isabella currently has 119 career receptions. He needs five to pass Jason Peebler (2001-2004) for 10th place all-time.

He has 2,667 career receiving yards. That makes him 3rd on the all-time list behind Adrian Zullo (1998-2002) who has 2,892.

Isabella has 25 career TD's, two behind Jason Peebler who has 27. Adrian Zullo leads the career TD list with 32.

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Sports Chat Place previews this Saturday's Coastal Carolina-Louisiana Monroe game.

The Chants are six point favorites over Louisiana-Monroe.

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Tuesday, October 09, 2018

UMass Football News--October 9th, 2018

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 This video will make you smile: Marken Michael learns to make peach cobbler from Stamps teammate Ja'Gared Davis. Be sure to watch the last five seconds.

Special thanks to the blog reader who sent me the link.

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Josh Walfish reports the Minutemen defense still thinks they can get it done.

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A Tampa Bay Observer write still does not think the Bulls belong in the Top-25.

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The Hartford Courant looks ahead to the AAC opponents on UConn's schedule. The Huskies get the USF Bulls next.

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CBS Sports looks at the Top-25 including Georgia and USF. Georgia's next four opponents are all ranked.

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Monday, October 08, 2018

UMass Football News--October 8th, 2018.


Josh Walfish has a story about James Ihedigbo being inducted into the UMass Hall-of-Fame.

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Georgia remains at #2 and USF moves to #23 in both the AP and Coaches top-25 poll.

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The UMass Daily Collegian says USF rang up 58 points on the Minutemen.

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The UConn Blog looks at the Huskies opponents after Saturday's games. Note that UConn gave up 630 yards of offense to Memphis.

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Yahoo Sports looks at the eleven undefeated teams in college football including Georgia and USF.

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Myrtle Beach Online has a long article about Coastal Carolina's head coach Joe Moglia.

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Sunday, October 07, 2018

UMass Football News--October 7th, 2018

Hey, we were in that game. We lost because we turned the ball over. USF had three TD's directly related to turnovers. We also fumbled a snap when we were driving. The defense added a interception and an epic goal-line stand.Except for the turnovers, the Minutemen were the equal of undefeated USF. UMass had 485 yards of offense and 42 points. UMass played with a lot of energy and intensity.

We're going to win some games after the bye week and UMass has a chance against BYU.

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UMass write-up here.

USF write-up here.

Josh Walfish said big plays led the Bulls past UMass.

Josh also reports Jordan Cronkite ran past the Minutemen.

The Tampa Bay Times said it was a record day for Cronkite.

The Berkshire Eagle reports UMass fought hard but ended up falling to USF.

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Duquesne lost to Bryant 21-20. It was a tough week for the Dukes after RB Marquis Brown committed suicide by jumping from a 16-floor window.

Boston College lost to N.C. State 23-20 in a game that was not as close as the score indicates.

Georgia Southern ran over Southern Alabama 48-13.

Charlotte had a bye.

Ohio came from behind to edge Kent State 27-26.

Coastal Carolina had a bye.

UConn was blasted by Memphis 55-14.

Liberty lost a shoot-out to New Mexico State 49-41.

Utah State dominated BYU 45-20.

Georgia continued to roll with a 41-13 win over Vanderbilt.

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Saturday, October 06, 2018

Game Day USF---2018

OK tall order today. Maybe the events of the last week will draw the team together. USF is coming off a bye week and should be rested. Last year the Minutemen upset Appalachian State at McGuirk. The Mountaineers ended up 9-4 and blew out Toledo in the Dollar General Bowl.

UMass has shown it can score points. Let's see what the defense can do today. East Carolina (who lost to a FCS team) held the Bulls to 20 points. Let's beat 'em 44-42.

It's going to be beautiful Autumn day in New England. I'll be there supporting the team.

Go UMass!!!

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Josh Walfish reports UMass is focused on USF.

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Mike Traini of "Fight Massachusetts" has five questions with Bulls247.

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The Berkshire Eagle says UMass welcomes undefeated USF.

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Maddox Sports thinks the Bulls will beat the spread.

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The Daily Stampede looks at the numbers in the Bulls-Minutemen matchup.

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Friday, October 05, 2018

UMass Football News--October 5th, 2018


The Minutemen will wear the script UMass helmet decal this week. The decal was actually designed by UMass coaches, not by a marketing team.

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Underdog Dynasty previews the UMass-USF game.

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The Tampa Bay Times has a podcast about local games including USF at UMass.

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Off Tackle Empire has a list of this week's college football games to watch including the Bulls-Minutemen.

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A Bleacher Report writer picks USF over UMass in a close game 34-29.

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ESPN's Finebaum thinks Georgia is not a lock for the playoffs.

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UConn's Randy Edsell has some unique contract incentives.

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Thursday, October 04, 2018

UMass Football News--October 4th, 2018

Mike Traini of "Fight Massachusetts" previews the USF game.

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The Tampa Bay Times reports the Bulls athletic department has been able to arrange local TV coverage of the USF-UMass game.

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The Oracle reports USF is healthy after a bye week and ready for UMass.

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The Athens Register has another recap of the Ohio-UMass game.

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Meanwhile, UConn is a 33.5 underdog to Memphis.

UConn will use the new four-game redshirt rule to redshirt 15 freshmen who have played in 2018.

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Boston College is a four point underdog at North Carolina State.

BC running back A.J. Dillon is a game-time decision after being injured at Temple.

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Wednesday, October 03, 2018

UMass Football News--October 3rd, 2018

UMass has their game notes for USF up.

So do the USF Bulls.

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USF Coach Charlie Brown says the Bulls need to win on first down against the Minutemen.

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Flo Football reports undefeated USF is off a bye week and ready to travel to UMass.

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The Tampa Bay times previews the Minutemen.

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UMass A.D. consulted with the UMass leadership before suspending Coach Whipple.

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The Post looks at what went right and wrong with the Bobcats against the Minutemen.

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Liberty loses a starting receiver for at least four weeks.

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Tuesday, October 02, 2018

UMass Football News--October 2nd, 2018

Vegas Insider has USF as a 14 point favorite. The over and under is 70.5. USF could do that all by themselves.

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Andrew Ford was the 3rd ranked QB in the nation Saturday.

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The loss to Ohio pushed UMass to #112 in the CBS Sports rankings.

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Kirk & Callahan disagree on Coach Whipple's suspension.

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Cougar Insider projects the results of BYU's remaining schedule.

Speaking of BYU, their 35-7 loss to Washington knocked the Cougars out of the weekly Top-25.

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USF targets 2019 for starting their new football center.

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Monday, October 01, 2018

UMass Football News--October 1st, 2018

Coach Whipple is suspended for a week. UMass athletic dept announcement.

Josh Walfish reports on the suspension.

The Athens Messenger covers Whipple's post game press conference.

There are more articles, but basically everyone is repeating the UMass press release.

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Mike Traini recaps the Ohio game.

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USF is just outside of the AP Top-25 poll.

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Winners and Whiners looks at the Bulls-Minutemen matchup.

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East Carolina held USF's high powered offense to under 300 yards Saturday. The Daily Stampede shows how they did it.

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