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247Sports page here.
Coffeyville bio and stats here.
Hudl.com has video.
Green has FBS offers from Troy, Louisiana and Louisiana Monroe.
Tuesday, October 15, 2019
UMass Football Recruiting 2020--Myron Green
247Sports page here.
Coffeyville bio and stats here.
Hudl.com has video.
Green has FBS offers from Troy, Louisiana and Louisiana Monroe.
Monday, October 14, 2019
UMass Football Recruiting 2020--Ronald Williams
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247Sports three-star player.
Hudl.com has video.
This article reports on Williams' offer from Kentucky.
This article reports on his offer from Texas A&M.
Williams has Power Five offers from Arkansas, Houston, Kentucky, Texas A&M and Oklahoma State.
UMass Football News--October 14th, 2019
The UMass Daily Collegian said an ugly first quarter sank the Minutemen.
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MassLive reports Louisiana Tech handled the Minutemen.
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Former UMass D-lineman and current Springfield Central head coach Vladmar Bower Tweets a support for the UMass football program. Bower lettered in 2000, '01,'02 and '03. He was first-team All-10 in 2001, 2002 and 2003.
Bower is still #1 in the UMass record book for TFL (63) and yards in TFL (250.). He's also #1 in career QB hurries (by a big margin) with 40.
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UMass starts a much needed off week today. The Minutemen surly need it. Hopefully we can get some players healthy and prepare for UConn.
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MassLive reports Louisiana Tech handled the Minutemen.
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Former UMass D-lineman and current Springfield Central head coach Vladmar Bower Tweets a support for the UMass football program. Bower lettered in 2000, '01,'02 and '03. He was first-team All-10 in 2001, 2002 and 2003.
Bower is still #1 in the UMass record book for TFL (63) and yards in TFL (250.). He's also #1 in career QB hurries (by a big margin) with 40.
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UMass starts a much needed off week today. The Minutemen surly need it. Hopefully we can get some players healthy and prepare for UConn.
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Sunday, October 13, 2019
UMass Football News--October 13th, 2019
OK, I was proud of the way the Minutemen battled all game. Down to a fourth-string running back Gilberto Torres and led by a limping Randall West, UMass stayed energized the whole game. The offense had 19 first downs. This was a big improvement over the FIU game. We gave the high powered Bulldog offense too many short fields.
Up 52-14, Louisiana Tech still had their regulars in and were still throwing the ball.
A textbook targeting non-call stopped what would have been another UMass score.
I really hope Isaiah Rogers was not severely hurt. He is the heart and soul of the UMass team.
We have an off week coming up. Let's get some players healthy and beat UConn.
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UMass write-up of the game.
The Louisiana Tech website says the Bulldogs ran past UMass.
The News-Star reports Louisiana Tech hung 69 points on the Minutemen.
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UMass 2019 opponents did not have generally have a good day yesterday either.
UConn lost by 42 to Tulane.
Southern Illinois lost to Illinois State.
Charlotte got run over by FIU.
Coastal Carolina lost to Georgia State.
Akron lost to Kent State to run their record to 0-6.
Western Kentucky beat Army 17-8 and held the Black Knights vaunted rushing attack to 137 yards.
South Florida came from behind to beat BYU 27-23.
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Up 52-14, Louisiana Tech still had their regulars in and were still throwing the ball.
A textbook targeting non-call stopped what would have been another UMass score.
I really hope Isaiah Rogers was not severely hurt. He is the heart and soul of the UMass team.
We have an off week coming up. Let's get some players healthy and beat UConn.
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UMass write-up of the game.
The Louisiana Tech website says the Bulldogs ran past UMass.
The News-Star reports Louisiana Tech hung 69 points on the Minutemen.
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UMass 2019 opponents did not have generally have a good day yesterday either.
UConn lost by 42 to Tulane.
Southern Illinois lost to Illinois State.
Charlotte got run over by FIU.
Coastal Carolina lost to Georgia State.
Akron lost to Kent State to run their record to 0-6.
Western Kentucky beat Army 17-8 and held the Black Knights vaunted rushing attack to 137 yards.
South Florida came from behind to beat BYU 27-23.
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Saturday, October 12, 2019
Game Day ---Louisiana Tech 2020
Big challenge today against the 4-1 Bulldogs. One of Louisiana Tech's victories was a 41-31 win over FIU, which absolutely dominated the Minutemen last week.
The UMass offense is the better half of the team and the "O" needs to do better to be more competitive. Nobody on offense made plays last week. We need better line blocking, better separation from the wide receivers,better decisions by the QB.
Last evening I was flipping back and forth between Virginia-Miami and Princeton -Lafayette. The the 0-5 Leopards lost to Princeton to go 0-6. Lots of other teams are having a tough year. I'll be watching and cheering for the Minutemen today.
Go UMass!
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The Latech website says the Bulldogs are ready to host UMass.
Josh Walfish relates how the UMass seniors are committed to helping the team improve. Isaiah Rogers, who is arguably the best player on the team, recently volunteered to play on the punt coverage team. That's the kind of dedication that will get him into the NFL.
Mike Traini of "Fight Massachusetts" previews the Louisiana Tech game.
The Boston Herald says a struggling UMass team heads for Louisiana Tech.
The Berkshire Eagle reports the Minutemen take a 1-5 record south.
The Shreveport Times has how to watch and listen to the Louisiana Tech-UMass game. My Comcast sports schedule shows the ESPN3 game on their network.
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Meanwhile, UConn looks for signs of improvement after a 1-5 start. Tulane really handled a good Army team last week, so the Huskies have a tough task.
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Speaking of Army, the Black Knights are on the road against Western Kentucky after having a 15-game home winning streak snapped last week by Tulane.
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The UMass offense is the better half of the team and the "O" needs to do better to be more competitive. Nobody on offense made plays last week. We need better line blocking, better separation from the wide receivers,better decisions by the QB.
Last evening I was flipping back and forth between Virginia-Miami and Princeton -Lafayette. The the 0-5 Leopards lost to Princeton to go 0-6. Lots of other teams are having a tough year. I'll be watching and cheering for the Minutemen today.
Go UMass!
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The Latech website says the Bulldogs are ready to host UMass.
Josh Walfish relates how the UMass seniors are committed to helping the team improve. Isaiah Rogers, who is arguably the best player on the team, recently volunteered to play on the punt coverage team. That's the kind of dedication that will get him into the NFL.
Mike Traini of "Fight Massachusetts" previews the Louisiana Tech game.
The Boston Herald says a struggling UMass team heads for Louisiana Tech.
The Berkshire Eagle reports the Minutemen take a 1-5 record south.
The Shreveport Times has how to watch and listen to the Louisiana Tech-UMass game. My Comcast sports schedule shows the ESPN3 game on their network.
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Meanwhile, UConn looks for signs of improvement after a 1-5 start. Tulane really handled a good Army team last week, so the Huskies have a tough task.
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Speaking of Army, the Black Knights are on the road against Western Kentucky after having a 15-game home winning streak snapped last week by Tulane.
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Friday, October 11, 2019
UMass Football Recruiting 2020--John Oliver
John "Moomoo" Oliver, a 5-8 185 pound RB from Fort Scott C.C. has Tweeted he's received an offer from UMass.
His Fort Scott bio has some stats.
This article from 2017 features Oliver.
This video link has the Fort Scott coach talking about Oliver.
Oliver has taken a visit to Tennessee.
UMass Football News--October 11th, 2019
LA Tech HC Skip Holtz's weekly press conference for the UMass week.
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The Amherst Wire has a short video segment on this week's game.
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Josh Walfish reports Jesse Britt and James Bowe, Jr have left the team for personal reasons.This was the second time Britt left. Britt previously left under Whipple's tenure. Neither are critical losses.
There are usually a fair number of players leaving a program during a coaching change. Different offensive and defensive philosophies change the type of player in the new systems. We did not initially have many players leaving when Coach Bell was hired.
To me, it was more a concern when Coach Whipple could not keep recruits as a number of his commits never made it to campus. That made weak recruiting results even worse.
UMass could bring 25 scholarship players this year. The total could actually be higher as the Spring enrollees could be assigned to the previous year's class if UMass was under the scholarship limit, as they very likely were.
The Minutemen currently have 18 hard commits in the 2020 recruiting class, so there are number of scholarships to give. Even so, UMass will likely not reach the 85 scholarship limit for next year.
The current #78 recruiting class ranking by 247Sports is the highest in Minutemen history and if we add another five players or so, it will be even higher. UMass still could use another RB, DL's and LB's. Some JUCO signings for TE and defense would be immediate help for next year.
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The Amherst Wire has a short video segment on this week's game.
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Josh Walfish reports Jesse Britt and James Bowe, Jr have left the team for personal reasons.This was the second time Britt left. Britt previously left under Whipple's tenure. Neither are critical losses.
There are usually a fair number of players leaving a program during a coaching change. Different offensive and defensive philosophies change the type of player in the new systems. We did not initially have many players leaving when Coach Bell was hired.
To me, it was more a concern when Coach Whipple could not keep recruits as a number of his commits never made it to campus. That made weak recruiting results even worse.
UMass could bring 25 scholarship players this year. The total could actually be higher as the Spring enrollees could be assigned to the previous year's class if UMass was under the scholarship limit, as they very likely were.
The Minutemen currently have 18 hard commits in the 2020 recruiting class, so there are number of scholarships to give. Even so, UMass will likely not reach the 85 scholarship limit for next year.
The current #78 recruiting class ranking by 247Sports is the highest in Minutemen history and if we add another five players or so, it will be even higher. UMass still could use another RB, DL's and LB's. Some JUCO signings for TE and defense would be immediate help for next year.
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Thursday, October 10, 2019
UMass Football Recruiting 2020--John Jiles
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247Sports three-star player.
Fort Scott has some stats from his five games this year.
Jiles has FBS offers from East Carolina, Memphis and Southern Misssissippi.
UMass Football News--October 10th, 2019
UMass has their game notes for Louisiana Tech up.
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The UMass Daily Collegian says the Minutemen are focusing on details.
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The News-Star has bowl game projections for the Bulldogs.
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In Big Ten power ratings, Northwestern is in free fall.
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UConn safety Diamond Harrell is really happy to be with the Huskies.
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The UMass Daily Collegian says the Minutemen are focusing on details.
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The News-Star has bowl game projections for the Bulldogs.
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In Big Ten power ratings, Northwestern is in free fall.
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UConn safety Diamond Harrell is really happy to be with the Huskies.
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Wednesday, October 09, 2019
UMass Football Recruiting 2020--Drue Jackson
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247Sports three-star player.
Hudl.com has video.
Originally signed with Washington State.
Jackson has five FBS offers. Besides UMass, Boise State, Louisiana Monroe, Texas State and Tulsa have offered.
UMass Football News--October 9th, 2019
Josh Walfish has some notes on this week's practice. Two more true freshmen made their first UMass appearances last week against FIU. Offensive lineman Xavier Grham had some snaps at DT. Taj Jones, who has been practicing as a WR also saw some time on defense at CB.
Wilson Frederic and Grant Laws have made their maximum four appearances they can use without burning their redshirt.
Jermaine “OC” Johnson Jr., Josh Wallace, Johnathon Weir and Billy Wooden have made more than four appearances, so they will not redshirt.
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Louisiana Tech is not looking past UMass.
The News Star says the heavily favored Bulldogs are not overlooking the Minutemen.
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Northwestern joins UMass in CBS sports bottom-25.
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BYU will start their third QB of the season at South Florida.
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Wilson Frederic and Grant Laws have made their maximum four appearances they can use without burning their redshirt.
Jermaine “OC” Johnson Jr., Josh Wallace, Johnathon Weir and Billy Wooden have made more than four appearances, so they will not redshirt.
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Louisiana Tech is not looking past UMass.
The News Star says the heavily favored Bulldogs are not overlooking the Minutemen.
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Northwestern joins UMass in CBS sports bottom-25.
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BYU will start their third QB of the season at South Florida.
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Tuesday, October 08, 2019
UMass Football News--October 8th, 2019
Vegas has LA Tech a 31 point favorite over the Minutemen.
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Keepers College Football rankings has the Bulldogs by 40.7.
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The News-Star reports competition brings Louisiana Tech's wide receivers closer.
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Randy Edsell tells UConn's players they need to want it themselves.
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The Record Online says Army football is going in the wrong direction after the loss to Tulane.
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Meanwhile Northwestern is off to their worst start since 1992.
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BYU is using an off week to get ready for South Florida.
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Keepers College Football rankings has the Bulldogs by 40.7.
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The News-Star reports competition brings Louisiana Tech's wide receivers closer.
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Randy Edsell tells UConn's players they need to want it themselves.
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The Record Online says Army football is going in the wrong direction after the loss to Tulane.
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Meanwhile Northwestern is off to their worst start since 1992.
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BYU is using an off week to get ready for South Florida.
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Monday, October 07, 2019
UMass Football Recruiting 2020--Jacob Kainer
Jacob Kainer, a 6-4 240 pound TE from Tyler Junior College has a UMass offer.
247Sports three-star player.
Hudl.com has video.
This article mentions Kainer.
Kainer has eight total offers including South Alabama, Eastern Michigan, Louisiana Monroe and UTEP from FBS.
The "larger issues" involving UMass consists of recruiting more size, speed and athletic talent. For one thing, Minutemen currently do not have a pass-catching TE on the roster. Kainer would be in line for a lot of playing time if he signs with UMass.
UMass Football News--October 7th, 2019
Josh Walfish reports UMass football is searching for larger answers.
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Mike Traini of "Fight Massachusetts" recaps the FIU game.
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The Massachusetts Daily Collegian says the Minutemen fizzled again.
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The Miami Herald has takeaways from FIU's dominating victory.
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247Sports predicts bowl games for five UMass opponents: Louisiana Tech, Coastal Carolina,BYU, FIU and Army.
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Mike Traini of "Fight Massachusetts" recaps the FIU game.
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The Massachusetts Daily Collegian says the Minutemen fizzled again.
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The Miami Herald has takeaways from FIU's dominating victory.
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247Sports predicts bowl games for five UMass opponents: Louisiana Tech, Coastal Carolina,BYU, FIU and Army.
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Sunday, October 06, 2019
UMass Football News--October 6th, 2019
UMass got run over by a visibility bigger and faster FIU team yesterday. The only cure is recruiting. The Minutemen have an off week. The UMass coaching team will have some extra time to finish what looks to be the strongest recruiting class in UMass history.
The Minutemen offense could not get anything going against the Panthers and that put the UMass defense in an impossible situation. The score could have been anything FIU wanted, but given the near total lack of offense, it was not entirely the defense's fault. Shake it off and hit the recruiting trail.
I had to look up UMass' 115 yards of total offense. That was not a record. In 1976 the Minutemen had 45 total yards against New Hampshire. UMass did not come close to our FBS minimum record of 3 first downs and 62 total yards against UConn in 2012.
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UMass' write-up of the game.
FIU's write-up says the Panthers devoured the Minutemen.
Josh Walfish says the Panthers silenced the UMass offense.
Josh also has FIU ran over the Minutemen.
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It was not a good weekend for New England FBS teams.
BC lost to Louisville 41-39.
South Florida ran all over UConn 48-22.
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South Dakota rolled over SIU 28-10
Liberty edged New Mexico State 20-13.
Tulane handled Army for their best start in over twenty years.
Nebraska beat Northwestern on a last second field goal.
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The Minutemen offense could not get anything going against the Panthers and that put the UMass defense in an impossible situation. The score could have been anything FIU wanted, but given the near total lack of offense, it was not entirely the defense's fault. Shake it off and hit the recruiting trail.
I had to look up UMass' 115 yards of total offense. That was not a record. In 1976 the Minutemen had 45 total yards against New Hampshire. UMass did not come close to our FBS minimum record of 3 first downs and 62 total yards against UConn in 2012.
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UMass' write-up of the game.
FIU's write-up says the Panthers devoured the Minutemen.
Josh Walfish says the Panthers silenced the UMass offense.
Josh also has FIU ran over the Minutemen.
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It was not a good weekend for New England FBS teams.
BC lost to Louisville 41-39.
South Florida ran all over UConn 48-22.
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South Dakota rolled over SIU 28-10
Liberty edged New Mexico State 20-13.
Tulane handled Army for their best start in over twenty years.
Nebraska beat Northwestern on a last second field goal.
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Saturday, October 05, 2019
Game Day FIU--2019
All right, we made some progress last week. FIU is a better team than Akron and has unloaded 126 points on us in the last two years. I'd like to see some consistent offense, run the ball effectively and no turnovers.
On defense, knocking 20 points off the Panthers scoring would be a good goal. Making progress is the reward this year. The game is showing on my Comcast sports TV schedule. Comcast picks up some ESPN3 games, but they're not consistent. Sometimes the game shows in advance, then is not available at gametime.
If not, I'll be watching online.
Go UMass.
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Josh Walfish reports UMass QB Michael Curtis is playing with new passion.
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The Berkshire Eagle says the Minutemen are looking to build off their first win.
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NBC Miami says the UMass game is a must win for FIU coach Butch Davis.
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The Hartford Courant thinks UConn has a chance against a struggling USF team.
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UnderDog Dynasty previews Liberty-New Mexico State.
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Sports Chat Place picks Army to beat Tulane and the point spread.
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Northwestern-Nebraska will be on national TV.
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On defense, knocking 20 points off the Panthers scoring would be a good goal. Making progress is the reward this year. The game is showing on my Comcast sports TV schedule. Comcast picks up some ESPN3 games, but they're not consistent. Sometimes the game shows in advance, then is not available at gametime.
If not, I'll be watching online.
Go UMass.
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Josh Walfish reports UMass QB Michael Curtis is playing with new passion.
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The Berkshire Eagle says the Minutemen are looking to build off their first win.
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NBC Miami says the UMass game is a must win for FIU coach Butch Davis.
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The Hartford Courant thinks UConn has a chance against a struggling USF team.
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UnderDog Dynasty previews Liberty-New Mexico State.
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Sports Chat Place picks Army to beat Tulane and the point spread.
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Northwestern-Nebraska will be on national TV.
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Friday, October 04, 2019
UMass Football News--October 4th, 2019
Cooper Garcia won the Lou Groza kicking star-of-the-week for his performance against Akron.
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Mike Traini of "Fight Massachusetts" previews the UMass-FIU game and thinks the Minutemen will beat the spread.
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The Amherst Wire has a video story on UMass traveling to a familiar territory.
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The Miami Herald has what's at stake with Saturday's Panthers-Minutemen game.
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UnderDog Dynasty previews the UMass-FIU game and predicts a 35-13 Panthers victory.
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The Daily Progress reports on Mathieu Masse-Pelletier's commitment to UMass.
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Local 10's sports team is split on the outcome of the UMass-FIU game.
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Sports Illustrated lays off half its staff as the bloodbath in the print media continues.
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Mike Traini of "Fight Massachusetts" previews the UMass-FIU game and thinks the Minutemen will beat the spread.
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The Amherst Wire has a video story on UMass traveling to a familiar territory.
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The Miami Herald has what's at stake with Saturday's Panthers-Minutemen game.
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UnderDog Dynasty previews the UMass-FIU game and predicts a 35-13 Panthers victory.
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The Daily Progress reports on Mathieu Masse-Pelletier's commitment to UMass.
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Local 10's sports team is split on the outcome of the UMass-FIU game.
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Sports Illustrated lays off half its staff as the bloodbath in the print media continues.
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Thursday, October 03, 2019
UMass Football News--October 3rd, 2019
Josh Walfish has a post on the progress of James Bowe, Jr at safety and Claudin Cherrelus at linebacker.
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Mike Traini of "Fight Massachusetts" has a report and interview with 2020 LB recruit Mathieu Masse-Pelletier.
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The Berkshire Eagle has a story on Mike Curtis' rise to the #1 QB.
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Last year against FIU the Minutemen ran for 34 times for 199 yards, which was the fourth-most rushing yards the Panthers gave up in 2018. However, FIU ran for 53-329, which was a season high for the Panthers. For the second straight year, FIU scored 63 points on the Minutemen.
This Saturday it would be a goal of the Minutemen defense to contain the Panthers rushing attack and stop those long breakaway runs that killed UMass last year. At least slow the Panthers rushing game down.
Some ball-control offense would also help keep the score manageable.
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Hustle Belt has five things learned from the UMass-Akron game.
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After nearly three years of working without a contract, Randy Edsell signs his UConn contract.
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Mike Traini of "Fight Massachusetts" has a report and interview with 2020 LB recruit Mathieu Masse-Pelletier.
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The Berkshire Eagle has a story on Mike Curtis' rise to the #1 QB.
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Last year against FIU the Minutemen ran for 34 times for 199 yards, which was the fourth-most rushing yards the Panthers gave up in 2018. However, FIU ran for 53-329, which was a season high for the Panthers. For the second straight year, FIU scored 63 points on the Minutemen.
This Saturday it would be a goal of the Minutemen defense to contain the Panthers rushing attack and stop those long breakaway runs that killed UMass last year. At least slow the Panthers rushing game down.
Some ball-control offense would also help keep the score manageable.
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Hustle Belt has five things learned from the UMass-Akron game.
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After nearly three years of working without a contract, Randy Edsell signs his UConn contract.
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Wednesday, October 02, 2019
UMass Football News--October 2nd, 2019
Josh Walfish reports via Twitter that Mike Curtis is listed as the starting QB against FIU, Randall West is #2 and Mike Fallon is #3. Andrew Brito is still out with a concussion. Fallon's 34 yard completion is the second longest pass this season. Fallon looked pretty loose when warming up to replace Curtis. He was laughing and joking with his receivers.
Josh also has a report on how Coach Bell and the rest of the staff have changed practice to cope with injuries and a short roster.
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UMass has their game notes for FIU up.
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Sports Chat place previews the game and has FIU winning, but not covering the spread.
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The UMass Daily Collegian reports the Minutemen receiving corps are playing the game together.
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BYU QB Zack Wilson has surgery, but he might me back for the UMass game.
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Six foot five Liberty WR Antonio Gandy-Golden is setting records for the Liberty Flames. He was all over the UMass secondary last year. Gandy-Golden had 9 receptions for 205 yards and 2 TD's
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Tuesday, October 01, 2019
UMass Football News--October 1st, 2019
The UMass Daily Collegian reports the Minutemen and Coach Bell earn their first win of the season.
The Collegian says the UMass defense came through.
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Isaiah Rogers was selected to the weekly Paul Hornung Award Honor Roll for his play against Akron.
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Keepers College Football rankings has FIU by 32.39 over the Minutemen. Remember the Panthers scored 62 points against us in both 2017 and 2018.
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FIU has something bigger than a bowl game to play for. They don't want "The old FIU" back.
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The UConn QB carousel just got more complicated.
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BYU also will start a backup QB in the Cougars next game.
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The Collegian says the UMass defense came through.
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Isaiah Rogers was selected to the weekly Paul Hornung Award Honor Roll for his play against Akron.
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Keepers College Football rankings has FIU by 32.39 over the Minutemen. Remember the Panthers scored 62 points against us in both 2017 and 2018.
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FIU has something bigger than a bowl game to play for. They don't want "The old FIU" back.
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The UConn QB carousel just got more complicated.
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BYU also will start a backup QB in the Cougars next game.
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