Recruiting 2010-- Igor Garcia

Special thanks to a sharp-eyed reader who pointed me to this notice that 6-1 187 pd kicker Igor Garcia will join UMass football this fall.

Garcia is a Rivals two-star player.

YouTube highlights here.

Garcia was recruited by Michigan.

Thursday News---August 5th, 2010

Former UMass RB coach (1998-03) Mike Cassano has rejoined Mark Whipple at the U. Cassano is also mentioned here.

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Maryland DC Don Brown and UMass get several mentions in this article about Maryland playing the Navy option.

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Andrew Gaddess of The Sports Network says the Northeast Conference is inspired by the coming of playoff eligibility.

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FCS/I-A football gains another FBS QB transfer as former LSU signal caller Chris Garrett transfers to Northwestern State.

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The CAA Blogger starts his coverage of summer training camps for the league teams.

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The UMass Online Store has a number of new UMass Football items. I'm picking up a couple of those "UMass Football" decals.

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Today is thirty days until football opens (1 month!). Wearing #30 for UMass is Igor Garcia, a 6-1 180 pd FR K from Medford, MA. Garcia is a 2010 recruit.

Friday News---August 21st, 2010

Matty Vautour on the kicking/punting competition between Caleb Violette, Brendon Levengood and Igor Garcia.

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Victor Cruz is still getting tons of ink.

Victor is an instant success.

Cruz overcame difficulties.

He's moving up the Giants depth chart.

Cruz is pushing for the #4 or #5 receiver slot.

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More on the new player banners at McGuirk. Pretty good choices for the players in the Blog's opinion. Who would you have added?

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UMass fans have been fortunate with their radio broadcast teams. The UMass football broadcasts have won multiple awards for quality. Now Rene Ingoglia has been chosen to do an ESPN game.

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The Sporting News previews the CAA and picks UMass ninth.

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Former Holy Cross QB Dominic Randolph joins Victor Cruz with the NY Giants.

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The Washington Examiner has a list of new schools playing football.

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Revised Summer Roster up

UMass has a revised 2010 roster up. It includes some additions to the roster and the 2010 recruits have been assigned numbers.

The revisions are probably not complete. Coach Morris mentioned JUCO QB Ian Shultis at the Friends of Football meeting Monday night. He also stated UMass will have FBS/I-A transfers from Temple and Syracuse and those do not yet appear on the roster. He also mentioned UMass might add further players later in the summer.

The one every one will be interested in is #3 Ian Shultis, 6-2 200 pd SO QB from Moorpark JUCO in CA.

His Scout.com page here. He broke Moorepark records in his freshman year. His 2009 YouTube highlights are here.

In HS, Schultis drew recruiting interest from Boston College, Harvard, Holy Cross, San Diego State, TCU, U Cal Davis and Utah.
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Also new on the roster is Raymond Pendagast, a 6-5 195 pd FR QB from Bridgeport CT. I've blogged about Pendagast twice before.

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Wearing #30 will be Igor Garcia, a 6-1 180 pd FR K from Medford, MA. I've previously blogged about him.

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Wearing #32 is Ryan Collins, a 6-0 180 pd FR DB from Walpole, MA.

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Travis Poston, a 6-6 330 pd RS SO OL from Amber PA , actually transferred from Villanova last year and had to sit out 2009 because he was a laterial transfer. I have four previous blog posts about Poston.

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Wearing #98 is Daniel Maynes, a 6-2 265 pd FR DL from Waltham, MA. I've blogged about Maynes before.