Joining the Minutemen in 2011 will be John McGrath, a 6-3 255 pd TE from Hamden CT/ Kent School.
Had 16-270 16.8 AVE 2 TD's at Kent as well as 24 tackles and 8 sacks on defense.Two year captain and four year starter in lacrosse at Hamden.
Welcome to the Minutemen John!
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Thursday, February 10, 2011
Friday, August 12, 2011
Friday--August 12, 2011
As I mentioned yesterday the 2011 roster is up.
Deletions from the Spring roster
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Watched Chris Koepplin kick off for the Pats last night. He hit one out of bounds, but boomed the remainder of his kicks deep into the endzone.
ProJo.com mentions Koepplin in their writeup of the game. Gostkowski looked good on his field goals, so Koepplin has to hope his film impresses some other team, or the Pats sign him to their practice roster as insurance.
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Matty V. has an article on Emil Igwenagu's frustrating 2010 season. With UMass' receiving corps depleted this year, hopefully they will throw to Igwenagu and Rob Blanchflower early and often.
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Things went bad for 2012's OOC opponent Indiana Coach Kevin Wilson during a radio interview.
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USA Today has an article on Delaware's Andrew Pierce including an image of him running at the UMass defense.
Deletions from the Spring roster
- Derik Beck (2011 recruit)
- Cedric Gonnet RS JR
- Jesse Hunt RS FR
- John McGrath FR (2011 recruit)
- Bill Nesselt RS So
- Jacob Scott no information
- Frank Barile OL
- Jarvis Bentley WR (2011 recruit)
- Jordan Broadnax RB (2011 recruit)
- Chris Burns HB (transfer from Pitt)
- Ryan Campbell DB (transfer from Mississippi)
- Jamie Casselberry OL (2011 recruit)
- Chase Danska WR (JUCO)
- Kevin Donahue LB
- Brian Dowling RB (2011 recruit)
- Dan Foesel TE (2011 Recruit)
- Iric Harris DB (2011 recruit)
- Andre Hill WR (JUCO)
- Greg Hilliard LB (2011 recruit)
- Brandon Howard TE (2011 recruit)
- Randall Jette DB (2011 recruit)
- T.J. Keefer WR
- James Lizotte WR (transfer Holy Cross)
- Elgin Long WR
- Marken Michel WR (2011 recruit)
- Addy Moas OL (2011 recruit)
- Kyle Morgan DL (2011 recruit)
- Manoel Nascimento RB
- Andrew Ortiz PK (2011 recruit)
- Kellen Pagel QB (transfer Bowling Green)
- Benjamin Patrick RB
- Ryan Phillips LB
- Matthew Quinn QB
- Sebastian Russell LB
- Quayshun Smith DB (2011 recruit)
- Malcom Speller OL (transfer from Bowie State)
- John Wallace OL (2011 recruit)
- Cody Watts DB
- Carlito Weaver LB
- Mike Wegzyn QB (2011 recruit)
- Jamal Wilson RB (2011 recruit)
- Brandon Yelovich (transfer from Rice)
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Watched Chris Koepplin kick off for the Pats last night. He hit one out of bounds, but boomed the remainder of his kicks deep into the endzone.
ProJo.com mentions Koepplin in their writeup of the game. Gostkowski looked good on his field goals, so Koepplin has to hope his film impresses some other team, or the Pats sign him to their practice roster as insurance.
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Matty V. has an article on Emil Igwenagu's frustrating 2010 season. With UMass' receiving corps depleted this year, hopefully they will throw to Igwenagu and Rob Blanchflower early and often.
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Things went bad for 2012's OOC opponent Indiana Coach Kevin Wilson during a radio interview.
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USA Today has an article on Delaware's Andrew Pierce including an image of him running at the UMass defense.
Monday, May 07, 2012
Monday--May 7, 2012
I was looking at potential reinforcements for this coming season. The UMass Spring roster has eleven redshirt freshmen. The list is offense-heavy.
Offense:
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ESPN Boston has an aticle from Mass High School Football Coaches Annual Combine. The story has information about a number of recruits UMass has either offered or is interested in.
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OT, but Coach Cal has his own website (natch!), and he has an article where he talks about his "any team, any time" approach when he was at UMass.
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We had a comment with information about the players UMass has offered to at the Hun School, but Blogger has apparently vaporized it. If whoever wrote it will try again, I will try a second time to post the comment.
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Offense:
- Jamie Casselbery OL
- Dan Foesel TE
- Brandon Howard TE
- T.J Keefer WR
- Elgin Long WR
- John McGrath TE
- John Wallace OL
- Mike Wegzyn QB
- Jamal Wilson RB
- Iric Harris DB
- Trey Seals DL
- Randal Jette DB
- Jerome Lewis TE
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ESPN Boston has an aticle from Mass High School Football Coaches Annual Combine. The story has information about a number of recruits UMass has either offered or is interested in.
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OT, but Coach Cal has his own website (natch!), and he has an article where he talks about his "any team, any time" approach when he was at UMass.
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We had a comment with information about the players UMass has offered to at the Hun School, but Blogger has apparently vaporized it. If whoever wrote it will try again, I will try a second time to post the comment.
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Monday, December 19, 2011
Monday December 19, 2011
There is a dearth of football news on the wires this morning, so let's look at recruiting.
In February of 2011, UMass announced 24 recruits. Four of the 24 Derek Beck, John McGrath, Jamal Wilson and Ryan Campbell, ultimately did not appear on the 2011 roster.
Five of the surviving rectuits were defensive players: Iric Harris DB, Randell Jette DB, Quayshun Smith DB, Greg Hilliard LB, and Kyle Morgan DL.
There were fourteen offensive players and a kicker.
Right now ESPN reports we have three commits all on offense.
ESPN gives Jones and Doyle two stars. Mills is NR. I realize the recruiting services ratings can be bogus, but they can give some insight in a macro sense.
ESPN lists the following totals for the MAC East
Ohio (11-4) commits: 11 players, one three star, 6 two star
Temple (10-4) commits: 30 players, 4 three star, 13 two stars, 2 one stars
Kent State (5-7) commits: 16 players, 4 three star, 7 two stars, 1 one star
Bowling Green (5-7) commits: 15 players, 6 three stars, 3 two stars, 1 one star
Miami of Ohio (4-8) commits: 16 players, 3 three stars, 9 two stars.
Buffalo (3-9) commits: 13 players, 2 three stars, 10 two stars, 1 one star
Akron (1-11 and currently no HC) commits: 6 players, 1 three star, 1 two star.
Coach Molnar has some work to do. Eventually, UMass is going to need some defensive players.
In February of 2011, UMass announced 24 recruits. Four of the 24 Derek Beck, John McGrath, Jamal Wilson and Ryan Campbell, ultimately did not appear on the 2011 roster.
Five of the surviving rectuits were defensive players: Iric Harris DB, Randell Jette DB, Quayshun Smith DB, Greg Hilliard LB, and Kyle Morgan DL.
There were fourteen offensive players and a kicker.
Right now ESPN reports we have three commits all on offense.
ESPN gives Jones and Doyle two stars. Mills is NR. I realize the recruiting services ratings can be bogus, but they can give some insight in a macro sense.
ESPN lists the following totals for the MAC East
Ohio (11-4) commits: 11 players, one three star, 6 two star
Temple (10-4) commits: 30 players, 4 three star, 13 two stars, 2 one stars
Kent State (5-7) commits: 16 players, 4 three star, 7 two stars, 1 one star
Bowling Green (5-7) commits: 15 players, 6 three stars, 3 two stars, 1 one star
Miami of Ohio (4-8) commits: 16 players, 3 three stars, 9 two stars.
Buffalo (3-9) commits: 13 players, 2 three stars, 10 two stars, 1 one star
Akron (1-11 and currently no HC) commits: 6 players, 1 three star, 1 two star.
Coach Molnar has some work to do. Eventually, UMass is going to need some defensive players.
Monday, March 26, 2012
Monday-March 26th, 2012
Yesterday, we talked about graduation losses for the UMass offense. Today we look at who's returning.
UMass returns two of the three QB's who saw playing time last year
Our opening OOC opponent UConn has five BCS transfers this spring.
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UMass' great run the the NIT continues tomorrow. The A10 took a hit when Temple left. The league needs to reststock and VCU, George Mason and Butler are in discussions to join the league.
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UMass returns two of the three QB's who saw playing time last year
- Kellen Pagel 8-7 GP-GS 116.0 EFF 153-267-9 57.3 % 1725 yards 9 TD 55 LONG 215 ave/g
- Brandon Hill 5-3 GP-GS 122.8 EFF 49-84-3 58.3% 598 yards 3 TD 58 LONG 119.6 yards/game
- Matthew Quinn RS SO
- Ian Schultis SR
- Mike Wegzyn RS FR
- Jarvis Bentley RS FR
- Shawn Campbell RS SO
- Julian Colarusso RS SR
- Chase Danska SO 1-6 6.0 AVE
- Andre Hill SR
- T.J. Keefer RS FR
- Elgin Long RS FR
- Marken Michel WR SO 3-31 10.3 AVE 1 TD
- Bob Blanchflower RS JR 18-208 11.6 AVE 1 TD 28 LONG
- Dan Foesel RS FR
- Brandon Howard RS FR
- Jerome Lewis RS SO (transfer Virginia Tech)
- John McGrath RS FR
- Jordan Broadnax SO 35-133 3.3 AVE 18 LONG
- Chris Burns RS SR
- Brian Dowling SO
- Jamar Smith RS JR 10-17 1.4 AVE 7 LONG
- Jamal Wilson RS FR
Our opening OOC opponent UConn has five BCS transfers this spring.
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UMass' great run the the NIT continues tomorrow. The A10 took a hit when Temple left. The league needs to reststock and VCU, George Mason and Butler are in discussions to join the league.
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Tuesday, August 07, 2012
Tuesday--August 7th, 2012
UPDATE: The UMass website has a story and video from the Minutemen's fourth day of practice.
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Matty V. has a story that says Kellen Pagel is still out with an undisclosed injury.
Matty also lists five players from the Spring Roster that are no longer with the team:
The same article stated true freshmen Tajae Sharp and Dalvin Battle have impressed in camp so far. Both are wide receivers.
Battle was a 5-11 175-pound RB from Fort Meyers, FL.
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Harry Plumer of MassLive looks at the changes in the UMass defense.
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Speaking of quarterbacks, the MAC blog "Hustle Belt" looks at the league's QB's for 2012.
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CBS Sports says Victor Cruz is loving life.
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Jets lineman Matt Slauson says Vlad Ducasse deserves a shot.
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A Bleacher Report writer looks at Travis Tripucka's battle to win a spot on the Rams roster.
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Keepers College Football ratings has UMass 5th in the MAC East.
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UConn will have two reinforcements in their receiving corps.
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Indiana's coach doesn't want the Hoosiers' QB's wearing dresses.
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The Vanderbilt Blog "Anchor of Gold" thinks anything less than a bowl bid will be a disappointment for the Commodores .
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Baseball fans: drunk or idots?
I watched a number of fan interference calls at the Red Sox game last night. What really blows my mind is watching fans beg for the ball while it is in play...
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Matty V. has a story that says Kellen Pagel is still out with an undisclosed injury.
Matty also lists five players from the Spring Roster that are no longer with the team:
- Chase Danska WR
- Andre Hill WR
- Anddy Moas OL
- Jerome Lewis TE
- John McGrath TE
The same article stated true freshmen Tajae Sharp and Dalvin Battle have impressed in camp so far. Both are wide receivers.
Battle was a 5-11 175-pound RB from Fort Meyers, FL.
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Harry Plumer of MassLive looks at the changes in the UMass defense.
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Speaking of quarterbacks, the MAC blog "Hustle Belt" looks at the league's QB's for 2012.
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CBS Sports says Victor Cruz is loving life.
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Jets lineman Matt Slauson says Vlad Ducasse deserves a shot.
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A Bleacher Report writer looks at Travis Tripucka's battle to win a spot on the Rams roster.
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Keepers College Football ratings has UMass 5th in the MAC East.
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UConn will have two reinforcements in their receiving corps.
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Indiana's coach doesn't want the Hoosiers' QB's wearing dresses.
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The Vanderbilt Blog "Anchor of Gold" thinks anything less than a bowl bid will be a disappointment for the Commodores .
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Baseball fans: drunk or idots?
I watched a number of fan interference calls at the Red Sox game last night. What really blows my mind is watching fans beg for the ball while it is in play...
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