UMass is recruiting Josh Jackson a 6-2 260 pd DE from Gainsville GA.
His Scout.com page is here .
He was class AAA All-Georgia first team.
Jackson holds offers from Ol Miss and North Carolina State.
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Friday, January 02, 2009
Recruiting 2009--Josh Jackson
UMass is recruiting Josh Jackson a 6-2 260 pd DE from Gainsville GA.
His Scout.com page is here .
He was class AAA All-Georgia first team.
Jackson holds offers from Ol Miss and North Carolina State.
Saturday, January 24, 2009
Saturday News 01/24/09
The Boston Globe says Whipple is Miami's choice for OC.
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Sean O'Neal, a 6-4 230 pd DE from Ordell, NJ picked James Madison over UMass yesterday.
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Matt Goldstein, color commentator for the UMass Football broadcast team is among nine Arizonans suing a pain pump company.
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Josh Jackson, a 6-3 260 pd DE from Gainsville GA will take a recruiting visit to UMass on 01/30/09.
I've blogged about him before.
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Yesterday I asked if UMass ever had twins on the football team. A very knowledgeable UMass fan reminded me of Bryan and Brandon Smith. Bryan ended up only playing for UMass one year (2004), while Brandon lettered for UMass four years 2003,2004,2005 and 2006.
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Sean O'Neal, a 6-4 230 pd DE from Ordell, NJ picked James Madison over UMass yesterday.
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Matt Goldstein, color commentator for the UMass Football broadcast team is among nine Arizonans suing a pain pump company.
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Josh Jackson, a 6-3 260 pd DE from Gainsville GA will take a recruiting visit to UMass on 01/30/09.
I've blogged about him before.
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Yesterday I asked if UMass ever had twins on the football team. A very knowledgeable UMass fan reminded me of Bryan and Brandon Smith. Bryan ended up only playing for UMass one year (2004), while Brandon lettered for UMass four years 2003,2004,2005 and 2006.
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Wednesday, December 19, 2018
UMass Football News--December 19th, 2018
The Manganaro Family donates $500k for McGuirk improvements. The funds will be applied to a new high-definition video board. I watched Paul Manganaro play back in the day. He lettered in 1982, 83, 85 and was captain in 1986. Manganaro was All-Yankee Conference in 1985. With the new bubble practice facility coming, things are lookin' up at McGuirk.
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Andy Isabella adds his ninth post season award as he is named First Team All-America by Phil Steele.
Nine Minutemen made Steele's All-Independent team for 2018. Andrew Ford, Marquis Young, Jake Largay, Bryton Barr and Isiah Rogers made the first team. Sadiq Palmer, Ray Thomas-Ishman, Joe Previte and Lee Moses made the 2nd team. Marquis Young made the second team as kick returner.
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UMass adds former San Diego (FCS) coach Jim Jackson as OL coach. Jackson's San Diego bio.
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Josh Walfish report Coach Bell has a plan for recruiting.
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The Bangor Daily News reports Maine's Joe Harasymiak is the CAA's lowest paid coach, but he's in line for more lucrative offers.
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Wednesday, June 27, 2007
2007 Spring Roster part II
As per yesterday's post the revised Spring Roster has the 2007 recruits.
- Octavious Hawkins QB wearing #14
- Justin Halas LB wearing #23
- Emil Igwenagu LB/TB wearing #28
- Sloan Russett FB wearing #33
- Ryan Moreshead LB wearing #37
- Josh Samuda OL wearing #50
- Tim Nolan OL wearing #62
- Brian Ostaszewki OL wearing #67
- Justin Sawicki OL wearing #73
- Julian Talley WR wearing #88
- Courtney Jackson DE wearing #91
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Wednesday News---August 11th, 2010
Matty Vautour has more news from training camp including eight Minutemen who joined the 400+ pounds bench press club.
Vincent Westcarr put up 430 pounds to win the contest. Galen Clemons, Courtney Jackson, Stephane Milhelm, Josh Samuda, Brian Ostaszewski, Brendan Potvin and Brandon Flanagan also lifted 400 pounds or more.
Video of the bench press session here.
Jamar Smith is now wearing UMass' tradition heavy #5 jersey.
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The CAA Blogger has the latest links to CAA training camp stories.
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William & Mary supplies a little early bulletin board material. They consider their schedule bottom heavy.
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A pretty good human interest story about Jimmie Costello, a PA running back that was planning to play for UMass.
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WWLP22 has a story about Vladimir Ducasse.
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UNH faces a bumpy road to the playoffs.
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The Sports Networks' Craig Haley take a look at the 2010 Ivy League.
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The History of UConn----the FCS Years (with lots of UMass references).
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Today is twenty four days until William & Mary. Wearing #24 for UMass this year is Mike Delaney, a 6-3 220 pd FR RB from Foxborough, MA. Mike is a 2010 recruit.
Vincent Westcarr put up 430 pounds to win the contest. Galen Clemons, Courtney Jackson, Stephane Milhelm, Josh Samuda, Brian Ostaszewski, Brendan Potvin and Brandon Flanagan also lifted 400 pounds or more.
Video of the bench press session here.
Jamar Smith is now wearing UMass' tradition heavy #5 jersey.
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The CAA Blogger has the latest links to CAA training camp stories.
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William & Mary supplies a little early bulletin board material. They consider their schedule bottom heavy.
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A pretty good human interest story about Jimmie Costello, a PA running back that was planning to play for UMass.
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WWLP22 has a story about Vladimir Ducasse.
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UNH faces a bumpy road to the playoffs.
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The Sports Networks' Craig Haley take a look at the 2010 Ivy League.
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The History of UConn----the FCS Years (with lots of UMass references).
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Today is twenty four days until William & Mary. Wearing #24 for UMass this year is Mike Delaney, a 6-3 220 pd FR RB from Foxborough, MA. Mike is a 2010 recruit.
Saturday, November 19, 2011
Game Day--JMU November 19, 2011
Matty V. reports UMass plays its season finale today.
Matty also has UMass' Top-10 A10/CAA games.
SBNation has UMass hosts the Dukes on Senior Day.
Jeff Thomas has the Minutemen wrap up the season and FCS today.
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The Gazette looks at the possible impact of the Minutemen's move to Gillette on local businesses. The proposed renovations to McGuirk could allow it's use for more high school game as well a college lacrosse and other sports.
Again this is one of the is the glass half full or half empty questions. There is the potential for UMass to play FBS games on campus in the future. Surely, those will be better attended and generate more business than the current situation. Also, if UMass should have to drop to the Northeast Conference like URI, business would be bad. The NEC was last in the FCS nation in football attendance. Playing Sacred Heart in front of 1,200 fans won't sell many hotel rooms.
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The UMass women's BB team gets to play a MAC team. Men's basketball will play two MAC games a year as part of the Minutemen's MAC football deal.
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The CAA has details of all of today's league games on their Game Day Page.
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The following is a cut-and-past from Matty Vautour's article:
UMass will honor its graduating players as part of senior day prior to the game. Gary Correia (Matty missed that one),James Gilchrist, Tom Gilson, Jonathan Hernandez, Tyler Holmes, Emil Igwenagu, Courtney Jackson, Jesse Julmiste, Manny Nascimento (listed as a sophomore), Sean O'Connor (listed as a junior), Brian Ostaszewski, Dominique Price, Julian Talley, Travis Tripucka, Josh Samuda, Shane Viveiros, and Brandon Yelovich will all play in their final collegiate game.
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The weather in Amherst is supposed to be fine: high in middle 50's and mostly sunny. Let's all turn out for Senior Day and support the team.
Beat the Dukes and leave FCS with a good feeling! Go UMass !!!!!
Matty also has UMass' Top-10 A10/CAA games.
SBNation has UMass hosts the Dukes on Senior Day.
Jeff Thomas has the Minutemen wrap up the season and FCS today.
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The Gazette looks at the possible impact of the Minutemen's move to Gillette on local businesses. The proposed renovations to McGuirk could allow it's use for more high school game as well a college lacrosse and other sports.
Again this is one of the is the glass half full or half empty questions. There is the potential for UMass to play FBS games on campus in the future. Surely, those will be better attended and generate more business than the current situation. Also, if UMass should have to drop to the Northeast Conference like URI, business would be bad. The NEC was last in the FCS nation in football attendance. Playing Sacred Heart in front of 1,200 fans won't sell many hotel rooms.
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The UMass women's BB team gets to play a MAC team. Men's basketball will play two MAC games a year as part of the Minutemen's MAC football deal.
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The CAA has details of all of today's league games on their Game Day Page.
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The following is a cut-and-past from Matty Vautour's article:
UMass will honor its graduating players as part of senior day prior to the game. Gary Correia (Matty missed that one),James Gilchrist, Tom Gilson, Jonathan Hernandez, Tyler Holmes, Emil Igwenagu, Courtney Jackson, Jesse Julmiste, Manny Nascimento (listed as a sophomore), Sean O'Connor (listed as a junior), Brian Ostaszewski, Dominique Price, Julian Talley, Travis Tripucka, Josh Samuda, Shane Viveiros, and Brandon Yelovich will all play in their final collegiate game.
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The weather in Amherst is supposed to be fine: high in middle 50's and mostly sunny. Let's all turn out for Senior Day and support the team.
Beat the Dukes and leave FCS with a good feeling! Go UMass !!!!!
Friday, December 20, 2019
UMass Football News--December 20th, 2019
A couple of quotes from Coach Bell on the recruiting.
"What a day! Thanks to everyone that helped us throughout the recruiting process on our campus, on the road, and in every town in which we recruit. More surprises to come! Let’s go! Recruit, develop, coach."
Bold my emphasis. I think there is more positive recruiting coming in this class.
Coach Bell to Josh Walfish on his Twitter feed.
"Listening back to Bell from earlier and this quote stuck out about keeping commits loyal to UMass: "For us the whole thing was understand what you see on tape and what you see on Saturday isn't why you're coming, you're coming to ensure it doesn't ever look like that ever again."
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If you missed it Marken Michel is back on the Phildelphia Eagles practice squad. Fan Sided has three reasons to promote Michel from the practice squad.
Jackson Porter signed with the Indianapolis Colts practice squad in late November.
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Nearly 20 UConn players have entered the transfer portal.
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"What a day! Thanks to everyone that helped us throughout the recruiting process on our campus, on the road, and in every town in which we recruit. More surprises to come! Let’s go! Recruit, develop, coach."
Bold my emphasis. I think there is more positive recruiting coming in this class.
Coach Bell to Josh Walfish on his Twitter feed.
"Listening back to Bell from earlier and this quote stuck out about keeping commits loyal to UMass: "For us the whole thing was understand what you see on tape and what you see on Saturday isn't why you're coming, you're coming to ensure it doesn't ever look like that ever again."
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If you missed it Marken Michel is back on the Phildelphia Eagles practice squad. Fan Sided has three reasons to promote Michel from the practice squad.
Jackson Porter signed with the Indianapolis Colts practice squad in late November.
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Nearly 20 UConn players have entered the transfer portal.
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Thursday, March 19, 2020
UMass Football News--March 19th, 2020
Yesterday I linked to Josh Walfish's article on the possible fallout of the cancellation of Spring football for the rebuilding UMass program.
Some of the difficulty is/was the state of the UMass roster. It's sobering to view the 247Sports scholarship distribution page for the Minutemen. UMass has 1 (count 'em 1) scholarship senior and 9 juniors on the Spring roster.
Last year the fans hated the UMass hurry-up (because it wasn't working). A run-based grind it out offense would have been better, but the Minutemen only had one recruited RB on the roster. Bilal Ally won UMass' only victory with nine straight carries in the fourth quarter against Akron.
Ally left the Minutemen via the transfer portal. This, I don't understand. He was the feature back last year and surely would have been the feature back again this year.
Probably the biggest glich in the 2019 offense was QB. We did not have one. Randall West gave UMass fans 20 minutes of ecstasy against Rutgers then got flushed out of the pocket and came up limping and had to leave the game. I thought he never looked the same.
Bad QB play screws up the whole offense. We did recruit JUCO pro-style QB Kyle Lindquist. He's probably the starter unless he arrives injured. UMass also added three-star true freshman Will Koch.
The running back situation in Amherst is still not good.The Minutemen added three-star RB Earl Merriweather, who will likely be the feature back. UMass also added three-star Jared Cole. The problem is depth. Two recruited RB's is not deep even for Group-of-five teams. Temple, for example, has four three-stars.
Offensive line was another problem last year. When I visited a practice UMass had about seven or eight OL on the field. They struggled keep five healthy offensive lineman. The current roster has zero senior linemen and only one junior (!). The staff has done a good job in recruiting and things should improve. I would speculate a OL of Dalton Tomlison and Larnel Coleman at OT, Max Sullivan and Xavier Graham at guard; Jaylen Larry at center.
Another problem is TE. The Minutemen recruited Jacob Orlando and Jackson Manning. UMass did not have a pass catching TE on the roster last year.
What does all this add up to? However we slice it, the UMass offense will be really young and not have a lot of experience playing together. Pro-style offenses usually feature a stud WR like Andy Isabella. Wide receiver is probably the deepest position of the squad and the coaches will want use them.
The spread offense probably best fits the available players. There are a number of "power" spread offense schemes to utilize the running game. UMass could ditch the no-huddle-hurry-up, which would please the fans. The main goals for 2020 could be:
Some of the difficulty is/was the state of the UMass roster. It's sobering to view the 247Sports scholarship distribution page for the Minutemen. UMass has 1 (count 'em 1) scholarship senior and 9 juniors on the Spring roster.
Last year the fans hated the UMass hurry-up (because it wasn't working). A run-based grind it out offense would have been better, but the Minutemen only had one recruited RB on the roster. Bilal Ally won UMass' only victory with nine straight carries in the fourth quarter against Akron.
Ally left the Minutemen via the transfer portal. This, I don't understand. He was the feature back last year and surely would have been the feature back again this year.
Probably the biggest glich in the 2019 offense was QB. We did not have one. Randall West gave UMass fans 20 minutes of ecstasy against Rutgers then got flushed out of the pocket and came up limping and had to leave the game. I thought he never looked the same.
Bad QB play screws up the whole offense. We did recruit JUCO pro-style QB Kyle Lindquist. He's probably the starter unless he arrives injured. UMass also added three-star true freshman Will Koch.
The running back situation in Amherst is still not good.The Minutemen added three-star RB Earl Merriweather, who will likely be the feature back. UMass also added three-star Jared Cole. The problem is depth. Two recruited RB's is not deep even for Group-of-five teams. Temple, for example, has four three-stars.
Offensive line was another problem last year. When I visited a practice UMass had about seven or eight OL on the field. They struggled keep five healthy offensive lineman. The current roster has zero senior linemen and only one junior (!). The staff has done a good job in recruiting and things should improve. I would speculate a OL of Dalton Tomlison and Larnel Coleman at OT, Max Sullivan and Xavier Graham at guard; Jaylen Larry at center.
Another problem is TE. The Minutemen recruited Jacob Orlando and Jackson Manning. UMass did not have a pass catching TE on the roster last year.
What does all this add up to? However we slice it, the UMass offense will be really young and not have a lot of experience playing together. Pro-style offenses usually feature a stud WR like Andy Isabella. Wide receiver is probably the deepest position of the squad and the coaches will want use them.
The spread offense probably best fits the available players. There are a number of "power" spread offense schemes to utilize the running game. UMass could ditch the no-huddle-hurry-up, which would please the fans. The main goals for 2020 could be:
- A QB who is not an offensive liability
- Better run blocking and a more effective run game.
- A lot more production from the WR's.
Thursday, October 15, 2020
UMass Football News--October 15th, 2020
Mike Moran of the Gazette reports Coach Bell "excited" about what the Minutemen offense could bring in the first game of the season.
UPDATE: UMass has their Georgia Southern game notes up.
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In the recent depth chart for the Georgia Southern game, there are nine freshmen or redshirt freshmen on the offense two-deep.
Will Koch QB 6-3 201
Jared Cole RB 5-9 190
Onuma Dieke WR 6-5 195
Zamar Wise WR 6-2 188
Jackson Manning TE 6-5 235
Johnny Hassard LT 6-5 285
Joe Horn C 6-1 325
Max Longman RG 6-4 326
Xavier Graham RG 6-2 330
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Fourteen (!?) redshirt or true freshmen on the defensive two-deep.
Aaron Beckwith DE 6-4 285
Josh Atwood NT 6-3 360
Cletus Mathurin DT 6-1 305
Hugo Klages DE 6-3 285
Viczaril Alobwede Buck (DE/LB) 6-4 240
Nahji Logan LB 6-4 228
Abdoul Krone LB 6-3 218
Miles Turner MLB 6-1 235
Gerrell Johnson WLB 6-3 225
Tristan Armstrong CB 5-11 183
Te'Rai Powell S 6-0 190
Osei Dixon S 6-2 192
Cody Jones DB 6-0 188
Cody Jones CB 6-0 188
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Four freshmen or redshirt freshen on the special teams two-deep.
Cameron Carson K 6-0 150
Garrett Dzuro H 5-11 200
Te'Rai Powell KR 6-0 190
Zamar Wise PR 6-2 188
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Saturday, December 15, 2007
This year's redshirts
While watching Appalachian State pull the legs off Delaware last night, I spent some time looking at the UMass roster.
If I didn't miss anyone, and I'm sure someone will point it out if I did , it looks like UMass had 15 red-shirts in 2007.
- Scott Wallace QB
- Octavious Hawking QB
- Shane Viveiros DB
- Emil Igwenagu LB/RB
- Jonathan Hernandez RB
- Josh Samuda C
- Johnny Evans LB
- Tim Nolan OL
- Michael Binkoski OL
- Brian Ostaszewki OL
- Justin Sawicki OL
- Tom Gilson WR
- Julian Talley WR
- Courtney Jackson DE
- Jonathan Emond WR
Barring any academic problems or players leaving the team, I looks like we are do not have heavy needs at OL and QB.
During later posts, we will look at what we do need in recruits this year.
Friday, August 08, 2014
Friday--August 8th, 2014
Dan Malone reports D'Metrius Williams has been dismissed from the team. Williams' UMass bio.
The article says RSFR 6-1 190 Jackson Porter will be moved to CB and Trey Dudley-Giles to Safety. Other safeties listed on the Spring two-deep were Ed St-Vil (who decided not to play his fifth year) and Jaurice Jones.
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A year removed from a season-ending knee injury, Jordan Broadnax looks to return to football. Braodnax's UMass bio.
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Dan also has notes from the latest practice. The article says incoming FR Josh Smiley 6-6 235 DL is academically ineligible for 2014.
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Matty Vautour says Marken Michel JR 5-10 185 is happy to be back at UMass and playing football.
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Matty interviews John McCutcheon who says UMass should be able to cope with NCAA changes.
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NESN reports a new-look Boston College squad looks to keep last year's success rolling.
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The Associated Press previews the 2014 MAC.
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Steelers Depot reports Rob Blanchflower is still struggling with a high ankle sprain at the Steelers Camp.
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Julian Talley got a lot of work at the Giants camp yesterday.
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Victor Cruz mentors undrafted wide receivers.
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The article says RSFR 6-1 190 Jackson Porter will be moved to CB and Trey Dudley-Giles to Safety. Other safeties listed on the Spring two-deep were Ed St-Vil (who decided not to play his fifth year) and Jaurice Jones.
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A year removed from a season-ending knee injury, Jordan Broadnax looks to return to football. Braodnax's UMass bio.
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Dan also has notes from the latest practice. The article says incoming FR Josh Smiley 6-6 235 DL is academically ineligible for 2014.
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Matty Vautour says Marken Michel JR 5-10 185 is happy to be back at UMass and playing football.
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Matty interviews John McCutcheon who says UMass should be able to cope with NCAA changes.
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NESN reports a new-look Boston College squad looks to keep last year's success rolling.
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The Associated Press previews the 2014 MAC.
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Steelers Depot reports Rob Blanchflower is still struggling with a high ankle sprain at the Steelers Camp.
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Julian Talley got a lot of work at the Giants camp yesterday.
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Victor Cruz mentors undrafted wide receivers.
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Tuesday, August 26, 2014
Tuesday--August 26th, 2014
I don't know about you guys, but I'm starting to get excited---and nervous. I want to see UMass do well.
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Two articles on the Minutemen's first official two deep: Dan Malone and Matty Vautour.
I'd take the two-deep with several grains of salt. I doubt UMass would break true freshman J. T. Blyden's redshirt just to return kicks. Ryan Johnson, Jean Sifrin and Shane Huber could start later in the season.
QB- Blake Frohnaple, A.J. Doyle
Austin Whipple would be the 3rd QB
RB- Jamal Wilson, Lorenzo Woodley
FB-Rodney Mills, Daquan Mack
Mills at 6-1 215 would likely be another receiver out of the backfield
WR- Tajae Sharpe, Shakur Nesmith
WR -Jalen Williams, Alex Kenney
Marken Michel will also see a lot of snaps
TE: Brandon Howard, Jon Denton
LT-Tyrell Smith, Tyshon Henderson
LG-Fabian Hoeller, Michael Boland
C-Matt Sparks, Rich Queen
RG-Josh Bruns, Lucas Kolter
RT-Elijah Wilkinson, Cameron Mock
Hoeller would probably backup Sparks. Henderson will probably back up both tackle spots.
Defense
DE-Peter Angeh, Enock Asante
NT-Robert Kitching, Daniel Maynes
DT -Sha-Ki Holines, Leo Krizanovic
OLB -Kessan Messiah, Lucas Amato
ILB-Stanley Andre, John Robinson Woodgett
ILB-Jovan Santos-Knox, Steve Casali
OLB-Trey Seals, DaSean Downey
Along with WR's, this is a deep unit.
CB-Randall Jette, Iric Harris
S-Joe Colton, Khary Bailey-Smith
S-Trey Dudley-Giles, Zeke Edmonds
CB-Jackson Porter, Jesse Monteiro
Monteiro would probably be the nickle back. Edmonds, a true freshman, has had a good camp.
Special Teams
K-Blake Lucas, Matthew Wylie
P-Brian McDonald, Logan Laurent
LS-Nick Berus, Emmett Odegard
H-Blake Frohnapfel
KR-Trey Dudley-Giles, J.T. Blyden
PR-Trey Dudley-Giles, Bernard Davis
Five freshmen in the two-deep. Seventeen new starters.
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Matty Vautour also has 2014 may be the most important season in UMass history. Just remember opening with four BCS teams does not really measure the progress UMass has made.
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UMass is picked last in the MAC preseason coach's poll.
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BC loses LB Tim Joy for the season. Always hate to see a player get hurt.
The Boston Herald says mystery awaits the Eagles in their opening game.
A writer on BC Interruption predicts Boston College's season.
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Another game Saturday with interest by UMass fans:
Idaho plays at Florida.
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Two articles on the Minutemen's first official two deep: Dan Malone and Matty Vautour.
I'd take the two-deep with several grains of salt. I doubt UMass would break true freshman J. T. Blyden's redshirt just to return kicks. Ryan Johnson, Jean Sifrin and Shane Huber could start later in the season.
QB- Blake Frohnaple, A.J. Doyle
Austin Whipple would be the 3rd QB
RB- Jamal Wilson, Lorenzo Woodley
FB-Rodney Mills, Daquan Mack
Mills at 6-1 215 would likely be another receiver out of the backfield
WR- Tajae Sharpe, Shakur Nesmith
WR -Jalen Williams, Alex Kenney
Marken Michel will also see a lot of snaps
TE: Brandon Howard, Jon Denton
LT-Tyrell Smith, Tyshon Henderson
LG-Fabian Hoeller, Michael Boland
C-Matt Sparks, Rich Queen
RG-Josh Bruns, Lucas Kolter
RT-Elijah Wilkinson, Cameron Mock
Hoeller would probably backup Sparks. Henderson will probably back up both tackle spots.
Defense
DE-Peter Angeh, Enock Asante
NT-Robert Kitching, Daniel Maynes
DT -Sha-Ki Holines, Leo Krizanovic
OLB -Kessan Messiah, Lucas Amato
ILB-Stanley Andre, John Robinson Woodgett
ILB-Jovan Santos-Knox, Steve Casali
OLB-Trey Seals, DaSean Downey
Along with WR's, this is a deep unit.
CB-Randall Jette, Iric Harris
S-Joe Colton, Khary Bailey-Smith
S-Trey Dudley-Giles, Zeke Edmonds
CB-Jackson Porter, Jesse Monteiro
Monteiro would probably be the nickle back. Edmonds, a true freshman, has had a good camp.
Special Teams
K-Blake Lucas, Matthew Wylie
P-Brian McDonald, Logan Laurent
LS-Nick Berus, Emmett Odegard
H-Blake Frohnapfel
KR-Trey Dudley-Giles, J.T. Blyden
PR-Trey Dudley-Giles, Bernard Davis
Five freshmen in the two-deep. Seventeen new starters.
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Matty Vautour also has 2014 may be the most important season in UMass history. Just remember opening with four BCS teams does not really measure the progress UMass has made.
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UMass is picked last in the MAC preseason coach's poll.
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BC loses LB Tim Joy for the season. Always hate to see a player get hurt.
The Boston Herald says mystery awaits the Eagles in their opening game.
A writer on BC Interruption predicts Boston College's season.
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Another game Saturday with interest by UMass fans:
Idaho plays at Florida.
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Wednesday, September 01, 2010
Wednesday before William & Mary --Sept 1, 2010
Matty Vautour looks at the UMass offense and says it hopes to improve. He also has an annotated depth chart.
Offense:
- WR Julian Talley, Dan Sheeran
- LT Nick Speller, Vincent Westcarr
- LG Greg Niland, Anthony Dima
- C John Ihne, Quinton Sales
- RG Brian Ostaszewski or Josh Samuda
- RT Stephane Milhim, Sean O'Connor
- TE Emil Igwenagu or Andrew Kervis, Rob Blanchflower
- TB John Griffin or Jonathan Hernandez, Jamar Smith
- FB Scott Duggan-Thad McCummings
- QB Kyle Havens, Brandon Hill
- WR Anthony Nelson, Jesse Julmiste
- DE Brandon Potvin, Galen Clemons
- DT Kevin Byrne, Theo Agnew
- DT Brandon Flanagan, Bill Nesselt
- DE Courtney Jackson, Bob McLaughlin
- SLB Perry McIntyre, D.J. Adeoba
- MLB Mike Mele, Stanley Andre
- WLB Tyler Holmes, Chad Hunte
- CB Ke'Mon Baley, David Cozzo
- SS Shane Viveiros, Kumar Davis
- FS Darren Thellen, James Carven
- CB Mike Lee, Antoine Tharpe
- PK Brendon Levengood, Caleb Violette
- H Dan Sheeran
- P Caleb Violette, Jeff Strait
- LS Travis Tripucka, John Ihne
- KR Anthony Nelson and Torrey Esalomi
- PR Julian Talley
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Ron Chimelis has a story featuring UMass kicker Caleb Violette. He went 1-2 50% 35 Lg Blk 1 in 2009.
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The Boston Globe has a story on new UMass RB John Griffin. He was First-Team All-CAA and the Huskies MVP. Griffin went 207-1009 (led the CAA in regular season) and added 25-178 REC.
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Three articles from the William & Mary side: Callahan finally gets his shot, final preparations for the Tribe and Callahan gets his chance.
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A Michigan beat reporter from the Detroit Examiner predicts Michigan 47 UMass 17.
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The Greenwich Times says Victor Cruz will land a job with the Giants.
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Craig Haley has the latest edition of his "In the FCS Huddle" up.
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Have your eye bleach handy----Offensive linemen in Speedos.
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Add Atari Bigby to my list of favorite sports names. Back in the day, I had an Atari 800 XL, a hell-of-a computer.
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