UMass Football Recruiting 2026--Michael Pryor

 

Michael Pryor, a 5-11 220 pound LB/RB from Evanston, IL attended the UMass-Wagner game.

Hudl.com has video. 

Drawing interest from Northwestern, Illinois, Murray State and Buffalo.

UMass Football Recruiting 2025--Jaylen Long

 

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Jaylen Long, a 6-4 230 EDGE from Monroe Community College has a UMass offer and attended the UMass game against Wagner.

Rivals page here.

Hudl.com has highlights.

Besides UMass, Long has offers from Buffalo, UConn, Delaware, Syracuse and Temple. UMass has three grad transfers along the D-line this year and there should be a lot of playing available in Amherst for the 2025 season

UMass Football News--November 4th, 2024

 

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Gene's page says Mississippi State changed the momentum and the score in a win over UMass.

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The Clarion Ledger reports faith in Bulldogs coach Jeff Lebby was reaffirmed in the win over UMass.

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Did UMass' opening quarter almost cause a Mississippi State recruit to de-commit?  

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I watched the Toledo-Eastern Michigan game yesterday on the treadmill. The Rockets are grinding their way to the MAC championship game (again) and bowl eligible for the sixth straight year. Toledo gave up a "Hail Mary" TD, but broke up a two-point conversion with no time on the clock to preserve the win.

There was a scary situation when Toledo LB Jeremiah Peters collapsed on the sidelines and was removed from the stadium by ambulance.

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UMass Football News--November 3rd, 2024

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 Well I think the Minutemen played credibly. As I said before the game, the Bulldogs had an explosive offense. Get them in space and they'll score. They did the same against Arkansas. UMass needed to score to keep up. Goose eggs in the second and third quarters would not work.

The UMass offense ran well. The Minutemen ran for a season high 199 yards and 4.9 yards/carry. If we can keep that up, we've got a chance against Liberty and UConn.

What we didn't do well is pass the ball. Taisun Phommachanh had only 49 yards passing in the first half and a drive ending INT. His longest completion was 13 yards. The longest completion for the whole game was 16 yards. We did not get T.Y. Harding or Jakobie Keeney-James involved in the offense.

The defense played pretty good against a SEC team. UMass had 7 TFL and 3 SACKS. The roughing the passer penalty against Aaron Beckwith was clearly bogus and negated a UMass interception. 

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UMass write-up here.

Mississippi State write-up here.

The Greenfield Recorder said Mississippi State came storming back for the win.

The Daily Collegian reports UMass struggled to maintain its offense.

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Eastern Michigan missed a two-point conversion with no time on the clock to lose to Toledo.

Buffalo held off a Akron rally to win 41-30. 

CCSU beat Wagner 24-14.

 Miami (Ohio) plays Tuesday on ESPN.

Northern Illinois plays Ball State Wednesday in ESPN2.

Missouri had a bye.

Jacksonville State upset Liberty Wednesday 31-21. The Flames are 3-2 in CUSA, the most losses since they joined the league.

Georgia dodged a Gators upset 34-20.

UConn beat Georgia State 34-27 on Thursday. The Huskies are 6-3 and bowl eligible for the second time in three years. UConn should be favored over UAB and UMass. They have a chance to upset Syracuse.

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Game Day--Mississippi State 2024

 

Today is another challenge. Despite the Bulldogs 1-6 record, they are a full-fledged SEC team sprinkled with four-star recruits. State has size and speed on the Minutemen over most of their roster.

The Bulldogs have a good offense and are going to score. UMass needs offensive production to keep the Mississippi State offense on the sideline and to keep up. The Minutemen can probably throw the ball on the Bulldogs. Some accurate passing from Taisun Phommachanh (like he did against Army last year) could make the game close.

A couple of Mississippi State turnovers to blunt their offense and to give UMass a short field would help.

I'll be cheering for the Minutemen. Go UMass!!

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Winners and whiners has details of today's matchup.

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Hustle Belt previews the UMass-Mississippi State game 

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Data Skrive has stats and factoids about the Bulldogs-Minutemen game.

Relevant quote from the article:

"Data Skrive is a technology company that takes human-written and -edited content, and then uses AI to assemble it into original sports and entertainment articles that answer common reader questions such as how to watch a sporting event or TV series."

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The Hampshire Gazette says UMass needs to rise to the occasion.

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Doc's Sports says on a prop bet on Taisun Phommachanh's passing completions, take the over.

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SI.com reports on the UMass defenders who could challenge Mississippi State today. 

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Statsalt.com says take the under in the Bulldogs-Minutemen game.

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UMass Football News--November 1st, 2024

The Daily Collegian says the Minutemen look to keep momentum rolling against the Bulldogs.

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 Lancaster Online says Mississippi State can end a six-game slide against UMass.

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Don's picks thinks Mississippi State will cover the 18-point spread. 

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Winners and Whiners thinks UMass will beat the spread. Reminds me of political polls.. 

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Sports Book Wire predicts Mississippi State 36 UMass 19.

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ESPN analyst compares the Bulldogs QB Michael Van Buren to Heisman candidates. I watched the Mississippi State-Arkansas game and the Bulldogs moved their offense all game. They missed two field goals and were stopped twice on fourth down. The UMass offense is going to have to score some points to keep up.

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The Clarion Ledger predicts Mississippi State 41 UMass 30.

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UMass Football News--October 31st, 2024

UMass has their game notes for Mississippi State up. 

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T.Y. Harding is UMass' co-athlete-of-the-week after his stellar performance against Wagner.

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 KTEN.com says UMass vows to "keep fighting" as they visit struggling Mississippi State.

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MSN says Massachusetts brings a "bottom-ten" ranking to Starkville.

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Data Skrive thinks UMass will beat the spread against Mississippi State.

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SI.com reports the Bulldogs will face another dual-threat QB Saturday.

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