UMass Football News--August 29th, 2026

 The Minuteman Command has a post covering Elijah Faulkner's development as a running back.

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 Coach Harasymiak's Rutgers game press conference.

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WGGB reports the Minutemen prep for their 2026 season. 

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The AI Chat GPT predicts (not very accurately) Rutgers 34 UMass 17.

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And from the invaluable Babylon Bee--Man's therapist suggests he may have an abusive relationship with his favorite sports team. UMass fans are totally there.

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The Pittsburgh Steelers cut former UMass WR Jacobie Keeney-James. 

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UMass Football News--August 28th, 2026

 

The WMUA team has preseason video #6. They discuss the Minuteman run game and more.

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The Minuteman Command reports the UMass staff and players still believe.

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The Scarlet Nation looks at the UMass-Rutgers game by the numbers. 

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WMUA has a short post on UMass TE recruit Joel Gomez.

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In yet another twist in college eligibility, a judge issued a order prohibiting college conferences from blocking NFL players declaring for the college transfer portal. 

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UMass Football News--August 27th, 2026

 

The Minuteman Command reports on the teamwork between Timmy Hinspeter and Tyler Martin.

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College Football News predicts Rutgers 44 UMass 10.

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MSN on the best high school running backs in Massachusetts. Mentions UMass commit Nate Ellis. 

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Dylan Lonergan talks about being named Rutgers starting quarterback.

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Sports Illustrated Pre-Season All-Americans. List includes Kent State kick returner Da'Realyst Clark.  I watched him run back a UMass kickoff on the first play of last year's game.

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Covers.com thinks Rutgers is 50-50 on a 4.5 win total.

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The SEC has quashed LSU's attempt to add two former NFL players and their basketball team's attempt to sign former NBA (and UMass player) RJ Lewis.

RJ Lewis' UMass bio. Fixed link.

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UMass Football News--August 26th, 2026

 The Minuteman Command has a post on Tyler Martin explaining the Minutemen's 9.09 mantra. 

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College Football News predicts UMass to go 0-8 in MAC Conference play.

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Eastern Michigan adds fireworks to their Friday night game. 

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The MAC blog "Bye-the-Belt" previews the MAC season-opener Sacramento State at Eastern Michigan. This game should interest many UMass fans as the Minuteman play both teams near the beginning of the season and the results will make a big impact on our 2026 season.

 EMU's press conference on the Sacramento State game above.

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The Sacramento State Hornets name Carson Conklin starting QB.  UMass will be seeing him early in the season.

Conklin's Sacramento State bio here. 

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Miami (Ohio) is a pre-season favorite to make the MAC championship game, but they just lost their starting QB for the season.

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UMass Football News--August 25th, 2026

 The Hampshire Gazette reports the UMass offense is coming together.

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The Greenfield Recorder says UMass continues to fine-tune the defense.

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The MAC Blog "By-the-Belt" previews the Akron Zips. UMass meets the Zips on November 18th.

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Rutgers names Boston College transfer Dylan Lonergan starting quarterback. Lonergan (Rutger bio) had a not-too-successful season with the Eagles last year. However, he should have more talent around him with the Scarlet Knights. During the last 5 years or so, BC has been near the bottom of ACC recruiting rankings.

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Jaguars HC Liam Coen talks about his biggest career regret.

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UMass Football News--August 24th, 2026

The UMass Twitter has some video from some of the scrimmages.

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The Athletic ranks all college football teams from #1 to #138 (UMass).

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Hopefully, the first part of this sentence is repeated on October 23rd!

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Covers thinks UMass will be "over" on 2.5 wins.

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Latest update on Rutgers' QB battle. Long may it continue..

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Some good college football games in upcoming Week 0.

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UMass Football News--August 28th, 2026

 After a rocky start, I got Blogger to recognize my vacation laptop. Nothing is ever easy..

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UMass has some training camp video on their "X" feed.

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Yahoo Sports reports Eastern Michigan and Sacramento State will kick off a new era of MAC conference football soon.

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The NY Post thinks Bowling Green HC Eddie George will lead the Falcons to MAC glory.

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The Athletic thinks college football fans are a cult.

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 Browns HC Todd Monken on rookie TE Dae'Quan Wright entering the NCAA transfer portal: 'Ain't this s*** crazy?'

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