Monday, August 10, 2015

Monday--August 10th, 2015

I was down at the UMass Football Performance Center last week. The football reception area had the following artist renderings of some modifications to McGuirk.

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There was no handout about the renderings, but adding a deck to the East side and endzone seats would probably push McGuirk from 17,000 to 25,000 or so. That would be sufficient for MAC-level play, but no Power Five team would ever visit. When Michigan visited UConn at Rentschler in 2013 (capacity 40,000), Michigan pushed hard to move the game to a larger venue.

In A.D. Bamford's Twitter feed,  he said no construction planned for McGuirk this year.

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UMass athletes (including football) helped out with Special Olympics this weekend.

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Dan Malone previews Toledo. Many pundits predict Toledo to win the MAC East. UMass rang up 423 yards of total offense against the Rockets last year. What Toledo had and UMass didn't was Kareem Hunt. The Rockets rushed for 295 yards (6.0 yards a carry) in their win over UMass.. Hunt totaled  1,631 yards last year, that was 319 more yards than the whole Minutemen team.

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The Hampshire Gazette has an AP story about Colorado looking to regroup under HC McIntyre.

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The Miami Herald says solid defense will be the foundation of Florida International's success in 2015.

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The Orlando Sentinel says Notre Dame has the most talent of the Brian Kelly era.

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Sports Illustrated says the Lions' secondary including James Ihedigo are the 7th best in the NFL.

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Victor Cruz discusses his recovery and 2015 hopes.

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