UMass Football News--November 15th, 2017

Adam Breneman has been selected as one of eight Mackey Award Finalists.

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Mike Traini of "Fight Massachusetts" reports the second game in the Maine series has been rescheduled to 2021.

Another master move by AD Ryan Bamford which allows UMass to play Rutgers in 2019. The Scarlet Knights are a Northeast FBS team (and there is not a lot of them), plus they are beatable. Rutgers is 4-6 this year with a loss to Eastern Michigan. This is better than another trip to Penn State or West Virginia who is currently tied for second in the Big Twelve.

Future UMass schedules here.

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The UMass Daily Collegian reports UMass sets its sights on BYU.

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The Lawless Republic relates three things to know about the UMass Minutemen.

One of the three things is Andrew Ford.

Another is RB Marquis Young.

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SB Nation ranks all 130 teams and has UMass out of the bottom third of FBS.

The Herald Extra reports the Cougars defensive backfield is working to improve.

The Deseret News says the BYU defense is benefiting from the recent success of the offense.

According to the Deseret News Cougar players watched to UMass-Mississippi State game.

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