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Mike Traini reports former UMass OL Ray Thomas-Ishman has transferred to Buffalo. Thomas-Ishman racked up a number of suspensions while in Amherst including a season ending one in 2019.
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One area Coach Bell and staff have made an impact is academics and academic progress. The 2019 Summer term grades were the highest since UMass moved to FBS in 2012. That record has now been broken in the Fall semester. The 2018-2019 single year NCAA academic progress rate was 950---the highest ever in the football program's history.
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2020 opponent Army revamps their coaching staff.
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