Thursday, August 03, 2023

UMass Football News--August 3rd, 2023

 

Jordan Mahoney named to the Bronco Nagurski Watch List.

Nagurski had a great name and a legendary career in college football and the NFL.

From his Wikipedia bio:

'A time-honored and perhaps apocryphal story about Nagurski is a scoring run that he made against the Washington Redskins, knocking two linebackers in opposite directions, stomping a defensive back and crushing a safety, then bouncing off the goalposts and crashing into Wrigley Field's ivy-covered brick wall in the back of the endzone. On returning to the huddle for the extra point try, he reportedly said: "Jeeze, that last guy hit me awfully hard."

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More images from Monday's practice.

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Yahoo Sports reports New Mexico State will lean on a young linebacker corps. 

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New Auburn coach Hugh Freeze is resurrecting the War Eagles' recruiting in Alabama.

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Fox Sports has the over-and-under and win total odds for the Liberty Flames. 

Last year the Flames played four Power Five opponents and beat two of them. The two losses were by a combined two points. This year, Liberty does not play a Power Five opponent. Based on their past production, a C-USA championship and maybe a 10-2 record should be reasonable..

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