Saturday, June 29, 2024

UMass Football News--June 29th, 2024

 UMass loses an administrative staffer to the NFL.

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2024 MAC opponent Miami (Ohio) is favored to repeat as conference champion. 

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Athlon ranks the MAC (and five UMass opponents) for 2024. 

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Former UMass football player Jason Cherry is an accomplished author. His recent book "William Trent:Factor of Ambition" came out in March 2024 to rave reviews. He dedicated the book to his UMass teammate Corey Mitchell who passed away in 2020 from covid complications.

The book opened as the #1 history book of the Colonial period on Amazon. It won praise by prestigious Journal of the American Revolution. Cherry was also interviewed in a 45 minute podcast about the book here.

Cherry's seven extra point kicks in the 1998 championship game was an FCS record at the time.

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UMass scientists develop groundbreaking device for advanced quantum computing.

People are saying in the comments to the article that the device is a dead ringer for a flux capacitor..

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