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Hudl.com has video highlights.
2nd Team All-Western Mass in hockey.
Kolodziey will add depth to UMass' special teams. Hope he has a successful career in Amherst and earns a scholarship.
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Hudl.com has video highlights.
A three-star player in high school, Wilkins originally signed with Kentucky.
Transferred to Independence in 2019.
Wilkins has FBS offers from Toledo, Charlotte and Missouri State. The Minutemen have two seniors at ILB and Wilkins could see a lot early playing time in Amherst.
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This article from October features Keeler's offers from Arizona State and East Carolina.
Keeler has offers from Power Five Arizona State and ECU. UMass, besides a scholarship, offers a chance for early playing time and the best food in College Football.
Well, for the second game I don't think the improvement was reflected in the final score.
For one thing, Will Koch is my quarterback. Seriously, the science is settled. For a true freshman without any Fall camp and minimal practices, I thought Koch played really well. He looked like a freshman a couple of times, but I think he has an excellent upside.
The offensive line also improved. Against a veteran Top-10 defense the Minutemen, when we were not handed the ball on our own freakin' seven yard line looked competitive. We had a couple neat plays, which the offense executed. 190 total offensive yards is nothing to brag about, but not many of Marshall's opponents have done much better. The ten points UMass scored in the first half was the most the Herd had given up this year.
In the fourth quarter, I liked instead of trying for a meaningless score to make things look better, Coach Bell played a lot players. This will pay dividends in the future.
On defense, the field position was again lopsided in favor of the opponent. Despite this the defense had seven TFL and two sacks. Marshall star RB Brendon Knox had 119 yards (just about his average) and 2TD's. Compare this with in 2019's final game when BYU fourth-string true freshman James McChesney gained 228 yards on 15 carries (an average of 15.2 yards/carry). The UMass defense also recorded five third-down stops and were one for two on fourth downs.
Jeremy Martin had a nice 46-yard field goal.
Don't tell anybody, because I don't want to jinx us, but I'm starting to think we might have a shot at FAU.
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The Hampshire Gazette reports Marshall raced past UMass.
MassLive has the game story here.
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The Holy Spirit is with Liberty as the Flames beat their second straight ACC team.
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Georgia Southern ran their record to 5-2 with a win over Troy.
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Speaking of the FAU Owls, they edged Western Kentucky 10-6.
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The game will be available on ESPN+. Subscription is $5.99/month. You can unsubscribe after the first month.
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Mike Traini of "Fight Massachusetts" previews the Herd-Minutemen game.
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The Herdzone says unbeaten Marshall welcomes UMass.
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College Football News previews the game and predicts Marshall 45 UMass 6.
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Mike Moran of the Hampshire Gazette reports the Minutemen face a big challange in #16 Marshall.
Moran reports SR defensive lineman Jake Byczko 6-3 260 is now healthy and back in the rotation.
He also mentions FR linebacker Gerrell Johnson 6-3 225 and FR DT Josh Atwood 6-3 360 improving in practice and will see more reps in today's game.
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The Charleston Gazette-Mail says the Herd marches ahead against UMass.
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I thought the UMass defense gained confidence as the GSU game went on. They looked visibly much faster than 2019. Today's game should give the young Minutemen defense more experience and all this will pay dividends in 2021.
The Minutemen offense has a tough task in facing the Herd's defense, which is nationally ranked in just about any defensive category you would care to name. Last week UMass' longest runs were QB scrambles and the longest pass completion was only 15 yards. The Minutemen need to improve on that today.
I'll be there watching.
Go UMass!!
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Well, once more into the breech dear friends. Sometime it would be nice if we caught a break. We get two of the best recruiting classes in the FBS era and promptly there is a global pandemic that cancels Spring practice and then Fall camp.
We get good news UMass is going to play in 2020, but circumstances cancel all our competitive games and we end up playing not just good teams, but probably three of four will be rated in the Top-25. Camus concluded his famous essay on life by concluding that Sisyphus is a happy man. We just have to be happy we're playing. Just keep rollin' that rock uphill...
Against Marshall, I would like to see another effort by the defense like they did against Georgia Southern. I thought the defense was trying to play fast (you remember Coach Brown's motto was "Play fast!". Marshall has a more conventional offense than the Eagles, so the Minutemen's defense should be able to play a more "vanilla" defensive scheme. UMass had 5 TFL against Georgia Southern (the same as the Eagles had against us). It was a good defense effort especially since most of the game was played on our side of the field.
The UMass offense, on the other hand, had a much less successful opener. The only bright spot was both Will Koch and Josiah Johnson both looked mobile. The offensive line had a bad day as there were no holes for Ellis Merriweather. He ran 16 time for a 1.3 yards/carry average. In addition, there were not a lot of passing lanes available for any of the three QB's. The combined QB efficiency rating for the Minutemen was 74.86. We need more offensive production against the Herd.
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Mike Moran of the Gazette has a story about how Avien Peah overcame two knee injuries and made a successful comeback against Georgia Southern.
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Sportsbookreview.com thinks Marshall will cover the 44-point spread.
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The Charleston Gazette and Mail thinks the Herd's special teams will make an impact against the Minutemen.
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An iconic Marshall memorial returns to the Herd's campus.
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UMass has its game notes for Marshall up.
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The Boston Herald says UMass has a tough task upcoming with #16 Marshall.
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The UMass team talks politics on the day before the election.
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The West Virginia Gazette says the Herd is not overlooking UMass.
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Howard Herman of the Berkshire Eagle reports the Marshall Coach is excited for his team to play the Minutemen.
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Conference USA reschedules two Marshall games.
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Winnersandlosers.com previews the Herd-Minutemen game and predicts Marshall by 44.
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Hudl.com has video highlights.
Miles originally signed with SMU after receiving multiple Power Five offers in high school.
247Sports high school page here.
Miles is a speedy wide receiver with good size. He would be in line for a lot of playing time in Amherst.
Vegas Insider has UMass a 44-point underdog to #15 Marshall.
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The UMass Daily Collegian checks in on the mid-season status of Minutemen in the NFL.
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The West Virginia Gazette reports Marshall is preparing for "mystery" team UMass.
Marshall in #14 in the Coaches Poll and #16 in the AP.
Herd Zone puts Marshall's climb into the Top-25 in context.
The Herd is doing on defense:
"Entering this Saturday's game,
Marshall ranks No. 3 in scoring defense (9.4 points per game), No. 3 in
rushing defense (72.0 yards per game), No. 22 in passing defense (193.0
yards per game), No. 15 in yards per passing attempt (6.1), No. 5 in
total defense (265.0) and No. 6 in yards per play allowed (4.3)."
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Meanwhile, 2020 opponent Liberty is relishing its own Top-25 ranking.
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Hudl.com has video highlights.
Originally signed with South Carolina State.
McClain is a big, mobile OL who can play both guard and tackle. He could find a lot of playing time available in Amherst.
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I just blogged about Weston last Saturday.
Welcome to Amherst for Weston. Hopefully he's follow in the steps of Andy McClay, David Sanger, CJ Koegal and John Romboli and have a great career at UMass.
Howard Herman of the Berkshire Eagle reports Coach Bell has adjusted his staff as the Minutemen prepare for Marshall.
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FBS Schedules.com reports UMass has rescheduled two football games for the 2025 and 2026 seasons.
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The Charleston Gazette says undefeated Marshall is looking to maximize scoring.
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Former UMass WR Marken Michel was activated for the Carolina Panthers Thursday night game against the Falcons.
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I'm not a fan of social media, so I don't read much of it. However, this Tweet by Maroon Musket made me laugh.
The Globe supporting UMass Athletics, just when I think 2020 can't get any weirder...
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There will be 37 college football bowls this year.
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Hudl.com has video highlights.
Drawing interest from Western Kentucky, Charlotte, New Mexico State plus FCS schools.
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Hudl.com has video highlights.
This article from July of 2020 features Trzpuc.
Besides UMass, Trzpuc has FBS offers from East Carolina, South Alabama and UAB. The Minutemen still need help on the offensive line and Trzpuc could see a lot of playing time while attending a nationally-ranked university.
The UMass Daily Collegian remembers the Minutemen's win over Appalachian State in 2017.
2017 also featured UMass road win over BYU. Those were (and are) the two best wins of the FBS era. In 2018 UMass started it's defensive slide as six Minutemen opponents scored over 55 points.
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Mike Traini of "Fight Massachusetts" reports UMass has parted ways with OL coach Jim Jackson.
Right now it appears Michah James will take over as the head offensive line coach.
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Next 2020 opponent #25 Marshall has a game against FIU postponed. That's the third game the Herd has had postponed in 2020.
Marshall is in both the Coaches and AP Top-25 poll.
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Watch Stadiums.com predicts bowl bids for Marshall and potential 2020 opponents Army and Liberty.
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Hudl.com has video highlights.
Recently North Jersey Male athlete-of-the-week.
Besides UMass, Butler has four offers from Ivy schools. Running back is a thin position for the Minutemen and Butler could see a lot of playing time in Amherst.
UMass A.D. Ryan Bamford relates the Minutemen have had 4 positives out of 4,223 tests.
One thing about this I don't understand. Why do the UMass players have to take a week off practice after a road game? I can understand them quarantining from the rest of the campus population, but from each other? They were already together at the game and the trip home.
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The 2020 version of the UMass Football record book is available on the UMass website. Since the NCAA banned press guides (another awesome decision by the NCAA), I've been taking the .pdf to Staples and printing it out. 2019 was a year to forget, but the new record book has Isaiah Rogers records and more.
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The 247Sports UMass recruiting page has the latest ratings for the Minutmen's 2021 recruits. UMass is currently ranked #101 (about in the middle of the Group-of-Five). The Minutemen should be signing five or so additional recruits. Twelve of the current 16 recruits are rated three-stars.
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Liberty remained undefeated in a 56-35 win over Southern Mississippi.
Marshall remained undefeated and moved in the AP Top 25.
Army moved to 6-1 with a blowout win over Mercer. Army also accepted a bid to the Independence Bowl.
Undefeated Coastal Carolina held Georgia Southern's offense to 218 total yards.
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Chris Sailor kicking profile here.
UMass is the first offer for Weston. The Minutemen only have one scholarship punter on the roster George Georgopoulos who will be a junior in 2021. There should be a lot of playing available in Amherst in the future.
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Hudl.com has video highlights.
MaxPreps has HS stats. Averaged nearly 7 yards/carry.
This article covers White's signing with Hutchinson.
White's offer (his first) is, I think, the fifth offer by UMass to Hutchinson players. UMass is thin at RB and he could see a lot of playing time in Amherst.
UMass adds Liberty to the 2020 schedule.
Mike Traini of "Fight Massachusetts" has a post on the Marshall game.
It's great UMass is playing. This will help recruiting, retention and player development.It will pay dividends in 2021.
However, 2020 wins may be tough to acquire in the revised schedule. The original schedule had UConn, New Mexico State, Albany and Akron. The Minutemen would have had a good chance against all those teams. The revised schedule looks like we will play all high-end teams. This will trigger the anti-football trolls, so UMass fans need to be prepared. You could probably write the Globe hit piece yourself.
Liberty is undefeated and they dominated Power Five team Syracuse.
Army is 5-1 and my pick to win the Commander-in-Chief trophy.
Marshall is also undefeated. And all these games are going to be away.
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Mike Moran of Gazette says the Minutemen are eager to return to the practice field while sitting out the quarantine week.
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Jack Driscoll has been ruled out of the Eagles game against the Giants.
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BTW, this post is the 8,000th UMass Football Blog entry.
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Arlund Bengu, a 5-11 190 pound Punter from Avin, Ohio has verbaled to UMass.
Hudl.com has video highlights.
KickingCoach.com also has a bio page here.
This article has coverage of Bengu.
Cleveland.com also has a post covering Bengu.
Bengu chose UMass over four FCS offers. George Georgopoulos is a junior, so there should be ample opportunity for Bengu in the future in Amherst.
UMass adds a game with Marshall on November 7th, 2020.
Howard Herman of the Berkshire Eagle has a story about the game.
Mike Moran of the Gazette also has a post on the game.
UMass and Marshall last played on Sept 8th, 2001. Mrs Blog and I were there. We had a good time talking with the friendly Herd fans. Like many of Whipple's games, UMass moved the ball on Marshall, but UMass could not stop Byron Leftwich and the Herd's offense.
Marshall is ranked #22 on the AP poll and is the third-highest ranked Group-of-Five team.
The AP poll is here. Army and Liberty, two other potential 2020 opponents are receiving Top-25 votes.
The FBS coaches poll has Marshall as #25.
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I originally blogged about Chatman back in February of 2017 when Chatman received an offer from UMass.
He's now received another offer from the Minutemen.
This article covers his entry into the transfer portal.
Since his entry into the transfer portal, Chatman has received offers from Troy, Arkansas State, FAU, UAB and JSU. He'd make an excellent addition to what looks like a improving UMass defensive line.
Well, UMass looked like a team playing their first game with minimal practice time. However, I saw some promising signs. For one thing, the defense looked much faster and more athletic. The defensive backfield blew two coverages in the first half and the whole defense was sucked in during a reverse. After the first quarter, the defense played well.
However, the d-line played good all game. GSU did not get much rushing yardage between the tackles. We had five TFL and the defense, operating on the UMass side of the field all day, made a number of stops. By the second half, the defense looked strong and did not fade. GSU gained 308 yards rushing, just about their average.
I liked the play of Viczaril Alobwede, Mike Ruane, Te'Rai Powell and Gerrell Johnson.
The offense was less successful. Primarily because we could not run the ball. Ellis Merriweather had no holes to run to all game. The offensive line did not get any push even against GSU's second stringers in the fourth quarter. We need better results from the UMass offensive line.
All three QB's UMass played looked decent. The Minutemen had terrible field position all game and that limited the play choices somewhat.
On special teams, we shanked a punt and missed a field goal. Punt and return coverage was pretty good except for one return.
I thought the team looked like we have a lot of potential. Many of the freshmen are going to be good players for us. We need more practice time...
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Mike Moran of the Gazette said UMass' first game was a dud.
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If you missed it, Liberty dominated Syracuse 38-21 in a game that was not as close as the score indicates.
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Boston College got run over by Virginia Tech 40-14.
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i.e.
1. Quarterback play. You remember Randal West gave us 20 minutes of ecstasy against Rutgers. He got flushed out the pocket in the second period, ran down the sideline, came up limping and left the game. After that he was never the same. Andrew Brito has a cannon arm, but could not see over the OL and repeatedly threw into double coverage. Mike Curtis played well in one game and never hit the same level again.
I'm looking for a QB who looks like he's an FBS QB. Since it's going to be the first game for whoever starts, I expect some first-game jitters, but I'd like a guy who some command of the offense and moves the team. Last year UMass was #125 in team passing efficiency.
2. Rushing offense. Last year the Minutemen were #114 rushing offense. We've never been above #100 in our eight years in FBS. Being able to run the ball usually means your offense looks good and helps the QB.
3. Rushing defense. The Minutemen were dead last in rushing defense in 2019 (by a huge 40 yards-a-game margin). Run-offense heavy GSU is a tough team to start against, but I want the UMass defense to look competitive. GSU is currently 3rd in FBS in rushing offense with 299 yards/game. The Eagles are #53 in total offense with 387 yards of total offense a game. Keeping them in the 400's would be a real improvement.
Anyway, I want to see a lot of players get reps. Today is a building block for 2021.
Go UMass!!!
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Mike Moran of the Gazette says the UMass defense is ready to contend with GSU's triple option.
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GSU will wear its "away" uniforms today to help out UMass who's road uniforms have not yet been received.
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The Action Network's guy picks UMass to cover the spread.
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Mike Traini of "Fight Massachusetts" previews the Georgia Southern game.
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Mike Moran of the Gazette says UMass is ready to break out of the Amherst bubble.
Quote from Bell in the article:
"There will be guys not on that two-deep that play in the football game and get significant reps.”
That's what the truncated 2020 season is going to be all about----player development. It would be nice to win a game, but with all the twists and turns of this season, it'll be great to be playing and getting set to play a real schedule in 2021.
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The UMass Daily Collegian reports UMass is getting ready for their season opener against Georgia Southern.
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Athlon Sports previews the game and predicts a 44-7 Eagles victory.
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College Football News predicts Georgia Southern 45 UMass 20.
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Vegas Insider has the Eagles as 31 point favorites. BTW, Vegas has Liberty by three over Syracuse...
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The Eagles-Minutemen game will be on ESPN2.
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In his last game against ULM, GSU running back J.D. King 5-11 220 rang up 196 rushing yards.
UMass will also have to contend with dual-threat Eagles QB 5-11 205 pound Shai Werts.
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The Statesboro Herald says GSU is prepping for an impromptu game.
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Mike Moran of the Gazette reports Coach Bell "excited" about what the Minutemen offense could bring in the first game of the season.
UPDATE: UMass has their Georgia Southern game notes up.
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In the recent depth chart for the Georgia Southern game, there are nine freshmen or redshirt freshmen on the offense two-deep.
Will Koch QB 6-3 201
Jared Cole RB 5-9 190
Onuma Dieke WR 6-5 195
Zamar Wise WR 6-2 188
Jackson Manning TE 6-5 235
Johnny Hassard LT 6-5 285
Joe Horn C 6-1 325
Max Longman RG 6-4 326
Xavier Graham RG 6-2 330
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Fourteen (!?) redshirt or true freshmen on the defensive two-deep.
Aaron Beckwith DE 6-4 285
Josh Atwood NT 6-3 360
Cletus Mathurin DT 6-1 305
Hugo Klages DE 6-3 285
Viczaril Alobwede Buck (DE/LB) 6-4 240
Nahji Logan LB 6-4 228
Abdoul Krone LB 6-3 218
Miles Turner MLB 6-1 235
Gerrell Johnson WLB 6-3 225
Tristan Armstrong CB 5-11 183
Te'Rai Powell S 6-0 190
Osei Dixon S 6-2 192
Cody Jones DB 6-0 188
Cody Jones CB 6-0 188
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Four freshmen or redshirt freshen on the special teams two-deep.
Cameron Carson K 6-0 150
Garrett Dzuro H 5-11 200
Te'Rai Powell KR 6-0 190
Zamar Wise PR 6-2 188
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UMass chooses Larnel Coleman, Samuel Emilus, Cole McCubrey, Ellis Merriweather and Josh Wallace as 2020 team Captains. The Minutemen have not had a sophomore captain or a first year transfer captain in a long time, if ever. Hopefully they embody a new spirit in the team.
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UMass has released the following images as the depth chart for Georgia Southern
I would not get too excited about the details of this release. I think nearly all the "ors" will play and there might be some names missing due to injury. It's rare (or unheard of) for a team to come out of camp with 100% of the players available.
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Howard Herman of the Berkshire Eagle says Bell is not ready to commit to a starting QB. He points out only Mike Fallon has had more than a limited number of reps with the offense. I still think we'll see a lot of the younger QB's this season, if not necessarily at Georgia Southern.
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Mike Moran of the Gazette also has a post on the QB situation.
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The Augusta Journal says GSU has questions about UMass.
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Tray Pettway, a 6-2 185 pound WR from Hutchinson C.C. in Kansas has committed to UMass.
I blogged about Pettway on September 28th.
Pettway chose the Minutemen over an offer from South Alabama.
Other Hutchinson players being recruited by UMass include WR Cortez Braham, OL Kingsley Ugwu and highly rated RB Tiyon Evans.
Isaiah Rogers had a 101 yard kickoff return for the Colts yesterday.
Rogers had a 42.4 yard return average and more against the Browns.
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How Georgia Southern added a game less than 10 days before kickoff.
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Potential 2020 opponent Liberty earns Top-25 votes for the first time in program history.
On Saturday the Flames routed ULM 40-7 to stay undefeated. Liberty has a six game win streak going back to last year.
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Army, another potential 2020 foe just escaped a upset loss to FCS Citadel Saturday. The Black Knights are 4-1, but two of the wins are against FCS teams.
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Hudl.com has junior highlights.
This article from November of 2019 features Scudo.
Scudo is the third 2021 commit from Milford. He joins teammates QB Brady Olson and LB Dominic Schofield. Hopefully, Scudo will earn a scholarship and have a great career at UMass.
Georgia Southern announcement here.
MassLive has a post on the Georgia Southern game.
The Gazette also has a story on the game.
Mike Traini of "Fight Massachusetts" has a story on UMass playing Georgia Southern.
The Eagles are 2-1 in their 2020 season. All their games have been close with a one-point win over Campbell and a 2-point loss to #19 Louisiana.
This game is good news for the Minutemen football program. It avoids a entire year of no football. It gets UMass back in sync with the rest of FBS football. Except for UConn, a spring season would have been difficult time to find opponents. Whatever the win-loss ration turns out to be in 2020, playing football with be good for program development and recruiting.
A cut-and-past from a UMass athletics newsletter I received yesterday afternoon from A.D. Ryan Bamford.
"On a positive note, on Monday, September 21, we announced that our football team would return to play this fall and will open the season on Saturday, October 17 at Georgia Southern (4 p.m. ET on ESPNU). Given the success of extremely stringent health protocols and rigorous testing this fall, we felt that a reversal of our August 11 department decision to postpone this season was in the best interest of our program. Since our announcement, three more FBS conferences have reversed course, as well, and now all but a handful of the 130 FBS teams will be playing this fall. Stay tuned for future announcements of additional games as we move through October [my italics]."
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Mike Moran of the Gazette also has a post on Larnel Coleman and Josh Wallace using experience to help teammates.
Coleman praises new OL players Max Longman, Johnny Hassard and Reggie Marks III.
Wallace remarks on new Minutemen DB's Te-Rai Powell, Tristan Armstrong and Cody Jones.
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Chosen for the 2020 SWOFCA All-Star game.
Participated in the 2019 Cincinnati Under Armour All-America Camp.
Berkhalter has 13 total offers with UMass, Army, Navy, Liberty and Northern Illinois offering from FBS. There should be lots of playing time available in Amherst in the next few years.
Mike Moran of the Gazette has a post on UMass' recent scrimmage gives Coach Bell insight into the Minutemen depth chart.
Bell mentioned freshman LB's Gerrell Johnson and Abdoul Kone, Myles Turner.
Bell also mentioned freshman DL Viczaril Alobwede and Senior DL Avien Peah's ability to play at several positions on the d-line.
He also mentioned RB Ellis Merriweather being impressive and big and fast.
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If I got a phone call from UMass saying "Frank, the entire coaching staff has been kidnapped by terrorists from Carjackistan and the terrorists are demanding two pounds of enriched uranium each to give them back and the state dept won't comply, so we want you to install your offense! Save us!", I'd do the following:
I'd play a dual-threat QB with a "10" base personal package (i.e. one running back and zero TE's). That would mean four WR's.
Because..
If I'm an opposing defensive coordinator I'm thinking "I'm going to stop Merriweather. UMass ain't got anything else".
At WR I'd have "OC" Johnson, Cam Roberson, Dariyan Wiley, and Samuel Emilus. And I'd have one of those guys in motion on every play.
If I needed more blocking I'd play TE Taylor Edwards (he's the only UMass TE over 230). For a two-TE set I'd add freshman Jackson Manning.
On the offensive line I'd play Larnel Coleman and Bruce Wade as my OT's. Dalton Tomlison at center. At guard I'd have Reggie Marks III and Michael Sullivan.
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Hudl.com has video highlights.
This article features Weidman's offer from BC.
This article features Weidman's offer from West Virginia.
Weidman has twelve total offers mostly from Power Five schools. UMass, BC, Buffalo, Rutgers, Syracuse and UConn have offered from the northeast. The Minutemen are still rebuilding their offensive line and there will be lots of playing available in Amherst.
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Was offered walk-on opportunities at Hawaii and Syracuse.
Inside the Loud House also has a post on Magdis walking on at Syracuse.
One of the articles mentions the Orange having a lot of LB's on the roster. That is not the case in Amherst and Magdis should have an excellent chance to win a scholarship and lots of playing time with the Minutemen.
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Hudl.com has video highlights.
Cabana currently has offers from UMass and Penn. Drawing interest from Temple, Tulane, Miami (Ohio) and more.
Mike Moran reports UMass senior linebackers Cole McCubrey and Mike Ruane are excited to be back.
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The UMass Daily Collegian's staff discusses the Minutemen's return to football and the outlook for the fall season.
The Collegian also has an update from the first week of practice.
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The Boston Herald says Coach Bell is doing a makeover of the Minutemen and the QB position is up for grabs.
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If you missed it, Andy Isabella had two TD's against the Lions last week.
Fan Sided says Andy is finding a role in the Cardinals offense.
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The Denver Broncos placed Elijah Wilkinson on injured reserve.
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Mike Traini of "Fight Massachusetts" looks at the Madden ratings for Minutemen alumni in the NFL.
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Gee, actual UMass football news!
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MaxPreps has stats. Dennis had 14 TFL and 5 sacks last year.
This article features Dennis.
First Team All-Conference and team captain in basketball.
Dennis also has an offer from Central Michigan. Defensive end is a position UMass needs help. The tall and athletic Dennis could have a great career in Amherst.
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Originally committed to Tennessee, he has reopened his recruiting.
Evans is 247Sports' #1 ranked JUCO running back in the nation. He's the fourth player from Hutchinson UMass has offered. Evans also has offers from Tennessee, East Carolina, Houston, Liberty, Maryland, Oklahoma, South Carolina, UCF and Western Kentucky.
UMass currently only has two recruited scholarship running backs. Evans and Ellis Merriweather would give the Minutemen one of the top running back tandems in the nation.
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St. Germain has FBS offers from Old Dominion and Coastal Carolina. Drawing interest from Miami of Ohio. There is lots of playing time available in the future in Amherst.
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MaxPreps has some stats from HS.
Pettway is the third Hutchinson player with an offer from the Minutemen. He has a big frame and should fit nicely into the UMass offense. Pettway also has an offer from South Alabama.
