Recruiting 2013--Terrel Correia

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ESPN Boston has revealed UMass received its seventh verbal for 2013 when Terrel Correia, a 6-7 275 pd OL from Nantucket committed to UMass.

ESPN story here.

Hudl bio here.

Tuesday--July 3rd, 2012

UPDATE: Please read comment.

The UMass website has an article on the success of the Minutemen fund raising effort. The Minutemen Club is up to 2,569 members and the athletic dept raised $3.2 million for UMass sports.

Matty V also mentions the story here. UMass Associate AD Rocco DeLuca pointed to the football upgrade as the jumpstart for the increase.

During our trip an Ohio State fan knew we had moved to the MAC when he saw my "UMass Football" and Minuteman Club stickers on my truck. We didn't really chat because it was like 103 Degrees that day, but people have noticed.

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Opposing Views.com previews UMass OOC opponent Indiana.

Examiner.com predicts Indiana to go 4-8 and Michigan to go 10-4, both with wins over UMass.

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Football Scoop says Liam Coan is leaving URI and returning to Brown to coach quarterbacks (scroll to the end of the July 3rd post).

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Phil Steele looks at the breakdown between upperclassmen and freshmen and sophomores for every FBS team including UMass.

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Monday--July 2nd,, 2012

Good Morning from Dickinson, North Dakota. Mrs Blog and I are going to hang out here for a couple of days. We'll be touring Teddy Roosevelt National Park and other local attractions.

It's a fairly light news day for a Monday, but I'll try to work on some recruiting news this evening.

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Harry Plumber of MassLive.com looks at UMass plans for selling tickets.

Temple averaged 28,000 last year.

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 James Ihedigbo sacks Joe Flacco

The Giants Chris Canty is friends with Ihedigbo and asked him to speak at a Camp he was sponsoring in New York. The kids were not Patriots fans.

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The MAC blog "Hustle Belt" looks at the OOC schedule for the league's West Division.

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Can Rames Barton be the Giants next Victor Cruz?

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Athlon Sports predicts the Top-25 in FCS.

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OT, but the Boston College Blog "BC interruption" casts a jaundiced eye on Conn's joining Hockey East.

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Sunday--July 1st, 2012

Good Morning from Brandon, S.D. Civic motto -- "You took a wrong turn in Soux Falls."

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The MAC Blog "Hustle Belt" lists the MAC players currently in the Canadian Football League. UMass ties for second.

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The Richmond Times-Dispatch thinks Rhode Island may return to the CAA if they add more northern teams.

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A Bleacher Report writer predicts the outcome of this year's Michigan-UMass game.

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CBS Sports looks at conference realignments including UMass and the MAC.

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Recruiing 2013--Jordan Page

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Matty V. report the Minutemen have their seventh verbal as Jordan Page, a 6-5 295-pound OL from Pennington School, NJ has committed.

Matty's article here.

Rivals two-star player.

247sports page here.

NJ.com has the story of Jordan's verbal.

Jordan had an offer from Temple.

Saturday--June 30th, 2012

Good Morning from Galesburg, IL. Mrs Blog and I are driving through some serious agriculture.

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ESPN Boston looks at the coming year in high school football in the Bay State. The article mentions several UMass connections.

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The MAC blog "Hustle Belt" looks at the MAC East schedule for 2012.

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Sporting News ranks the SEC OOC schedules.

And  the Big East. Relevant quote for UMass fans: "What AD in their right minds would schedule four BCS teams for their OOC schedule?"

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Our SEC OOC opponent Vanderbilt has verbals from three four-star recruits and a dozen three-star.

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A Bleacher Report writer thinks Emil Igwenagu will end up on the Eagles Practice squad.

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Yesterday, the MAC Daily looked at how UMass' men's sports would do in the MAC if the Minutemen played all sports in the conference.

Today they look at Women's sports.

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Recruiting 2013---

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Matty V. reports that UMass has received its sixth verbal for the 2013 season. Sam Zeff, a 6-5 277-pound OL from Montclair, NJ has committed to the Minutemen.

Matty's article here.

Zeff's Rivals page here.

Scout.com three-star recruit.

NJ.com has the story on his verbal to UMass.

Zeff had offers from UConn, Rutgers, Temple and Tulane from FBS and from Old Dominion and Yale from FCS.

Recruiting 2013-- Shane Huber

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Matty V. reported Shane Huber, a 6-3 230-pound TE/LB/DE from Jersey City, NJ will visit UMass this weekend.

Huber's NCSA recruiting profile here.

Scout.com two-star player.

Rivals page here.

A question-and-answer session with Huber here.

Huber holds offers from Buffalo, Navy, Temple and UCF.

Friday--June 29th, 2012

Good Morning from scenic New Stanton PA, which is basically a truck stop at the junction between the PA Turnpike and I-70.

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Matty V. says Coach Molnar and AD McCutcheon are excited about the new BCS playoffs.

The biggest news in the article is that 2011 JUCO transfer Bernardo Nunez is still working on his eligibility for 2012.

I don't remember if I ever linked to his Pittsburgh bio. Nunez was originally a three-star recruit by Rivals.
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The Commissioner of the MAC comments on the new playoff system.

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The Examiner.com has a story about how UMass would do if they joined the MAC for all sports.

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Recruiting 2013-- Steven Casali II

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The Sachem Patch.com has a story featuring Steven Casali who verbaled to the Minutemen earlier this week.

Recruiting 2013--Sha'ki Holines II

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Harry Plumer of MassLive.com has a story about recent UMass verbal Sha'ki Holnes and his Tyrone Mathis.

Thursday--June 28th, 2012

Blog Bulletin!

Mrs Blog and I are off on a annual vacation adventure. This year, we're driving out to the Canadian Rockies. As usual, I'll try to keep the blog going when I have Wi-Fi connection. There will not be any afternoon updates for a while, however...

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Mattty V. asks "Can we go back to referring to I-A and I-AA football now?"

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MassLive.com has a short article on yesterday's verbal from Richard Queen.

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Boston College is facing the same team in its opener (Miami) as it did in last game of the season in the previous year. That's only happened three times in BC history. One of the occurrences was in 1901 and 1902 against UMass. The Minutemen won both games.

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This story is about the Colorado Buffalos future schedule and mentions the 2-for1 series with UMass.

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WWLP-22 looks at the college playoffs.

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Recruiting 2013---Rich Queen

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Matty V. reports the Minutemen have received their 5th verbal when Rich Queen, a 6-5 268-pound OL from talent-rich Bergen Catholic HS in NJ committed.

Matty's article here.

XOFan.com featuring Queen's announcement here. He's going to go the Isenberg School of Management, my old school. Good choice Rich.

Rivals page here.

Top performer in North Jersey  11th Grade NUC Schuman's Outstanding Performance List.

Recruiting update--Jack McDonald

The BC Blog "BC Interruption" reports that BC High OL Jack McDonald verbaled to Virginia.

McDonald held offers from both Boston College and UMass.

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Wednesday--June 27th, 2012

Victor Cruz is a hit at William & Mary camp.

The Williamsburg Yorktown Daily says Cruz is still playing with a chip on his shoulder.

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Matty V. has a post and a link about it being a make or break year for Vladimir Ducasse.

The Jet Press says Vlad is getting extra work and it's showing.

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Team Speed Kills.com reviews the schedule of this year's OOC opponent Vanderbilt.

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The MAC Blog "Hustle Belt" says the new four team BCS championship does not affect the MAC at all.

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A Bleacher Report looks at the Bengals' safety position and says Jeromy Miles is very much in the mix.

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Recruiting 2013--Cole Ormsby

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Matty V is reporting that UMass has its fourth verbal for 2013. Committed to the Minutenmen is Cole Ormsby a 6-3 225-pound DE from Windsor, CT.

Matty's article here.

Profile of Ormsby here.

Relevant quote from the profile above:

 A sleeper prospect, Ormsby could emerge as one of the top overall players in Connecticut with a strong senior season.

Ormsby tied a state record in single-game sacks.

Made the 2011 CT Coaches All-Star team.

Recruiting 2013--Sha'ki Holines

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ESPN's recruiting blog says  UMass has picked up it's third 2013 verbal from Sha'ki Holines, 6-4 240-pound DE from Commerce HS in Springfield, MA.

ESPN recruiting blog post here.

MassLive.com has a post here.

Rivals page here.

Holines also had an offer from Maine.

Tuesday--June 26th, 2012

I've been meaning to mention I received an e-mail from the Minutemen Club about a planned trip to Michigan this year.

The UMass alumni association has details of the trip here.

Anyone who didn't get a chance to go in 2010, should seriously consider going this year. The experience was great!

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A Bleacher Report writer picks UMass last of 124 FBS teams.

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VanDelaySports.com picks UMass to finish last in the MAC East.

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MAC conference mate Central Michigan picked up 6 verbals in 26 hours.

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OOC opponent Vanderbilt picks up a four-star recruit.

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A Philly.com writer looks at the impact of football re-alignments on college basketball in the East.

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Recruiting 2013--Steve Casali

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Matty V. reports UMass landed its second 2013 verbal from Steve Casali, a 6-2 220-pound ILB from Farmingville, NY.

Matty V's story here.

Named All-State.

Video interview with him on his team's 2011 season here.

This article features him.

Recruiting update---Cam Serigne

AllMetSports.com reports that Cam Sergine, a 6-3 225 LB TE from Briar Woods HS has verbaled to Wake Forest.

Sergine had offers from UMass, Ohio, Temple, Air Force and James Madison.