Entries from August 2005

August 31, 2005

R-R-R-Road Trip !!!

The UMass Football Fanzone Blog will be on the road for the Richmond and Colgate games.
I believe that I will be able to update the blog with images and notes from Richmond and for a couple of days after.
However, I will be off the net for a few days the following week.
If I [...]

August 30, 2005

Friends of Football Project

All UMass football fans should belong to UMass Friends of Football. They have been a major force in improving the status of UMass Football.
Their next major project is raising funs to upgrade McGuirk stadium with field turf.
Here’s why. While UMass does not have an artificial surface now, the field does turn into a swamp when [...]

August 30, 2005

Two UMass captains may miss the Richmond game

The UMass game notes are up. The extended game notes show that two UMass Captains may miss the Richmond game.
Senior captain Colin Stoetzel Sr.OT 6-6 290 and Senior Captain Serge Tikum Sr. LB 6-0 226 may be out against the Spiders.
The two deep chart has Sr. Transfer Brent Caldwell 6-3 290 and So. LB [...]

August 30, 2005

Matt Dougherty predicts the 2005 season

One of I-AA’s best writers has done a long article on the upcoming season. Read it here.
Note that Dougherty predicts UMass will make it all the way to the semi-finals, the last four teams in the playoff bracket!
It’s a must read for UMass fans.

August 29, 2005

Two new links

I’ve added two new links to the list to the right.

Richmond Fans site. By Rivals. Active Football messageboard. Registration is required to post.
GoHens.net Delaware site. Active message boards. More up-to-date Hens info than on the Delaware athletic dept site. Registration is required to post.

Please don’t post smack on other team’s home boards. Try [...]

August 29, 2005

Tutt position still a mystery…

Another article on Stacy Tutt here. Looks like we will see Stacy Tutt in several positions. The UMass Football Fanzone thinks that Richmond will try to use Tutt at both QB and WR. The Spiders were next to last in the A10 in offensive production last year. Even though they beat us with Tutt at [...]

August 28, 2005

UMass Cheering

Just recently found a link to UMass Cheering. Both the all girl and the co-ed squads do a great job.
I’ve added UMass cheering to the links column on the right.

August 27, 2005

Thursday’s Question and Answer with Coach Brown

Check out the question and answer session with Coach Brown held on Thursday Aug. 25th.
Two bits of information of note:
• UMass’ 2005 freshman recruit Chris Zardas 6-1 230 from St. John’s Prep has been unable to practice with the team due to right knee injury suffered during his [...]

August 27, 2005

Thursday’s Question and Answer with Coach Brown

Check out the question and answer session with Coach Brown held on Thursday Aug. 25th.
Two bits of information of note:
• UMass’ 2005 freshman recruit Chris Zardas 6-1 230 from St. John’s Prep has been unable to practice with the team due to right knee injury suffered during his [...]

August 26, 2005

Richmond has the UMass game notes up

The Richmond Athletic Dept has the game notes for UMass here .
I noticed that the Richmond two-deep has freshman Levi Brown listed as the starting QB.
Wonder if we’ll be seeing him instead of Tutt?