UMass has posted the Spring 2006 Football Roster. It’s here .
Some notes:
Number Changes
Brad Anderson is now wearing Steve Costello’s old #2. Click on Brad’s bio for the reasons behind the switch…
Rasheed Rancher is now wearing R.J. Cobb’s #3
2005 recruit Brandon Collier switches to #56
JUCO recruit Mike Omar is wearing Greg Scott’s old #15
JUCO recruit Chris [...]
UMass opens its 2006 season Sept 2nd against Colgate.
The Raiders have published a 22 page (PDF Format) Spring Prospectus.
It’s nicely done and it’s available here .
For UMass fans a couple of facts stick out:
Colgate lost seven starters on defense.
The entire Defensive line graduated.
Two of the starting three linebackers (including the Patriot League Defensive-Player-of-the-Year Jared Nepa) [...]
This link give a summary of college football rules changes for 2006.
This was brought to my attention over on the Any Given Saturday site’s I-AA message board.
Well, only twelve days until Spring Football opens.
While we’re waiting, check out this football site with dozens of links to all things football.
One link takes you to I-AA historical information. Did you know?
UMass is 14th in all time games played (1062) for current I-AA teams.
Penn is 1st with 1264 games played
Coastal Carolina is the rookie [...]
Well here it is in late March 2006. UMass football news is hard to come by. We are still more than two weeks away from the start of Spring practice on 04/08/06.
Rob McFaddin is still AWOL in his 2006 Recruiting Analysis. He has not posted an update for more than a month.
UMass football will be [...]
There have been a number of articles lately about former UMass player Ron Villone joining the Yankees. His Yankee bio is here. Villone has had a 23 year career in Major League Baseball. His cumulative major league stats are here.
Villone was a two-sport star for UMass. He played TE for the UMass football team [...]
As far as I know, there is only one sports program devoted exclusively to I-AA football.
The show is I-AA Waves privately produced by Ralph Wallace, the driving force behind I-AA.org.
The show is available over the internet most Tuesdays at 8:00 pm CST. The show includes commentary by Ralph, recorded interviews with I-AA [...]
Received the following letter from Bill DeFlavio (President, Friends of Football)
Dear Friend of Football:
The Friends will be hosting the annual Boston Spring Gathering a the new “University of Mass Club” on Tuesday, April 4th. Head Coach Don Brown will be the featured speaker.
We will also review the past year’s events of the organization, as well [...]
