UMass Football Blog on Vacation until 06/02

The UMass Football Blog will be on vacation until 06/02/06.
As you read this, Mrs. Blog and I will be flying to Las Vegas. Then make our way to Utah to visit some of the National Parks.
We will be finishing up our vacation visiting relatives in Oregon.
I will be back blogging as soon as I recover [...]

Matt Dougherty looks at the 2006 I-AA schedule

Matt Dougherty of The Sports Network has an interesting article on the various strengths and weaknesss of I-AA schedules. It’s here .
UMass is mentioned twice. Our Arch-foe Delaware is awarded the prize for the “weakest non-conference schedule”
If you want to do some figuring yourself, the A10 composite schedule is here. For example, JMU plays Bloomsburg, [...]

Someone You Should Know—Photographer Karen Winger

The internet is a wonderful thing. I was Googling on UMass Football images and several layers deep in the Google page rank was the site of Photographer Karen Winger.
Her images have been used extensively on the UMass Sports site.
She has a vast portfolio of UMass Sports images including some amazin’ UMass Football shots as well [...]

Construction Boom Hits I-AA Football

As UMass fans know, installation of Field Turf surface for McGuirk Stadium will start on May 29th. UMass will add permanent lights in 2007.
Actually, UMass is on the low end of football enhancements going on in A10 and the northeast, but I’m happy we’re making progress.
James Madison is adding field turf to their stadium.

An [...]

Minuteman Legend Steve Schubert Honored

Former UMass All-American Steve Schubert has been honored by the Joe Yukica Foundation as a Distinguished American.
Read my 09/01/05 Blog on Schubert first.
The articles on his award are here and here.

Shannon James & L.A.Love win UMass awards

UMass Senior’s Shannon James and L.A. Love have won awards from UMass. James was named one of the top three UMass athletes during a ceremony this Monday.
L.A. Love was named UMass’ Most Inspirational Athlete. He was hampered by a knee injury and played only a little in his senior season.
The UMass article is worth a [...]

UMass Game Jerseys

Well, purchasing the game jersey was an adventure. When we arrived at the game no knew how to purchase the jerseys or had even heard about the sale.
Eventually we grabbed Mike Hodges who told us to go into the UMass Field House and ask UMass equipment manager Paul Bys. Paul hauls out a huge sack [...]

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Report on Spring Game

The official UMass report is here . The Springfield Republican has a short article here . Matt Vautour will probably have an article later in the day. I’ll post an update.
Update 1:44pm. Matty Vautour at the Hampshire Gazette (subscription required, but worth it) has his take here in an article about the scrimmage. One interesting [...]