Entries from July 2006

July 31, 2006

A10 Football Media Day Wednesday Aug 2nd

Atlantic 10 football will have its last Media Day on Wednesday August 2nd. It will be broadcast live over the A10 site and (I assume) over WRHU . It will run from 10:00 am to 12:30 pm.
No word yet on when UMass’ segment will air. Coach Brown should be there as well at [...]

July 29, 2006

Opening opponent Colgate’s media guide out

Only 35 days until UMass opens at home against Colgate.
The Raiders have their 2006 Media Guide available . It’s nicely broken down in segments for easy download.
NOTE: The pdf download crashes my version of FireFox (my preferred [...]

July 29, 2006

Opening opponent Colgate’s media guide out

Only 35 days until UMass opens at home against Colgate.
The Raiders have their 2006 Media Guide available . It’s nicely broken down in segments for easy download.
NOTE: The pdf download crashes my version of FireFox (my preferred [...]

July 27, 2006

Field Turf installation starts

The UMass Athletic Dept site has a story and an image gallery on the start of field turf installation.
I’ll make a point of visiting McGuirk next week and will take some for images for your viewing pleasure.
15 days until UMass opens fall camp!

July 26, 2006

UMass Drumline

Joining the UMass Football Blog’s “UMass Football Links” section is the UMass Drumline . They have an extensive website with lots of video, image galleries and audio links here .
This blog has talked before about the UMass Marching Band before . The Drumline has a thing of its own.
Turn up the volume on [...]

July 25, 2006

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July 25, 2006

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July 25, 2006

College Football Data Warehouse

Check out College Football Data Warehouse. It has tons of statistics on all levels of football.
The I-AA page is here. UMass’ page is here.
Warning! This site is a real work killer. Remember my post on new UMass Coach Bob Shoop ? We talked about Columbia’s problems? Well, according to College Data Warehouse, if Columbia outscored [...]

July 24, 2006

Recruiting 2007 — Five players

Scout.com shows UMass recruiting five players for 2007. They are:

Sam Griffin — a 6-4 217 pd DE from Don Bosco Prep (Scout.com reports UMass has offered)
Quendel Ellison — a 5-10 200 pd RB from Auburn NY
Ryan Bennett — a 6-5 275 pd OL/TE from Somerville. NJ (Scout.com reports UMass has offered)
Alondre Rush — 6-0 180 [...]

July 22, 2006

Mark November 11th on your calendar

Mark November 11th on your calendar.
From the UMass OOC Basketball schedule:
” UMass opens its 2006-07 season with a visit from regional rival Dartmouth on Saturday, Nov. 11 at the Mullins Center. That game will tip-off at 5 p.m. following UMass’ football game against Maine held at McGuirk Stadium“