Sources say UMass has offered to Demetrius McClendon a 5-10 180 pd RB from Delray Beach FL.
This article discusses him .
He also has offers from Buffalo, N.C. State and Louisanna Layfyette.
Entries from January 2008
January 31, 2008
Recruiing 2008 — RB Demetrius McClendon
January 31, 2008
UNCC may join FCS/I-AA football
UMass plays in the A10 for Basketball and some other sports. League member North Carolina Charlotte may be adding football to their stable of sports. This article discusses the 49ers aspirations. Note that they want to move to BCS quickly.
One the constantly mentioned negatives of a potential UMass move to BCS is that there would [...]
January 30, 2008
Recruiting 2008—-Archie Barnes Athlete
UMass is recruiting Archie Barnes a 6-4 185 pd athlete from Berkley Prep in Hillsborough FL.
This article talks about him . He was All-county .
Has offers from Furman and Vanderbilt. Also recruited by UMass and Navy.
UPDATE: Barnes committed to Vandy yesterday.
January 30, 2008
Recruiting 2008- CT Offensive lineman verbals to UMass
UMass picked up its second verbal for 2008 when 6-5 300 pd OT Gilbert Parsons committed to UMass. His Scout.com page is here .
He was also recruited by Boston College, UConn, New Hampshire, Northeastern and Pitt.
Welcome to UMass Gilbert! Hope you have a great career with the Minutemen!
January 29, 2008
Lights! Transfers! Recruits!
Matty Vautour has confirmed that UMass will have stadium lights for the 2008 season! Read his article here .
Wow! That’s great news! With the new surface in 2005 and new lights in 2008, McGuirk will have the most renovations in 40 years. And last year they fixed the roof of the stadium clubhouse. Kudos to [...]
January 29, 2008
Recruiting 2008—- OL James Thomas
UMass in interested in James Thomas a 6-2 305 pd OL from Aquinas Institute in Rochester, NY.
See this article (scroll down until you hit his bio).
Thomas in #76 in this MaxPreps image.
Also being recruited by Delaware, Hofstra, Maine and Albany.
James, hope you choose UMass!
January 29, 2008
Demarcus Roberson verbals to Troy
Former UMass DB Demarcus Roberson has verbaled to Troy University.
He will still be taking a visit to UMass this week.
Players can take recruiting visits after verbaling. Commitments are not final until a LOI is signed.
The UMass football blog wishes Demarcus good luck wherever he ends up.
January 29, 2008
UMass Legend Mark Whipple joins the Eagles
Former UMass coach Mark Whipple has joined the staff of the Philadelphia Eagles. The Eagles press release here .
A Philly newspaper has a related story here .
Congratulations to Coach Whipple. The Eagles offense will get better quickly.
UPDATE: The UMass Athletic Dept site has an article about Whipple’s hiring here .
January 28, 2008
Three star OL commits to UMass
Quinton Sales a 6-2 278 pd OC from Fort Washington, MD has verbaled to UMass.
His Scout.com page is here . There is another article on him here (does not mention UMass).
This page lists him as the 15th best center in the nation. That page was first brought to my attention by “zangzigger” over on the [...]
January 28, 2008
Some UMass-Xavier images
I don’t usually blog on any other UMass Sports except for football, but Mrs. Blog got me a 18-55 Canon zoom lens for Christmas.
With no football to photograph, I took it to the Sunday’s UMass-Xavier hoops game. I also cranked up the effective ISO to 1,600. The lens does not have image stabilization.
Anyway, here are [...]
