Only thirty days until the 2008 season opens and only five days till football camp starts! Be still my heart.
I read this article about one man’s ten best college football experiences and I started thinking about my ten best UMass football memories. This list only contains games that I was actually in attendance.
Attending [...]
The UMass Football Blog completed three full years last month. By internet standards, that’s ancient. I read somewhere the average amateur website lasts about 90 days before being abandoned.
But Blogging has opened a whole new world for fans. This article discusses how sportswriters are leaving the MSM for blogging.
The CAA’s media day will be covered [...]
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Now and then I get an e-mail or two about the images I publish on the UMass Football Blog.
Mrs. Blog got me a Sigma 70-300 APO DG Macro zoom lens for Christmas this year. I used it for most of the images in the [...]
I’ve added 15 images from various 1982 UMass game programs to the UMass Historical Scans section of the blog. The link is here . Included are some featured scans of Garry Pearson.
In 1982 UMass went 5-6 and 3-2 in the Yankee Conference.
On 11/13/82 UMass defeated New Hampshire to win a piece of their 14th Yankee [...]
The invaluable Draft Daddy Blog has a post from Josh Buchanan about the top 15 “Small School cornerbacks” (scroll to the 07/25 posting). Sean Smalls and Courtney Robinson are ranked #4 and #6 respectively.
Delaware has added 8 I-A transfers since the end of last season and is in the running for Brandon Gilbeaux who started [...]
UMass and Springfield TV station CBS3 (WSHM) have signed a three year deal to produce coaches shows for both football and basketball.
Starting Sept 6th, Coach Brown will have a 30 minute magazine show at 11:30 on Saturday. CBS3 will also increase its coverage of UMass sports on its 6:00 pm and 11:00 pm news shows.
Matty [...]
This article states that Matt Lawrence has a good chance to make the Bears roster.
The Bears have six running backs in camp right now.
Matt’s Chicago Bears bio page here.
Armando Cuko takes part in a North Shore football camp for kids .
The New Hampshire AD talks about the state of UNH football and the CAA.
The SME broadcaster’s preseason poll has UMass ranked #5.
CSN has a composite FCS television schedule for the entire year of 2008 here . I’m going to add that [...]
At the CAA Media day, UMass was picked first in the preseason poll. CAA press release here .
OVERALL CHAMPION — MassachusettsNorth Division (First Place votes)1. Massachusetts (17) Note that we got 17 votes and there are only 12 teams in the league!2. New Hampshire (1)3. Hofstra (1)4. Maine5. Northeastern6. [...]
CAA has released its 2008 TV package.
It looks like a good deal for UMass fans with high-speed internet. Seven UMass games will be televised, most of them on CN8. As I’ve said before, CN8 live video feed works great with my Verizon DSL.
UMass @ JMU CN8 09/13/08 3:30 pm
Delaware @ UMass CN8 10/04/08 3:30 pm
UMass [...]
