Warren Wilson the transfer WR from Boston College is the feature of an article from the Lawrence Eagle Tribune.
Matty Vautour has a mention of the article in his Sports Blog and some additional comments on the UMass receiver corps.
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Entries from August 2008
August 25, 2008
Five Days before the start of the 2008 season 08/25/08
August 24, 2008
Wisdom of the Blog—- Top UMass Quarterback
The greatest quarterbacks blog poll came directly from the career top 10 list in the 2008 UMass press guide. The 100 Blog votes went like this:
Liam Coen- 05-08 39 votes. Liam leads UMass in career TD’s, Season and career passing efficiency, total yards and most yards gained in a single game (three of the [...]
August 23, 2008
One week to go!
Time to get your game faces on. We’re going live in seven days. Get your tailgating equipment together. Find your Maroon & White shirts. Got your “UMass Football’ hat. Are you ready for some football?
Matty Vautour has a nice story about UMass WR Victor Cruz. It looks like three years of potential is finally [...]
August 22, 2008
Friday Moring stuff 08/22/08
Jeff Thomas has an article about the 2008 UMass offensive line here .
Looks like the lineup for the opening game is:
LT Valdimir Ducasse Jr. 6-5 315 17 games and 12 starts
LG Ben Coblyn RSr. 6-8 300 9 games 2 starts
C Sean Calicchio Rsr. 6-5 300 26 games 22 starts
RG Josh Samuda RFr. 6-3 305 0 [...]
August 21, 2008
Thursday news 08/21/08
I received an e-mail from Comcast sports about this year’s UMass TV schedule. Bob McGovern is all over it on his UMass all-sports blog “Between Mullins and McGuirk“, so I’m not going to reinvent the wheel.
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Matty Vautour has an article about UMass being ranked #5 in the Sports Network Preseason poll.
In his Sports Blog, he [...]
August 20, 2008
Media Day Practice and comments
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On August 12th I attended the UMass Media Day and a practice at McGuirk. A thirty-three image Picassa web album is here. Click on the “slide show” button or view individually.
Truth-in-blogging note, I was asked not to take images of offensive or defensive sets. And the [...]
August 19, 2008
Tuesday Morning articles 08/19/08
The Berkshire Eagle has an article about Liam Coen.
The UMass Athletic website has more information about Marcel Shipp’s signing with the Texans and includes a video link. Houston Texans story here .
The Bleacher Report has a Marcel Shipp story here .
The CAA has a UMass 2008 preview up on their website.
I hope to have my [...]
August 19, 2008
Recruiting 2009 –Keith Bourne & Russell Braithwaite
UMass is recruiting two of the top 10 Massachusetts players not committed for 2009.
Keith Bourne a 6-4 270 pd OL from Fitchburg, MA is a rivals two-star recruit. Also being recruited by Boston College and Temple.
Bourne’s TruPreps page is here (with a couple of images)
Russell Braithwaite is a 6-2 185 pd DB from [...]
August 18, 2008
Monday Morning Odds & Ends 08/18/08
The CAA has started a “Press Box” of team and league information. They also have been running a football preview of the CAA teams on their front page.
UMass’ freshman DB recruit Dan McLaughlin’s brother Mike McLaughlin has been named a captain at Boston College.
And Marcel Shipp has been signed by the Texans (as reported by [...]
August 18, 2008
Defensive line article
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Jeff Thomas has an article about the 2008 UMass defensive line here .
Thomas reports that the starting UMass line will be:
Darnel Delaire RDE RSr. 6-2 240
Kyle C. Harrington NT RJr. 6-3 285
Brandon Collier RJr. DT 6-1 [...]
