Friday, January 06, 2017

Friday--January 6th, 2016

UMass has a post on Minutemen players making the Phil Steele All-Independent Team.

You remember I linked to Steele's All-Independent Team back on December 17th.

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Bloomberg discusses the financial models of FBS football. Mentions UMass a lot. Note that Idaho's decision to drop to FCS cost the Athletic dept a 25% reduction in donations.

UMass fans should probably be expecting the Globe's annual hit piece anytime now. They usually time it for the peak recruiting period.

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Charlie Strong takes over 2017 UMass opponent USF.

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Appalachian State announces their 2017 home schedule. Mentions UMass.

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Football Study Hall looks at five reasons the AAC is an up-and-coming league.

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The Hartford Courant says Randy Edsall nailed his apology.

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