Thursday, June 24, 2010

Thursday News --- June 24th, 2010

The UMass website has another article on Liam Coen being appointed QB coach at Brown.

There are a number of UMass connections at Brown. Phil Estes, the HC at Brown worked with Mark Whipple at UNH. He as also interested in the UMass job when Whipple left. Estes has done a great job at Brown, winning three Ivy League championships (Brown has one only one in its entire history prior to Estes). Brown led the Ivies in total offense in 2009 and was 20th in the nation.

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Former UMass HC Bob Pickett was inducted into the UMass Hall-of-Fame.

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Craig Haley's latest "In the Huddle" FCS column features Robert Morris HC Joe Walton and also has news from around FCS.

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Former UNH QB Ricky Santos has been re-aquired by the Montreal Alouettes.

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More CAA football news from the CAA Blogger.

BTW an updated CAA television schedule.
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When guys don't have sports to keep them occupied department: Key quote "On Sunday evening, the 34-year-old men were sharing a few beers when they thought it would be interesting to shoot each other with an air rifle to see if it would hurt, or if the slugs would penetrate their skin."

From Dave Barry's Blog of course.