Tuesday, October 02, 2012

Tuesday-- October 2nd, 2012

Matty V. says freshmen give the Minutemen a bright future.

Harry Plumer says UMass football is no joke and that's the first victory.

Harry has a story about walk-on DB Joe Colton who rang up 12 tackles against Ohio.

BTW, Ohio received 30 votes in Sunday's AP top-25 poll.

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Buffalo News has the MAC conference roundup from Saturday's games.

The MAC Blog "Hustle Belt" says Western Michigan's QB Alex Carder is out indefinitely  after having surgery on his throwing hand.

Broncos backup QB Tyler Van Tubbergen went 26-46-232 in last week's loss to Toledo. He threw three INT's. The UMass game will be Van Tubbergen's third career start.

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Hustle Belt has Week #5 MAC power ratings. Read the capsule for UMass.

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CBS Sports has the MAC with five bowl slots as of it's Week #5 update. That would be a projected seven bowl teams UMass will have played this season. Quite a difference from life in FCS.

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Keepers College football ratings has the Broncos by 18.28 over the Minutemen.

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