Monday, November 05, 2012

Monday--November 5th, 2012

The UMass Daily Collegian says UMass stomped by Northern Illinois.

NJ.com says, tongue-in-cheek, UMass should put the pads away before someone gets hurt.

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Saturday's foe Akron gave 8-1 Kent State a run for it's money last week.

By way of comparison, Akron lost to Northern Illinois 37-7 on October 20th.

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Cleveland.com speculates that the MAC could get a BCS bowl this year.

Toledo rose to #23 in the latest AP poll. Northern Illinois and Kent State were the first two out of the Top-25. Toledo also appears in the BCS pol.

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Yesterday I blogged about Kentucky losing to Vanderbilt by roughly the same amount we did. The Wildcats have announced a coaching change.

UMass has an upcoming series with Colorado in 2014, 2015 and 2019. The Buffs have been having issues this year too.

Boston.com says 2-7 Boston College looks for motivation.

UConn is having problems finding any silver lining.

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