Thursday, July 10, 2014

Thursday--July 10th, 2014

Offensive line Spring Game
Matt Sparks is the subject of Dan Malone's latest preview of 25 UMass players.

Sparks UMass bio.

During the Spring game the starting OL was:

Your LT, playing the quarterback's blind side is generally usually assigned to the OL's best player. Teams generally run right most of the time, so the RT is the best run blocker.

I think everyone expects Liam Porter 6-6 293 JR transfer from Dean College to make a strong bid to start. The same argument can be made for Ryan Johnson JR 6-5 320 transfer from Garden City Kansas.

Johnson played mostly guard at Garden City. I believe Porter was an OT at BC before being moved to TE. If he plays that position at UMass, Smith or Henderson could be moved to OG.

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The BC Lions gave up during their loss to Montreal said Brandon London.

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A Pacific Takes.com author thinks UMass could be a trap game for Colorado.

Jesse Allen of Hustle Belt previews the UMass-Buffs game.

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Idaho officially announces Charlie Molnar has joined to Vandal's staff.

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ESPN's SEC blog projects Vanderbilt to win about five games in 2014 (one of them being UMass).

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The Orlando Sentinel ranks Penn State as #48 and says NCAA sanctions will continue to be a problem for the Nittany Lions.

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