Wednesday, October 15, 2014

Wednesday--October 15th, 2014

UMass has its game notes for EMU up.

Remember, it's Band Day.

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Lorenzo Woodley was named Co-UMass athlete-of-the-week for his 28-160 yards against Kent State.

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Eastern Michigan also has its game notes for UMass posted.

Eastern Michigan scored two MAC players-of-week as QB Reggie Bell and LB Anthony Zappone were named the MAC's offense and defense honors squad for their performances against Buffalo.

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USA Today ranks EMU's Ryneanson Stadium with its gray turf as one of the top ten in the nation.

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Football Scoop looks at the MAC and Sunbelt at mid-season and has some positive words about UMass.

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If you missed it, while UMass was stopping its loss streak, Central Michigan broke NIU's 28 game home winning streak.

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Terry Bowden is turning the Akron Zips into a winner in his third year. We can hope they'll be writing articles like this about Whipple in 2016.

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The Buffalo Bulls want to hire a high profile coach as Jeff Quinn's replacement.

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BTW, Blake Frohnapfel's old school Marshall, is undefeated.

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The Wall Street Journal reports that Mississippi State is #1 and the Bulldogs are doing it with modest financial resources.

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