Saturday, November 7, 2009
Jerry Tipton of the Lexington Leader Herald has a good story about Kentucky learning how to run Calipari's Dribble-Drive offense.
I'm posting it because it's a good story, but more than that because I imagine UMass' freshman are experiencing similar growing pains.
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
At some point later this month at a time TBA, I'm going to unveil the UMass football all-decade team on this very blog.
I enlisted the help of some UMass football experts to compile the team, but I'm interested in hearing from you.
Send me your ballots at mvautour@gazettenet.com.
To be eligible, a player must have played half of his UMass career
between 2000-2009. So Marcel Shipp, Kole Ayi are not eligible even
though their careers dipped into the decade.
Some of the picks are obvious. Some are pretty difficult.
Feel free to write in candidates.
Offensive Player of the Decade - Pick One
Defensive Player of the Decade - Pick One
Quarterback (Choose 1)
Jeff Krohn
Liam Coen
Tim Day
Tailback (Choose 1)
R.J. Cobbs
Steve Baylark
Matt Lawrence
Tony Nelson
Fullback (Choose 1)
Pete Cariello
Matt Lawrence
Breyone Evans
Rich Demers
Chris Zardas
Tight End (Choose 1)
Brad Listorti
Ian Jorgensen
Mike Douglas
Sean Young
Greg Ward
Wide Receivers (Choose 3)
Adrian Zullo
Jason Peebler
Brandon London
Rasheed Rancher
Victor Cruz
J.J. Moore
DeShon Hardy
Jimmie Howard
Offensive Line (Choose 5)
Maikel Miret
Rob Kane
Alex Miller
David Thompson
Brent Caldwell
Vladimir Ducasse
Nick Diana
Matt Austin
Sean Calicchio
Kicker (Choose 1)
Doug White
Chris Koepplin
Armando Cuko
Punter (Choose 1)
David Sanger
Christian Koegel
Brett Arnold
Defensive Line (pick four)
Valdamar Brower
Colin Christopher
John Hatchell
Kyle Harrington
Justin Schweighardt
Brandon Collier
Keron Williams
David Burris
Michael Hanson
Jason Leonard
L.A. Love
Linebacker (pick three)
Jeremy Cain
Mark Kimener
Mike Ziccardi
Jason Hatchell
Serge Tikum
Brad Anderson
Charles Walker
Josh Jennings
Corey Potter
Safety (pick two)
Jeremy Robinson
Anton McKenzie
Shannon James
James Ihedigbo
Jeromy Miles
Greg Scott
Cornerback (pick two)
Tracy Belton
Courtney Robinson
Sean Smalls
Steve Costello
Leroy Brooks
Brandon Freeman
Monday, November 2, 2009
I bounced UMass. Too much uncertaintly. Too many turnovers. Struggles at QB. AWOL running game etc.
1. Richmond
2. Montana
3. Southern Illinois
4. Elon
5. Villanova
6. William & Mary
7. New Hampshire
8. Appalachian St.
9. South Carolina St.
10. McNeese St.
11. South Dakota St.
12. Stephen F. Austin
13. Northern Iowa
14. Jacksonville St.
15. Holy Cross
16. Eastern Illinois
17. Lafayette
18. Colgate
19. Delaware
20. Cal Poly
21. Weber St.
22. Central Arkansas
23. Harvard
24. Liberty
25. Southeastern Louisiana
Monday, November 2, 2009
PATH TO POSTSEASON
Every week on the blog this football season, I'll project each UMass
game based on expectations and how it affects the Minutemen's chances
of reaching the postseason.
Prognosis: It would take a miracle now..
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Monday, November 2, 2009
"Kyle will continue to be our starter. We need to continue to get better at the quarterback position." - Kevin Morris on Monday's conference call.
