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Sam Minuteman · Senior Joined: 09 Apr 2003 Posts: 1164 Location: Tampa, FL

http://www.hustlebelt.com/2012/5/29/3042518/umass-football-greatest-seasons

MAC Blog reviews the top 4 seasons in Minuteman history. No news but a fun read.
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DrG · Hall of Fame Joined: 02 Apr 2003 Posts: 2171 Location: MA

Not a bad read, although I question any analysis that doesn't say Greg Landry was the greatest QB in UMass history. If any of you young'uns had seen him play, you'd agree with me.

Sam Minuteman · Senior Joined: 09 Apr 2003 Posts: 1164 Location: Tampa, FL

Dickie Dunn · Posted: Wed May 30, 2012 1:19 pm Post subject:

Also said Don Brown was the offensive coordinator.
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BUMPA · Posted: Wed May 30, 2012 7:50 pm Post subject:

I am going to just drop this article here;

http://www.forbes.com/sites/chrissmith/2012/05/29/say-your-goodbyes-the-accs-days-are-numbered/

It's a good read. It's truly amazing the volatility of CFB over the last few years..and it appears it won't end soon.

Sam Minuteman · Senior Joined: 09 Apr 2003 Posts: 1164 Location: Tampa, FL

Now that we are in the MAC can we get a Minuteplane?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffBDRW05lkQ&feature=player_embedded
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econalum · Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2012 1:23 am Post subject:

Back to the ACC - wow, how the mighty can fall, and quickly. It is interesting how football dominates the discussion, where even profitable basketball programs cannot demand the $$'s of football, amid the conference TV money for FB.

It seems clear now that there is a real possibility that there will be 64 or so teams in some sort of Super-Elite 4 conferences, dominated by football, and perhaps even leaving the NCAA long term.

In my view, this chase for the buck is insane, as not everyone can win, and any sport can wilt due to overexposure.

What is also interesting is that these Super conferences are outside most of the major metropolitan areas of the Northeast, and perhaps beyond - Atlanta was mentioned. They are banking on viewers like me, I guess, who watch SEC football on Saturday, like I watch the NFL on Sunday, because it is the best quality, not that I have any allegiance to Alabama, Florida, etc..

It does leave me wondering about the next 70 or so 'FBS' schools - what bowls will they really compete for, what status is possible for them to attain?

We'll see.

Whatever happens, I am troubled that so many traditional rivalries are disappearing in search of 'the bucks.' Traditional rivalries are part of American culture, and their loss is just like the endless boring landscape of America, dominated by the sameness of national chains - for restaurants, hardware, department stores, etc. Yeech.

In my view, regional champions, in sports and retail, should be fostered. Sameness is boring, trivial and generic.

As the old song says, "you don't know what you have lost, until it is gone".

Whatever we had in college sports is leaving quickly, and to what end?
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sleepy sheep · Senior Joined: 01 Dec 2007 Posts: 939 Location: Boston

^^I like your post. I guess I am in the "if you can't beat them, join them" crowd. All of the top and peer flagship state universities play FBS football, so we probably should (and do) too.

Like someone else said, I wish Hockey East was an all sports conference.

Steve81 · Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2012 12:00 pm Post subject:

We have the highest rated home Stadium in the conference at #33.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1145292-power-ranking-all-124-college-football-stadiums#/articles/1145292-power-ranking-all-124-college-football-stadiums/page/93
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meff · Senior Joined: 10 Nov 2003 Posts: 893 Location: Hanover

^ To be nitpicky, Bob Kraft has the highest rated home stadium. If UMass moves back west expect us to be about 80+ slots lower.

photoman · Senior Joined: 26 Apr 2003 Posts: 919 Location: Attleboro

InnervisionsUMASS · Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2012 3:50 pm Post subject:

I want us not to fail at Gillette and to move back west.
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UMass87 · Hall of Fame Joined: 02 Apr 2003 Posts: 7332

I agree with photoman - succeed at Gillette and never move back. I don't believe the Commonwealth will ever let UMass build a real stadium. In any case, I think if we succeed at Gillette then the need to move diminishes. That said, if we succeed at Gillette then I hope we also have a hundred or so busses going from Amherst to Foxboro on game days.