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Akron just beat Buffalo so it's going to be a dogfight. Hopefully we can get healthy and get prepared to continuously improve as a football team and get the W.

Ladies & Gentleman: Traveling back in time to undo the firing of Mark Whipple, Don Brown, Charlie Molnar or Walt Bell is not a reasonable priority.

FTR: I was very opposed to letting Whip go. Most here disagreed w/me. Its okay. But we gotta move on and discuss priorities from there on out.

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Please be respectful and stay on topic instead of resorting to the same dumb 'kill the program" diatribe. That's not on topic and that's not happening.

The topic is: Suspend any downgrade or kill the program discussion. "You're hired to be the new UMass AD.... Where do you begin, and what, in ...

Year 1 ain't great, but it is just that. No reason, yet, to quit on Coach Joe. Upper leadership needs to go, though.


Year 1 ain't gonna be great if Coach H's NIL funding wasn't available until July 1, 2025. Which - reading between the lines - is precisely what the situation was that Coach H was ...

I don't think you guys are giving the coach a fair chance. He got hired in Dec so how much time did he really have to get a team together. One game the announcers said that he brought in 50 new players. Pretty tough to form a team with those guys and the guys that stayed. I think that he needs 2 ...

We are so talent deficient at every position right now with all the injuries. Its also hard to tell if AJ is that bad or is the OC so bad, he make decent QBs look worse.


I think the receiving skills are what make AJ look bad. They can’t get open and drop every third ball. The OC doesn’t help ...

Tough loss to a better football team. Effort was there, improvements notable on both sides of the ball, Played tough, competed well in 2d half but not good enough to earn the win today.

^ Im sure URI is kicking themselves for not playing FBS.

And, btw, I wouldn't consider being Bamford’s replacement, so you can rest easy. He’s followed the wise counsel of fools like you and moved us into the MAC. There is clearly a larger cultural and institutional failure at work that allows ...

I'm a Don Brown fan. Good Guy to get to know and Mrs. Brown is a riot to watch a game with. All that said, Brown wasn't successful as HC 2.0. Did Bamford put Don in a position w/sufficient resources to succeed? Hell No. That said, UMass is paying Don Brown $1.4 Million not to Coach football. So let ...

I'm a Don Brown fan. Good Guy to get to know and Mrs. Brown is a riot to watch a game with. All that said, Brown wasn't successful as HC 2.0. Did Bamford put Don in a position w/sufficient resources to succeed? Hell No. That said, UMass is paying Don Brown $1.4 Million not to Coach football. So let ...

No, I think I’d rather be a URI (if we were to drop down and had stayed in the A10) or VCU athletics program (if eliminating the program and had stayed in the A10). But, sure, it’s either “Maine/UNH” or MAC “stability.” Got it.


uri..... Thanks for removing all doubt that you literally have no ...

Disappointing result but I am 100% all in w/Coach H. The team demonstrated significant improvement and effort. Tough loss but I think Coach H is on the brink of turning things around in a positive way !

Looking forward to the game. Hoping to see significant improvement in effort and execution.

Making foolish and unsubstantiated allegations on the internet is idiotic. Put up or shut up.

The real NIL scandal was exposed in 2024 by Coach Brown's feisty wife Deborah who infamously posted the following after Don was let go:

UMASS roster NIL valuation: 36k
Liberty 1.3 mil
Mississippi state ...

Personally, I'm beyond reading about intended changes. That team was dreadful in all phases and lost to a better team which happens to be one of the weaker teams in the MAC. Bamford has had more than enough time and more than enough Head coaching changes. This is 100% on Ryan's inability to build a ...