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OMG, this whole FBS 'experiment' has been such a shit show. Most students and alums couldn't care less about FB, much less FBS ranking.

We are in the least competitive FBS league, with ZERO relevant competitors, and pull up the worst ranking in their league and in FBS, overall, as well.

UM is a ...

OK, I have renewed my season tickets and paid for parking. But I'm a diehard and am willing to pay the price. However, the decrease in the number of casual fans and single game fans will be huge. I just don't understand the rationale.


Demand for Hockey tickets is somewhat inelastic, as the team ...

Updated list of recruits for the next year. 25-26.
https://www.insidelacrosse.com/recruiti ... ss/22/2025

As of now, we are ranked 42 in recruiting, tied with 4 other colleges, of 76.

A10 recruiting:

Richmond is 23.
St. Joe's is 25.
Hobart is 35.
High Point is 48.
St.Bonny is 48.

28-6 late in 3rd. Only TD is via an interception. We are now trapped near our own end zone with a MIzzou interception. 2 plays later, it's 35-6.

O has done nothing.

They got their homecoming win, fans are bolting, as am I

This week's Globe article says nothing but '$25M for this?' Most alleged ...

I call this progress over the insanity of P4 conferences, and the withering of the next 5. Good for Temple.

Outside of the P4, second-tier athletic programs will undoubtedly determine that the expenses outweigh the revenues and return to a more sane, perhaps limited, model of regional competition ...

One view of the game.

https://collegefootballnews.com/college ... eview-2025

Given NIL and free transfers, the past predicts the future. We are in a perpetual cycle of anyone good leaving and 3rd/4th string arriving to 'hopefully' gain some cred for the next year somewhere else. It is simply worse than before, given the true professionalism of the major college sports

The ...

Done

Here is the Globe article: https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/29/sports/greg-cannella-retirement-umass-lacrosse/?s_campaign=sharetool_copypaste_view

Again, a class guy. But the recruiting and funding aspects are where we seem to be challenged. Mass kids need to stay in Mass, a key challenge for ...

Note - this looks like a very bad cut and paste job.

See below.

Massachusetts Lacrosse Alumni and Supporters,

I write to share news regarding a key coaching change within our men’s lacrosse program. After 31 years as the leader of our men’s lacrosse program, Greg Cannella has announced his ...

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Unfortunately, his career totals are like an average year for an NFL slot receiver, but playing in 45 total games with only 33 catches and 3 touchdowns over those years,

https://www.pro-football-reference.com/ ... abAn00.htm

Always rooted for him, but a lot of DNPCD.

https://www.insidelacrosse.com/recruiti ... ss/22/2025

We have five 3-star recruits coming in, see above.

A small reminder, MLAX still is in the A10, just saying.

That Athletic article justifiably emphasizes the UMass position of straddling having mediocre FCS funding while wading into the FBS Independent wilderness. IMO, UMass lost a generation of potential football fans in the dorms and frats with all of this losing - will it be able to regain them? Count ...