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I don’t take all of those excuses as full truth because the talk coming out of camp, etc. was how the “feels” were different and this team was ready to win. No one showed any signs that 0-12 was even a possibility. I get that coaches have to talk things up. There was no tempering of ...

Seat has to be warming up. If there isn’t massive improvement the first month or so of the 2026 season, I’d fire him.


This post is my attempt to be positive after witnessing the last 14 seasons under FBS.

Since I revived this threat and said the seat should be warming up, I’ve been paying ...

I watched the bull shit session yesterday.

FACTS: Bell and Brown said the same things as Joe, we will build the program for long term success. REALITY: As soon as they started losing badly, Bamford fired them. If Joe's team keeps losing badly, as they did this season, he will also be fired without ...

Brown brought in P4 and really good FCS players with less resources. At least the players looked like FBS level players. WIth even more resources, Joe brought in a bunch of low level FCS players and a few P4 players, who really didn't do much. The team looked like a low level FCS program on the ...

That is revisionist history. It was not a complete mess. He was also the primary reason the players left. There are no more years to build a foundation.


50 players left that’s a mess. Stop pretending there was talent here. This program has been a disaster since a Whipple left.


There ...

Thorr is back and I'm back in! UMass in da HOUSE!

Haven't posted much as I'm burned out on FBS football and all the changes (transfers/NIL). I have written for years that Bamford is a D3 level AD who runs the AD like a D3 school on steroids (except for hockey and maybe men's/women's basketball).

Too early on Coach Joe but didn't like what I was ...

Hi Everybody, Same shit, different year.

Old-School wrote: Wed Jan 15, 2025 11:23 am Maybe Coach is bringing his Louis V with him

Would be out of character for him but you never know these days in college football...

They solved the message board fights with duels at ten paces--kept down the repeat offenders.

https://www.gazettenet.com/UMass-football-basketball-recruits-dish-on-MAC-move-54383828 Fwiw. He was scheduled to enroll in January. Yes. New coaches can revoke scholarship offers. The dad seems to be saying that the scholarship was going to be honored when coach H was hired and then three ...

^I agree, comments what Coach Joe did is "bush league," when he is following the rules are incorrect. Also, DH wasn't coming to UMass until next fall, not three weeks before the semester.


https://www.gazettenet.com/UMass-football-basketball-recruits-dish-on-MAC-move-54383828 Fwiw. He was ...

^I agree, comments what Coach Joe did is "bush league," when he is following the rules are incorrect. Also, DH wasn't coming to UMass until next fall, not three weeks before the semester.

“head coach exemption” made available under NCAA rules to give first-year coaches the ability to cut scholarship players."

https://informedathlete.com/tag/ncaa-di-coaching-change-impact-on-scholarship-athlete/#:~:text=For%20Division%20I%20athletes%2C%20a%20change%20in,be%20reduced%20for%20athletic ...

Crazy stuff after reading the article. Truth is usually somewhere in the middle. Not a fan of the BG or the writer of the article as he's a UMass hater.