Whipple is BACK

Get ready for some MACtion
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Post by mlaconte459 » Mon Jan 20, 2014 5:14 pm

DKera wrote:I have been obsessed with UMass basketball since I went to UMass but never really got into the football program (only two times I've been in McGuirk were for a UMass-Syracuse lax game and for my graduation), but I can already feel that changing after the hiring of Whipple.

Watching that press conference yesterday, the guy just has an unbelievable personality and I couldn't be happier with the hire. I'm pretty confident that bringing Whipple back into the fold will have a similar effect on many other UMass alums that might not have been too into the football program.

I already know for a fact I will attending my first UMass football game next year.
+1..I am a diehard hoops fan that casually follows the football team, maybes goes to a game every 2-3 years.. but this hire has gotten me excited about starting to follow the football team more closely in the upcoming years
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Post by Berkman » Mon Jan 20, 2014 5:42 pm

I can just imagine what home coming will be like this year especially if we have a win or two by then. I expect that this will be an exciting season. I doubt that any MAC team will score over 40 points against us.

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Post by UMass02 » Mon Jan 20, 2014 6:58 pm

Berkman wrote:I can just imagine what home coming will be like this year especially if we have a win or two by then. I expect that this will be an exciting season. I doubt that any MAC team will score over 40 points against us.
The Western Mass fans who complained about the move to Gillette better show up in force. Bang out McGuirk and the show will stay in Amherst (except for those big NC games). Talk is talk, now it's time for those fans to vote with their feet. Don't forget that the school is selling Amherst-only tickets.

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Post by Berkman » Mon Jan 20, 2014 11:30 pm

We'll be there.

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Post by Old Cage » Tue Jan 21, 2014 8:21 am

Team meeting:

https://twitter.com/LiamCoen/status/425 ... 13/photo/1

Click on the picture.
"Jack didn’t have any envy in him," Calipari said. "He was the greatest coach to ever coach here."

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Post by Calmass9 » Tue Jan 21, 2014 10:48 am

Woah, cool. Was not expecting that much nostalgia and then Mahar shows up.

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Post by cox'n » Tue Jan 21, 2014 2:33 pm

Calmass9 wrote:Woah, cool. Was not expecting that much nostalgia and then Mahar shows up.
I read this without my glasses and at first I thought you wrote "and then Molnar shows up."

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Post by UMass02 » Tue Jan 21, 2014 4:39 pm

If people renew before February 5th, folks can get their old seats at McGuirk back in 2011. I don't know if that applies to people who dropped tickets when UMass went eastward - call the ticket office and find out. I can't see them turning away people with open wallets.

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Post by InnervisionsUMASS » Tue Jan 21, 2014 7:15 pm

UMass02 wrote:.... I don't know if that applies to people who dropped tickets when UMass went eastward...


I hope not.
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Whipple's Warriors are back!

Post by Umass_Minuteman » Sun Jan 26, 2014 5:23 pm

Whipple's Warriors are back!
UConn 59
UMass 61

December 9, 2004
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9,043 on hand (myself included)

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Post by Big10Land » Sun Jan 26, 2014 5:51 pm

Whipple addressed the crowd before the Fordham hoops game. "Two games at Gillette, the first being against BC. Three games at McGuirk.... we don't loose at McGuirk"

Nice
Oh my god, they love state schools out here.

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Post by UMass02 » Sun Jan 26, 2014 6:13 pm

Big10Land wrote:Whipple addressed the crowd before the Fordham hoops game. "Two games at Gillette, the first being against BC. Three games at McGuirk.... we don't loose at McGuirk"

Nice
What happened to the sixth home game? :)

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Post by Old Cage » Sun Jan 26, 2014 9:29 pm

^ I heard the same. I assume that he misspoke.
"Jack didn’t have any envy in him," Calipari said. "He was the greatest coach to ever coach here."

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Post by Big10Land » Sun Jan 26, 2014 10:48 pm

From the fbschedule.com site:

08/30 - Boston College
09/06 - Colorado
09/13 - at Vanderbilt
09/20 - at Penn State

then 8 MAC games. That means one of the MAC games will be at Gillette as well. That reflects the season ticket packages.
Oh my god, they love state schools out here.

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