Whoa! It's football season.

Nice to have lots of UMass Football material to choose from. That will brighten the heart of any Blogger. Here is some Sunday reading to keep you occupied.

Matty Vautour of the Hampshire Gazette rings in with three articles (all require free registration, but worth it)

The first concerns James Ihedigbo Sr. 6-1 202. Ihedigbo has really grown under Brown's attacking defensive philosophy. His stats for 2005: 33UT 25AT 58TT 7.5-53 Sacks (2nd in A1) 12-60 TFL 2-12 INT 5 PBUs

Ihedigbo is one of the top Safeties in the A10. My favorite quote from Ihedigbo: "I want to hit them so hard, their parents will feel it!"

In his second article Matt talks about the "413" connection for UMass. Along with Ihedigbo, three former Amherst High football players are on the UMass squad.

UConn transfer Anthony Rouzier LB So. 6-0 222, Elijah Bynum DB 5-11 180,
Alphonsus Aguh TB Fr. 5-9 180 complete the ex-Amherst players.

Rounding out the Western Mass contingent is Scott Woodard Fr. QB 6-3 195 from Mahar Regional. Woodward is an important cog in the Minuteman machine as he is very likely the back-up to Liam Coen. Woodard had a stellar HS career. He threw for over 4000 yards and led his team to consecutive Division II Superbowl titles.

Matt finishes out his articles here with news and views on training camp. The big news is that Rutgers transfer Brad Listori TE Jr. 6-4 245 is likely to be the starting TE.