Thursday News-- 11/27/09

UMass had been interested in Seth Sheridan a 6-1 185 pd RB from Oakmont, MA. He tore an ACL and will likely spend a year in prep school. More on Sheridan here. He was drawing interest from Boston College and UNH as well as UMass. Hope he has a speedy recovery.

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BTW, a big congratulations to Holy Cross for making the FCS/I-AA playoffs. The Crusaders have painfully climbed back to respectability after the infamous Fr. Brooks blew up the Holy Cross athletic program (a case study on why one-man rule is bad). The NFL is taking a serious look at Crusader QB Dominic Randolph.

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Updated information about the 2009 FCS playoff brackets.

The Sports Network's Brett Kahn previews the 2009 playoffs.

A couple of stories about UNH-McNeese state here and here.

Villanova has a fan blog I haven't seen before. It bills itself as the "most tasteless and disrespectful" Villanova blog on the net.

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Next year's FBS opponent Michigan is still having problems.

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