Friends of UMass Football

The UMass Football Fanzone frequently hears other UMass faithful express variations of the following:

�I wish:�

• UMass football would win another National Championship
• Go I-A
• Beat the dog snot out of UConn/Boston College/Delaware

Well, the following are not ways to help.

• Never washing the UMass sweatshirt you wore during the National Championship game in 1998 (washing invokes demons of loss)
• Always driving the same route to the stadium the week following a win.
• Sitting on the visitor�s side and shouting comments at the opposing team designed to be hurtful to their self esteem

The real way to help is to join Friends of UMass Football. This is a group of UMass fans, former players and coaches that have joined together to promote UMass football. Among their accomplishments so far are:

• Raised over $300 K, every dollar of which went to improve UMass Football
• Purchased Pinnacle Video Training System (UMass is the first A10 team to have it)
• Represented a constituency for UMass football in the Byzantine world of campus politics *
• Helped complete the 9000 Sq/ft UMass weight training facility.

Every UMass Football fan should belong to Friends of UMass Football. For 2.7399 cents/day you can make a major impact. Click here for information about joining.

* To understand campus politics, it�s hard to beat F. M. Cornford�s 1908 classic Microcosmographia Academica . Read Higher Ed�s review first . Wikipedia has an article with a link to an on-line version. WARNING! If you have been exposed to academic culture, reading Microcosmographia Academica may cause loss of bladder control�