Hofstra Game notes and Articles

UMass has its game notes (with link to PDF version) here.

The Springfield Union has game articles here and here.

The Hampshire Gazette's UMass sports page has some more (registration required, but worth it)

Matt Dougherty of the Sports Network does his usual thorough job on this weeks I-AA games (scroll down for his UMass-Hofsta review) here

No game notes from the Hofstra Athletic Dept as yet.

Hofstra's Coach retires

Hofstra's Head Coach Joe Gardi announced this week that he will retire after 16 years as head coach of the Pride.

Just what UMass needs. The Hofstra players will be inspired to "Win-one-for-the-Gipper" in his last game.

UMass must win or be left out of the playoffs...

UMass LB Byrd named A10 Special teams player-of-the week

UMass true Freshman George Byrd has been named the A10's Special Teams Player-of-the-Week (click on "Awards" tab). He blocked an army punt with UMass recovering in the endzone for a TD.

The UMass write-up is here.

Byrd was ranked as the fourth highest LB by Rivals.com to sign with a I-AA team in 2005. He has played in all 10 games of this season on special teams.

Byrd has seven tackles and one tackle for loss.

At 6-1, 230 he is one of UMass' bigger LBs. UMass looses Senior LBs Brad Anderson, Serge Tikum, and L.A. Love to graduation this year. Byrd should compete for a starting role in 2006

UMass-Army game images

The following images are of the UMass-Army game on 11/12/05. Scroll down.

Click on any image for a better view.

It was a wonderful experence to see the game at Army. Michie Stadium has a wonderful atmosphere.

We had a good turnout of UMass fans and the UMass Marching band knocked the Army fans over.

Wish we could play Army more than just once every 30 years!

Pre-game

Michie Stadium

Beautiful day!