After a 1-11 record in Don Brown’s first season as the Massachusetts football head coach, bright spots aren’t hard to point out. The defensive unit was the main force behind keeping the Minutemen in games last year, and it poises to be even better in year two under Brown. “Year two of anywhere we’ve always.
Two UMass football veterans will put their names into the hat to be selected in the NFL Draft. Jalen Mackie and Marcus Cushnie will not be returning to Amherst.
Freshman Conner Weigman passed for 191 yards and a touchdown as Texas Aamp;M defeated UMass 20-3 and snapped a six-game losing streak on Saturday in College Statio