AMHERST - Addition by subtraction usually works when a team is free of an unproductive element, not an all-conference defense end who was an asset on the field and in the locker room. So why does the University of Massachusetts defensive line believe… more »

AMHERST - For one reason or another, the 2008 season for the University of Massachusetts football team's season will be decided by players who were here last year. The last four seasons under Don Brown, the Minutemen have brought in transfers from th… more »

AMHERST — Armando Cuko of Beverly has bulked up for his junior season with the University of Massachusetts Amherst football team. He's bigger and stronger than he's ever been. Of course, Cuko is the team's placekicker, so even at 5-foot-11, 192 pound… more »

AMHERST - When the University of Massachusetts football team wanted to run out the clock last season, it called on No.17, Tony Nelson. A lot has changed over the last eight months for Nelson, the least of which is his number, from 17 to 28. The ju… more »

The University of Massachusetts is the choice of the CAA coaches and media to win the overall conference title in football. The Minutemen were a near unanimous pick to finish first in the North Division.. Richmond is picked to win the South Division… more »

Success breeds high expectations. Just ask the University of Massachusetts football team. The Minutemen are an overwhelming favorite to win the Colonial Athletic Association's North Division, taking 17 of the 19 first-place votes in the preseason pol… more »

BALTIMORE - At this week's conference media day, James Madison quarterback Rodney Landers exuded a quiet confidence when asked about his chances of ending the season as the Colonial Athletic Association Player of the Year. He left the bravado to his… more »

Red Sox fans who let their thoughts wander back before 2004 can appreciate the parallel. Another preseason poll is out, and the University of New Hampshire football team again finds itself looking up at Massachusetts. UNH was picked to finish second… more »

Four years ago, Mike Boyle was a true freshman curiosity on the University of New Hampshire football team. Even coming off a dazzling performance in the annual Shrine Maple Sugar Bowl, the Plymouth High School product was considered an undersized wid… more »

BALTIMORE - All signs point to a showdown between rivals James Madison and Richmond for the Colonial Athletic Association's South Division football title this fall - on paper, anyway. Practice hasn't started, and the season-openers are still five wee… more »

Success breeds high expectations. Just ask the University of Massachusetts football team. The Minutemen are an overwhelming favorite to win the Colonial Athletic Association's North Division, earning 17 of the 19 first-place votes in the preseason po… more »

HARRISONBURG - With all signs pointing toward a 14-team, two-division alignment for the Colonial Athletic Association in the near future, the league's coaches want the NCAA to take the unprecedented step of awarding the conference two automatic bids in… more »

The Colonial Athletic Association will kick off a 36-game TV college football slate, with 21 contests scheduled for Comcast-owned regional networks. The nation’s largest Football Championship Subdivision schedule will feature 12 games on CN8, The Com… more »

Despite scheduling issues, CAA commissioner Yeager favors ther national role. Unless something changes, Colonial Athletic Association football four years from now will be a 14-team league, the largest conference in the country above the Division II… more »

AMHERST - When the University of Massachusetts football team opens the season against Albany Aug. 30, there will be 125 constant foot-candles of illumination on the McGuirk Alumni Stadium playing surface. In other words, it will be a night game. T… more »