Matty V. says UMass and Temple have agreed to a home-and-away series in 2015 and 2017. That's good news for the program. Starting in 2015 the Minutemen will have open slots in their schedule. Hopefully, those positions will be filled with some northeast teams such as UConn, Syracuse and Army. A FCS teams such as New Hampshire would be good too.

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The Sun-Chronicle looks at possible New England players in the coming NFL draft and mentions several UMass players.

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The Cleveland Plain Dealer looks at the five Ohio schools in the MAC and notes that the five have provided 270 NFL draft picks since 1965.

Fox Sports Ohio says the MAC will make NFL Draft history Thursday.

NIU announces stadium upgrades.

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USA Today wonders if the era of conference realignment is over.

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The college football playoff will be named ----------- The College Football Playoff.

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