Wednesday--August 7, 2013

Good Morning from Fairbanks, AK. Well, our adventure quotient has picked up, but we are still having a hoot here in the land of the Midnight Sun.. At our stay in the Denali outback, we met a very nice couple who turned out to be from Madison, WI. They were Badger season ticket holders.We instantly had lots to talk about.

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Pick and choose from articles you've already read while I was offline:

Colter Johnson hopes to build on last year's MAC-leading performance.

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In what could be UMass' deepest position, five running backs compete to start.

• Stacey Bedell
• Jordan Broadnax
• Jamal Wilson
• Lorenzo Woodley
• Daquan Mack (along with the other UMass recruits)

Lorenzo Woodley/ Kevin Gutting image

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The MAC Report Online asks how much can the Minutemen improve?

UMass quarterbacks ranked 10th in the MAC.

The MAC blog "Hustle Belt" thinks 2014 UMass QB Randell West is an intriguing signing.

UMass will return some home games to Mcguirk in 2014.

The Minutemen reached all the way to Deutschland for OL Fabian Hoeller.

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Hustle Belt ranks the Minutemen's running backs last in the MAC.

Saturday Blitz picks the best MAC games of 2013.

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Landing at Katnishna "International" airport after a Denali sightseeing flight