Last year I wrote 2,000+ words about how difficult it was to coach FBS-level football at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst. That quality remains the same:
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There isn’t a ton of natural football-playing talent nearby and, even if there was, UMass has been an FBS afterthought ever since they left their Playoff-finishing careers from the FCS level and leapt to the tippy top in order to get a taste of that sweet, sweet TV money.