Some MAC news:
Toledo loses their head coach Jason Candle to be HC at UConn.
The Rockets also lost their defensive coordinator to Syracuse.
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On 2026 recruiting or transfer portal: Why not a fullback?
The Minutemen could not move the ball in short yardage situations this year. And I spent 2026 watching UMass running backs get trampled by everybody's pass rush.
A 235 pound FB would help football's worst running game as a short yardage blocker or RB. In addition, it would be nice to have a big, solid blocker standing beside of our beleaguered QB in passing situations.
You remember Whipple used a fullback quite a bit. Whipple liked to pass to the fullback leaking out of the backfield sort of like another TE.
No recruiting site tracks fullbacks. 247 Sports (to which I subscribe) does not have a fullback page. ESPN does have a fullback page, but it's blank.
I spent some time scrolling around various recruiting sites for available plus-sized running backs and the only guy I found was Daniel Swinney, 5-10 225 from Iowa Case Western Junior College.
He has nine offers from Group-of-Five schools, so we're in his wheelhouse.
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