UMass Picks Up 5 Mid-Year Transfers

[Col Hogan]

Five transfers, including FBS players from Pittsburgh, Mississippi and Bowling Green...have started classes at UMass and will take part in spring practice...

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[89Hen]

They don't call you transfer U for nothing.

[Col Hogan]

They don't call you transfer U for nothing.

Coming from a Hens fan....that's funny...

[89Hen]

They don't call you transfer U for nothing.

Coming from a Hens fan....that's funny...

Your 5 is more than double what the Hens had on their roster on a National Runner-Up team. Not exactly sure what's amusing to you on this one.

[guinzone]

Burn is a native of Wilmington, PA which is 25 minutes from Youngstown. I knew he wouldn't last at Pitt and figured he would transfer. He is a great RB, but not for Pitt. The school he attended was in the heart of Amish Country, PA!

Anyways due to YSU's depth at RB, I figured we did not have room for him.

[Chemhen]

I wonder if this relates to UMass possibly going to the MAC, if they figure they'll end up at a 1-A school without having to sit out a year.

[Col Hogan]

I wonder if this relates to UMass possibly going to the MAC, if they figure they'll end up at a 1-A school without having to sit out a year.

Once UMass announces it has an invite to move up, any FBS transfer after that date will have to sit out the year, even though UMass would not be FBS until 2013...

So these folks can play right away...

I, personally, am not 100% convinced UMass will be moving up...we will see...

[AssKickinChicken]

They don't call you transfer U for nothing.

Coming from a Hens fan....that's funny...

UMass has always been the CAA leader when it comes to taking transfers. Dating back to Whipple's teams in the late '90s, which were loaded with JC transfers, UMass has continued year after year to take numerous transfers (nothing wrong with that) but because none of them ever equaled the talents of an Andy Hall, Shawn Johnson, Joe Flacco, Ben Patrick or Pat Devlin no one really gave a crap that UMass was taking tons of transfers. UD earned the transfer U lable because their transfers could really play and they helped make Delaware into a title contending team. No one gives a fat rats's ass about a school that takes a lot of transfers, if those transfers don't contribute or make a difference. UD's ability to recruit very talented transfers is what has gotten some fan's panties all in a bunch, as it's really all about quality, not quantity.

[89Hen]

No one gives a fat rats's ass about a school that takes a lot of transfers, if those transfers don't contribute or make a difference.

Chattanooga has to be the leader in taking transfers, but I doubt many people realize that.

[blueballs]

No one gives a fat rats's ass about a school that takes a lot of transfers, if those transfers don't contribute or make a difference.

Chattanooga has to be the leader in taking transfers, but I doubt many people realize that.

Historically that is exactly right but Huessman has gotten away from that (with the notable exception of BJ Coleman) and their program is much better for it.

You can't build a program with transfers. You can augment one with them but not build a consistent winner around them.