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New Home, New League for Attleboro's Matt Campbell

Attleboro's Matt Campbell and UMass football will have a new league and home this year.

 

Attleboro’s Matt Campbell and his UMass-Amherst football teammates will have a new look, new home and new head coach this year.

Former Notre Dame offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Charley Molnar is taking over as the UMass head coach.

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The Minutemen will be coming in the MAC East division with Arkon, Buffalo, Kent State, Miami (of Ohio), Ohio and Temple. The West Division will be Ball State, Bowling Green, Central Michigan, Eastern Michigan, Northern Illinois, Toledo and Western Michigan.

UMass will be playing their home games at Gillette Stadium, moving from McGuirk Stadium in Amherst.  They will play all of the teams in their division and two non-divisional crossover games.

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“Ever since our announcement of the addition of UMass in football last spring, divisional alignment has been a topic of conversation among our Presidents and Directors of Athletics,” said Dr. Jon Steinbrecher, MAC commissioner in an article on ESPN.com. “We considered a number of different paradigms and ultimately we focused on the core principles of geography, travel and rivalries. We now have a true rotational cycle for football and a scheduling model that will extend for future years.”

UMass won’t be eligible for the conference title and a bowl berth until 2013.

A former standout at Attleboro High, Campbell was a red-shirt freshman linebacker last year, appearing in 11 games and scored a touchdown for the Minutemen.

You can read the story at http://espn.go.com/blog/boston/colleges/post/_/id/1586/umass-football-to-play-in-mac-east


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