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Message: [QUOTE="huskymedic, post: 3309552, member: 549"] [URL='https://twitter.com/FightMA247']#FightMassachusetts @FightMA247 [/URL][URL='https://twitter.com/FightMA247/status/1188564735928733696']1h[/URL] With UMass AD Ryan Bamford and UConn AD David Benedict watching yesterday's game together and jointly speaking with reporters pre-game about the future of the series, one can safely assume that #TheUGame will be back on yearly basis once this current 4-game contract is up in 2021 [URL='https://twitter.com/FightMA247'] #FightMassachusetts @FightMA247 [/URL][URL='https://twitter.com/FightMA247/status/1188565543344902145']1h[/URL] Currently UMass' 2022 schedule is tentatively complete, but there is always the possibility for movement for a slate that far out Starting in 2023 however it looks good for the two teams to play every year, likely with odd years in Amherst and even years in East Hartford [URL='https://twitter.com/FightMA247']#FightMassachusetts @FightMA24 [/URL][URL='https://twitter.com/FightMA247/status/1188566837417656327']1h[/URL] All that really remains is to get a trophy to play for, which is rumored to be in the works. As FBS Independents the teams would be trying to play this game in November regardless, but a concerted effort to play it during Rivalry Week (season's final week) is the smart move [URL='https://twitter.com/JoshWalfishDHG']Josh Walfish @JoshWalfishDHG[/URL] [URL='https://twitter.com/JoshWalfishDHG/status/1188566027782774784']1h[/URL] I asked Bamford specifically about 2022 and he said "We always have flexibility." [URL='https://twitter.com/FightMA247']#FightMassachusetts @FightMA247 [/URL][URL='https://twitter.com/FightMA247/status/1188567879073091590']1h[/URL] Certainly, one of the few potential benefits of having to create a full 12-game schedule Example: Could see UMass' 10/22/2022 trip to USF get pushed out a few years and then a trip to UConn replaces it on 11/5/2022. Better bye week for UMass in that case and all of Nov is filled [/QUOTE]

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