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French Connection
By JUSTIN WEISS | Sep. 8, 2019Jordan Avissey was 19 when he stepped onto the gridiron for the first time, but that didn’t stop him from becoming the unlikeliest of football stars.
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Stampede Stats: Penn State downs Bulls after first-half thrill
By BENJAMIN BLANCHET | Sep. 7, 2019The Bulls football team (1-1) quieted roughly 104,000 Penn State fans and shocked a national TV crowd, leading 10-7 after the first half of Saturday night’s game.
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Bulls dominate Houston Baptist in first season win
By Germain Brown | Sep. 7, 2019It was an unusually brisk September night on Friday but it didn’t seem to phase the Bulls soccer team (1-2), which dominated the Houston Baptist Huskies (1-3) during UB’s home opener.
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Homecoming king: Matt Myers embraces starting role
By BRENTON J. BLANCHET | Sep. 4, 2019Matt Myers is entering his second season as a pre-written success story. He led his high school football team to a state championship and he’s been on a Bulls football team that went 7-1 in the regular season.
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Preparing for Penn State
By Alexander Poland | Sep. 4, 2019The Bulls football squad will now head to State College, Pa. to face No. 15 Penn State (1-0) on Saturday after a 38-10 victory against Robert Morris last Thursday.
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Bulls rout Robert Morris on opening night
By Alexander Poland | Aug. 30, 2019The Bulls football team (1-0) defeated the Robert Morris University Colonials (0-1) 38-10 at UB Stadium on Thursday night.
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New season, new roster: Lance Leipold’s hopes for the Bulls
By JULIAN ROBERTS-GRMELA | Aug. 28, 2019This year, the 2018 Mid-American Conference Coach of the Year is ready for even more success. In February, Leipold signed a contract keeping him in Buffalo through the 2023 season, and now he has a new fieldhouse to work with.
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Get to Know an Opponent: Robert Morris
By JUSTIN WEISS | Aug. 28, 2019On Thursday evening, the Bulls will enter UB Stadium as heavy favorites against Robert Morris. That isn’t stopping them from treating it as an important contest — memories of the not-too-distant past and nearly won season openers continue to haunt the football program.
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When Bulls become pros
By Alexander Poland | Aug. 27, 2019UB football’s ten wins last season were a school record, but the team’s roster lost some key players when the season ended. Five of those players went on to make preseason camps for NFL teams. Still, to really make a team, players must make the final 53-man roster by the end of the preseason. This can be difficult for undrafted players, even for the talent that represented UB last season. Three of these players, highlighted below, may still have a chance at making their respective pro teams’ final roster.
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UB community celebrates Murchie Family Fieldhouse grand opening
By JULIAN ROBERTS-GRMELA | Aug. 20, 2019The UB community celebrated the Murchie Family Fieldhouse’s ribbon-cutting ceremony on Tuesday, as the facility opened its doors to the public.
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CJ Massinburg, Nick Perkins to join NBA Summer League
By BRENTON J. BLANCHET | June 22, 2019Former UB basketball players CJ Massinburg and Nick Perkins will be taking their talents to Brooklyn and Los Angeles, respectively, this summer as members of the NBA Summer League.
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Mark Alnutt Q&A
By NATHANIEL MENDELSON | May 9, 2019Q: How has your first year been while being away from your family back in Memphis?
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Down I-90
By NATHANIEL MENDELSON | May 5, 2019Tyree Jackson knew he wanted to be an NFL quarterback. That’s why he direct messaged quarterback coach Jordan Palmer on Instagram last July to take the next step in his football career.
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Softball celebrates its seniors
By NATHANIEL MENDELSON | May 5, 2019Saturday marked the end of softball’s season and the end of the careers of five seniors: Ally Power, Alissa Karjel, Catrell Robertson, Lace Smith and Alyssa Cuevas. Buffalo finished its first season with Mike Ruechel as head coach with a record of 10-32-1 overall and 6-10-1 in Mid-American Conference play.
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'Wild wild mess'
By LEAH HIGGINS | May 5, 2019Spring is back in Buffalo and the UB community celebrated the change of season with the time-honored tradition of Oozefest.
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Sports briefs
By NATHANIEL MENDELSON | May 2, 2019Senior forward Jeremy Harris will take part in the Pro Basketball Combine, May 21-22 at the Mamba Sports Academy in Thousand Oaks, California. Harris is the second UB player to participate after Wes Clark performed in it last year.
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UB considering removing Steven Butcher from Athletics Hall of Fame following fraud scheme
By THOMAS ZAFONTE | May 2, 2019Steven Butcher, a UB Athletics Hall of Fame inductee ‘07, has a sentencing trial set on June 12 after pleading guilty to $45 million of insurance fraud in New Jersey. Butcher, the all-time leading scorer in UB men’s soccer history, may not be in the hall of fame for much longer.
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Buffalo Bills draft recap
By Sports Desk | Apr. 29, 2019Round 1 Pick 9 - DT Ed Oliver (Houston) “I don’t think I found my home, I think my home found me,” Oliver said.
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Bulls to the NFL
By NATHANIEL MENDELSON | Apr. 29, 2019Buffalo had no players drafted in the 2019 NFL Draft. Still, five players have already signed with NFL teams as undrafted free agents.
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One Buffalo: Bills sign two former Bulls
By NATHANIEL MENDELSON | Apr. 29, 2019Just minutes after the end of the 2019 NFL Draft, the Buffalo Bills signed UB’s quarterback Tyree Jackson as an undrafted free agent. The quarterback who played his college ball just 20 minutes away from One Bills Drive, will now have a chance to compete for the No.-2 quarterback job behind Josh Allen.
