The University of Massachusetts has a pretty persuasive trump card supporting its decision to move from the FCS to the FBS in 2012: Gillette Stadium. For free. When the Minutemen join the Mid-American...

For most of us, winter break is a time to celebrate the holiday of our choosing, sleep until sundown and, after the second week of January or so, become fantastically bored. The break is a nice change of pace after the chaotic and exhausting finals period, and it’s the only time you can stay on your couch for 10 or 11 straight hours watching sitcom reruns without feeling like a complete waste of life.