Game Day--Ohio 2025

 UMass faces a tough MAC opponent today. The Bobcats almost  beat Rutgers at their place to open the season and are in strong contention for the MAC championship. Ohio has a Power Four sized point spread.

The objective for the Minutemen is just to play better. Getting the offense to make some drives and score some points would be a morale booster. It would be a motive for improvement in the off season.

One defense, if we could make Ohio work for their points, the final score could be respectable. 

The game is available on the CBS Sports Network, which is part of many cable systems.

I'll be watching and cheering for the Minutemen. Go UMass!

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CBS Sports has details on the game.

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College Football News predicts Ohio 44 UMass 7

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Hustle Belt previews today's game between the Bobcats and the Minutemen.

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College Sports Wire predicts Ohio 35 UMass 0

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Covers reports Ohio has Sieh Bangura who is the MAC conference leading rusher and also predicts he'll have a big night against the UMass defense.

Bangura leads the MAC with 173-927 5.4 AVE 11 TD's. 

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UMass Football News--November 17th, 2025

 The Athens Post has everything you need to know about Ohio's final home game against UMass

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Bleacher Nation thinks the Bobcats will cover the 32.5 point spread. Remember the point spread is not a scale of the strength of the two teams, it's an inducement to have equal numbers of betters on both sides of the bet. Probably not many people want to take the UMass side.

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Sports Book Wire predicts Ohio 41 UMass 6. A good prop bet would be if the Minutemen score a touchdown..

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Hustle Belt has MAC conference bowl bid projections for Week #12. Eight MAC teams are in the running for a bowl game.

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USA Today's college football rankings after 11/17/25.  UMass and Boston College are the only two teams with double-digit losses.

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UMass Football News--November 16th, 2025

 The Minuteman Command takes a drive-by-drive look at UMass' blowout loss to Northern Illinois.

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Sports Book Wire looks at the stats behind Ohio's 28.5 point spread as a favorite over UMass. 

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The Daily Collegian says UMass faces a stern test at Ohio.

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Ohio's HC Brian Smith's (good name)  press conference for the Minuteman game.

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Temple had a bye.

Bryant was crushed by New Hampshire 42-14 to fall to 3-8 overall and 1-6 in the CAA. 

Iowa lost to USC on a rainy day in LA. Verging on a disappointing season for the Hawkeyes. They still have to play Michigan State and Nebraska.

Ahmad Hardy rushed for 300 yards and led Missouri to a dominate win over Mississippi State. 

Kent State plays Central Michigan on the 19th.

Buffalo plays Miami also on the 19th.

Akron plays Bowling Green on the 18th.

Northern Illinois plays Western Michigan on the 18th.

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UConn handled Air Force 26-16 in front of 32,000+ fans. The Huskies are undefeated at home.

Boston College played a spirited game against Georgia Tech and lost on a field goal with 11 seconds left in the game.  The Eagles are 1-10 with a game at Syracuse to go.

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UMass Football News-- The Ides of November 2025

 

Note the 4:30 kickoff time.

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UMass game notes for the Ohio game.

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Ohio's game notes for UMass.

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Coach Harasymiak's press conference for the Ohio game. 

Another Minuteman player is out for the season. This time starting center Benjamin Roy.

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Sports Book wire predicts Bobcats 41 Minutemen 6.

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UMass Football News--November 14th, 2025

 The Minuteman Command reports the quarterback room was a disappointment.

When AJ missed the wide open Jax Markovich in the first quarter, it really hurt UMass' chances against a stout Northern Illinois defense. It's the story of this whole year. No one is making plays.

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Hustle Belt says Northern Illinois dominates UMass 45-3.

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Forbes has a post on how the MAC conference and ESPN made mid-week football popular. 

Except for sports, there is literally nothing else to watch.. 

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MAC conference tie-breakers for who gets to go the the championship game.

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UMass Football News--November 13th, 2025

 This is surreal. Every time I think it can't get worse, it does.

Nothin' left for this season but survival.

I did like the Minuteman's uniforms. The white helmets with the flag decal and the black uni's were very sharp.  I liked it much better than the grays. They should keep that combo.

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UMass write-up here. 

Northern Illinois write-up here. 

The Minuteman Command says UMass blasted by NIU. 

Coach Harasymiak's post game press conference. 

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Buffalo lost to Central Michigan.

Western Michigan beat Ohio to go to 5-1 in the MAC conference. 

MAC conference standings with two weeks to go.

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Game Day--Northern Illinois 2025

 Northern Illinois is leaving the MAC for the Mountain West, so this might be the last Huskies-Minutemen game for a while. UMass is 0-2 all-time against Northern Illinois. We were destroyed both times in 2012 and 2013 by scores of 0-63 and 19-63 under Charlie Molnar.

The Huskies offense is truly horrid and tonight is the Minutemen's best chance for a win in 2025. If we lose to NIU, an 0-12 season is looming..

If UMass can clean up the mistakes, we could be competitive. Northern Illinois has a better defense than we do, so scoring more than 10 points is the goal.

I'll be cheering for the Minutemen. Go UMass!

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The Minutemen Command reports Coach Harasymiak is expecting a battle against NIU.

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The Hampshire Gazette says winless and injured UMass faces Northern Illinois Wednesday. 

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Hustle Belt previews the game and predicts the NIU defense will prevail against the even-more-horrid UMass offense 17-3.

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Covers.com says take the under (43.5 points) as the two worst offenses in football won't reach 43 combined points.

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Holy Crap! College football News predicts UMass 20 NIU 17.

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College Sports Wire predicts Northern Illinois 20 UMass 7.

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The Northern Star reports NIU looks to right past wrongs against the Minutemen.

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