The UMass defense will have to stop the Sea Wolves running game today. Click on the image and Blogger displays a larger view.The Boston Herald says the big game at Michigan has given the Minutemen confidence.
The Sarasota Tribune says the USF used a lot of short hitch patterns and bubble screens against the Sea Wolves. The Bulls won 59-14.
Stony Brook's HC Priore talks about the UMass game.
Matty V says the Minutemen are looking to avoid the trap.
The Stony Brook student newspaper says their star running Eddie Gowens (5-11 225) is questionable for the game.
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Comparative stats (from the Sea Wolves Game notes)
Category SBU UMASS
Scoring Avg. 25.0 31.7
First Downs / Game 16.3 25.7
Rushing Avg. 231.0 221.3
Passing Avg. 140.7 246.0
Total Offense 371.7 467.3
Time of Possession 30:41 36:51
Touchdowns 10 13
Interceptions 3 3
Sacks/Yards 1/8 2/11
Fumbles/Lost 1/1 7/2
Net Punt Avg. 28.9 28.0 (ouch on both teams)
Kick Return Avg. 16.6 20.7
Punt Return Avg. 4.0 16.2
Penalties / Avg. Yds. 19/48.3 25/77.0
The Seawolves have good size on both sides of the ball. RT Mike Bamino is 6-8 350. Besides Gowins, running backs Brock Jackolski and Miguel Maysont are 5-10 200 and 5-10 205 respectively.
QB Michael Coulter (6-1 210) stats 3 games 113.9 Eff 33-56-7 58.9 % 415 yards 3 TD's 67 LONG 138.3 yards/game.
On defense, like UMass, Stony Brook has a 300 pd nose tackle Andrew Nelson. The trio of linebackers Julian Glenn SLB is 6-1 220. MLB Craig Richardson (injured in Brown game, but is "probable" for UMass) is 6-1 230. WLB Kenney Tuiloma is 5-10 230.
SS Arin West (6-0 212) leads the Sea Wolves defense with 23 TT.
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CAA Game Day page for all today's league games.
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The Minutemen have a long history of playing poorly on the Island. We need to shake off the Michigan game and take care of business today.
Go UMass!
