Friday, September 02, 2011

Friday--Sept 2, 2011

Worcester Telegram/Steve Lanavo image
UMass writeup on the Holy Cross game.

Holy Cross' website with the same.

Two articles from Matty V on Hernandez' return to central Mass and Kellen Pagel helps UMass win over the Cross.

Boston Globe said UMass ran past Holy Cross.

The Worcester Telegram says UMass crashed the Crusaders party. Relevant quote:

I think they blitzed every single play of the game,” Gilmore said. “They came after us. We didn't make them pay with our run game and ultimately that kept them in that same thing (defensively). It's hard to throw the ball when you're getting blitzed every single play.".

Looks like aggressive defense has returned to UMass.

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Some feel good stats: Tom Gilson had his first catch for 17 yards. TSN reports on the game and Gilson's persistence.

Transfer Brandon Yelovich kicked off 5 times and went 321 yards 64.2 AVE and 0 out-of-bounds.

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Not-so-good stat: the UMass offense only had 314 yards against a Patriot league defense.

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True freshman Anddy Moas started at RG for the Minutemen.

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Two CAA teams faced off against the MAC and didn't do so well.

Temple crushed Villanova 44-7.

New Hampshire was run over by Toledo 58-22

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