Sunday--September 25, 2011

Well, that wasn't fun. In our good showings against Kansas State and Michigan we played efficient offense. UMass didn't do that yesterday.

We needed to have our QB go something like 14-18 even if it wasn't for a lot of yardage and no turnovers. Pagel ended up 18-37 .486 AVE and two INT. The offense gave up 14 points on two fumbles.

That never allowed the UMass running game to get going.

The UMass defense played pretty good. We only gave up 31 points with the Eagles offense starting on the UMass side of the field four times. We forced five punts.

Jesse Julmiste had a record-setting day in kickoff returns. He had seven returns for 252 yards including a 102-yard TD. He made the BC kick coverage team look like they were running in mud all day. Julmiste broke Tim Berra's 1973 record of 200 yards at Maine. He also tied Dennis Dent's 102 yard return against Morgan State in 1978 and Noel Reebenacker's 102 yard run against Springfield in 1951.

Boston College got perfect bounces on the two fumbles. That's the way it is sometimes. The bad guys get the bounces. So make it a point read all the stories about the Eagles victory. We'll be back with 22 more scholarships and an experienced quarterback.

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The Washington Post says UMass' poor start and two fumbles doomed the Minutemen.

The Globe said BC routs UMass.

The Boston Globe said the jump up is quite a hurtle.

The Herald says the Eagles were in a better state.

"BC Interruption" looks at the game.

Matty V. said turnovers plagued UMass.

He also has a story about Julmiste's record setting day as well as injuries to UMass DB's Mike Lee and Ed Saint-Vil.

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Results on all the CAA games here.

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In the MAC, Temple took apart Maryland and Ball State beat Army.

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